What a brilliant afternoon have had at our KA Gomer Christmas Fair! The whole school felt wonderfully festive and it was heartening to see so many families, friends and members of our community joining us to celebrate the start of the festive season. We also always love to see former students too. The children were fantastic. They loved h ...

Today, our International Ambassadors worked with Mrs Mawby to create this year’s Christmas decorations for the Gomer St Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival. The theme celebrates our wonderful Gomer community and the languages spoken by our children and their families. To reflect this diversity, the Ambassadors explored the 11 languages recorde ...

In Year 6, we place great importance on developing an understanding of mathematical concepts: not just learning a method, but knowing why it works. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through a combination of manipulatives and pictorial representations, which help us visualise a problem before moving on to more abstract calc ...

Today, further to the letter we sent you last week, we have used our assembly to acknowledge White Ribbon Day. We used White Ribbon materials to explore what it means to ‘speak up’ when things don’t feel right. We are teaching our students that they have the power to change culture by challenging harmful ‘banter’ a ...

Friday of last week welcomed us with a ‘crisp’ and beautifully sunny morning. This was the perfect backdrop for our autumn term Groundforce Day. Coats and hats were certainly needed! Children and their adults rolled up their sleeves and got to work across our grounds, making a tremendous impact. From clearing, planting and tidy ...

We are incredibly lucky to have such remarkable places of historical interest right on our doorstep and yesterday our Year 6 pupils made the most of that opportunity with a visit to the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Wrapped up warm, the children met at the ferry and even squeezed in a quick stop at the sundial to learn ...

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Silver Artsmark Award by Arts Council England. The assessors praised our rich and inclusive arts curriculum, our work with global majority artists such as Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui , our expanded music offer (including every child learning an instrument!), dedicated arts lessons ...

In science, Year 4 is learning about electricity and circuits. Last week they all constructed a simple circuit and drew a scientific diagram to show what they had created.  This week, they investigated how switches work in a circuit asking what do they actually do and how?  Each team made two different types of switches and then put the swi ...

A big apology for the delayed introduction.. Our pupil Site Team have been quietly getting on with their work since September and it’s time we gave them the spotlight they deserve. Our Y6 Pupil Site Team support Mr Guest around the site whenever they can. They give up their time, step in with a smile, and show real responsibility and prid ...

Our Odyssey Challengers met for citizenship last week, where we made donations to Rowan’s charity shop and helped count puzzle pieces to make sure that those being sold were complete and of good quality.  Chris, a volunteer from Rowan’s, brought in some 500 and 1000 piece puzzles, which the children did a great job of counting ...