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Dear Friends, Parents and Carers, Happy New Year to you all. Firstly, thank you to everyone who was able to support our first Mary Rose Christmas Fair. There were a variety of stalls selling seasonal items, many of which were made by the pupils. Some pupils met Santa and had their photo taken with him, and we were also able to greet the motorcyclists when they arrived with their presents and money for the school. The Fair also made a profit of £306 – 46. Here are a few dates of...
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Victory Class really enjoyed the sponsored walk on Friday, we dressed up as different sporting people.  Richard did the most laps, he did 11.  The staff wore Greek togas which looked like sheets. We made posters and banners in the morning and had a really good day.  
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Well the staff can definitely do anything they set their minds to!  For the third year running, ‘Team Mary Rose’ donned their cycle helmets and took to their bikes on the 19th September in the New Forest, which was amazing as term only started just under two weeks ago and they also had had their Ofsted inspection on the Thursday and Friday before!  As usual it was all for a good cause, to raise money for Mary Rose School projects and to support the Orchid Cancer Appeal. ...
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As the very helpful, but slightly mad, staff met at St James Hospital field at 7am the Heaven’s decided to open for the first time since Easter and the rain came down!  Not to be put off, the decision was made to put up all the (19) gazebos, set out the tea and coffee and place all the equipment on the field in the hope that it was only a shower and would clear up soon.  Sure enough it did and the sun came out just as the pupils left school – delayed only slightly by an impromptu fire...
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It was another proud night for Mary Rose School staff, pupils and their families when the Portsmouth pupil Oscars were presented on 12th July. The ceremony at the Guildhall is to celebrate and reward the exceptional work and courage of pupils from school across the city. Our winners this year were: Brandon Jacobs, Lily Knight, Lauren Eddy, Charlie Stevens, Lewis Street, Georgia Rogers and William Palmer. This is a red carpet event, with all winners being invited on stage to receive their award and gift...
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Our work with the Respect programme has increased this year. We have worked together to provide coaching qualifications for young people in Cage Cricket which has resulted in a very successful after school club. We have also helped 6 pupils from the Harbour School and 6 from Milton Cross to achieve an ASDAN award in disability awareness and have provided work experience placements and opportunities for volunteering. Young people from the Respect programme have been offered paid work placements at the...
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An idea from a parent governor about how we could support parents to provide more healthy packed lunches resulted in the whole school focusing on ‘Healthy Living’ for three days. The days focused on increasing the awareness of pupils about the different ways in which they can be more healthy, not just focusing on eating the right things and exercising but the other aspects of health such as social well being and mental well being. We also included parents and carers, inviting them to take part...
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To plan this event a group of senior students discussed the subject of super heroes and decided they would like to show the powers of good and evil in our performance. The title “Out of the Darkness and into the Light” was given to our production and the students enjoyed two dance workshop days with the Corali Dance company. Weekly rehearsals started in January and students practised their dance movements to music that had been chosen. Costumes were planned and created to show the good and...
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