Year 4 have been embracing their Paralympics learning in PE with great enthusiasm. Last week, the children were set an exciting challenge: to design their very own inclusive game. Recently, they put their creations to the test. Each group thought carefully about how to ensure everyone could join in, whether the activities were fun and act ...

Our Year 3 children have been busy bringing their RE learning to life through art this week. As part of their unit exploring the concept of ‘holy’ and its connection to the Nativity story, the children studied traditional images of the Madonna before creating their own beautiful painted interpretations. Using their developing art skills, t ...

Our Young Carers Club had a wonderful festive get-together this week, and the children had fun relaxing and spending time with friends. One Year 3 child described it as “the best time”. Another said, “Because my brother is not here and I can do fun things on my own” , really highlighting how valuable this dedicated time is for them. The chi ...

This week, four of our pupils had the special honour of decorating the Gomer Christmas tree for the annual St Mary’s Church Alverstoke Tree Festival, which opens tomorrow. The festival is always a beautiful event and this year promises to be no different. The church will be filled with creativity, colour and community spirit. Benjamin, El ...

In our net and wall games, the children have been focusing on improving their accuracy through a range of fun, skill-based activities. They have shown fantastic concentration and teamwork as they practised controlling shots and aiming with greater precision. In gymnastics, Year 3 have explored a variety of shapes and jumps, working hard t ...

We hope everyone has had a lovely start to Advent and if you are opening an Advent calendar this year, we hope today’s window brought a smile! This season is always a special time in school, filled with anticipation, reflection, and a growing sense of excitement as we move towards Christmas. Last week, as part of Year 4’s RE learning on th ...

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 ...