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There’s a lot happening at George Mitchell School – it’s hard to keep track of it all ourselves! The best way to follow daily news and updates is to follow us on Twitter and Facebook. We tweet on a daily basis. We also post in more detail about our most popular news stories here on the News page.

Publications

We publish a weekly Primary Newsletter and the termly George Mitchell Times.

Latest News

24
MAY
2019

Healthy Eating at Family Friday

Sugar! Do you know how many spoons of sugar a can of Pepsi has?  12 teaspoons!!!  During family Friday, our nursery parents learnt about making healthy choices for their families.  They also learnt about the harmful affects of sugar and oral health.  Pictures below:
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06
MAY
2019

Work Experience 2019

Our Year 10 students have completed their work experience. Let’s have a look at what they got up to:
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03
APR
2019

Young Business Leaders’ Workshop

On Sunday 31st March, Fatima and Abadhe attended a Young Business Leaders InvestIn programme where we gained a 360-degree experience of Business Leadership. It taught them how to negotiate with others under pressure and to create strategies to beat competitors as well as giving a wide
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03
MAR
2019
Handling a spider

Reception meet the Animals!

Children in Reception class had an opportunity to handle and explore various animals and discover their textures and senses. Children bravely handled different animals such as a Chilean Rose tarantula, a Giant Hissing Cockroach, a Corn snake and a giant African snail to name a few. Th
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01
MAR
2019

Celebrating Mărțișor and St David’s day

On the first of March, our Nursery children celebrated the Romanian spring celebration-Mărțișor and St David’s day! To celebrate Mărțișor, we sang a Romanian song about spring that we learnt with the help of our Romanian parents and wore special red and white bracelets. We also celebr
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07
FEB
2019

Medicine Trip to Kings College University

Below are pictures from the recent visit to Kings College University where Year 9 and Year 10 students found out what life is like as a medic.
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05
FEB
2019

Phonics Workshop for Parents and Local Childcare providers

A workshop was held for Reception parents and local Early Years childcare providers. This was second of a series of phonics workshops at George Mitchell school, to upskill adults’ reading and phonics skills in order to support young children.  This works
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05
FEB
2019

Celebrating Chinese New Year in Reception

It was Chinese New Year on the 5th of February 2019 and we celebrated it with our Reception parents. Parents and children enjoyed listening to the Chinese New Year story and then worked together to make Chinese lanterns. Have a look at photographs:
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30
JAN
2019

Parent Workshop: Reading and Writing

The purpose of this workshop was to help EYFS parents support their children in early reading and writing.
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