Today we celebrated St. Valentine’s Day in St. Mary's! We hosted a St Valentine’s themed non-uniform day and the children came to school dressed in red or pink for a voluntary donation of £2.00 towards school funds. Thank you to our school community for all the generous donations!
The 14th of February is a great time of year to focus on how we can show compassionate love and kindness to our friends and family. What's better than a day that celebrates love! There was certainly lots of love in the air in St. Mary's today! The children had a great time taking part in lots of Valentine's Day activities and in Assembly we highlighted the importance of caring for our school community through acts of love and kindness!
Please enjoy the photos below! Wishing everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day and mid-term break!
Saint Valentine Quick Facts!
Feast day February 14
Bishop of Terini, Italy
3rd century Roman martyr
Imprisoned for secretly marrying soldiers that wanted to marry at a time that soldiers were not allowed to have wives
signed a letter to the jailer’s daughter “from your Valentine”
healed his jailer’s daughter of blindness
Patron Saint of couples, love, and bee keepers
Symbols: heart, birds, roses
Primary 1 were feeling the love this Valentine's Day. They made cards for those who they love to 'pizzas', they sang some lovely Valentine rhymes and enjoyed a special Valentine treat from Miss Cush.
Primary 2 had a lovely day making cards for their special valentines.
Primary 3 Love was well and truly in the air in P3! The children celebrated Valentine’s Day by making cards, bookmarks for grandparents and a special Thank You poem and poster for parents ! Please enjoy the P3 Video below!
Primary 4 The children in primary four were definitely feeling very 'sweet' this Valentines Day. The children made some beautiful sweet filled love bugs and made their very own lolly pop flowers for their loved ones. The children were able to paint their love bugs and fill them full of love and sweet treats. We had great fun today showing love!! The girls were well and truly spoilt with beautiful flowers given to them on the special day by a very special boy!
Primary 5 learned all about St Valentine and why we celebrate St Valentine's Day. We discussed ways which we could be loving, caring people just like St Valentine. The P5 boys and girls showed those close to them how loved they are by creating beautiful Valentine's art.
Primary 6 learned all about why we celebrate St Valentine's day. We studied St Valentine and the wonderful work that he is known for. We then made special cards to give to those that we love and to thank those for loving and caring for us.
Primary 7 learned about the history of St. Valentine and where the tradition started. We then used paper, glitter and mindfullness colouring to create cards for those we love the most.
