Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Big Bird Watch Art Competition
Wed 24 Jan 2024Calling all aspiring artists!
Get your paintbrushes at the ready for an exciting new competition!
To celebrate our British birds, Sky Arts are challenging pupils across the country to create a picture of a bird, in whatever material they choose.
We want pupils to look for shapes, textures and colours on their local feathered friends and find creative ways to capture them through art.
You could even take part in the ‘Big Garden Birdwatch’ over the weekend for inspiration.
Bring your entries into school by Friday 1st March with the completed consent form for a chance to see your work featured on Sky Arts T.V. programme ‘Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir’
Let’s get 2024 off to a creative start. Have fun, and we cannot wait to see the amazing artwork you produce.
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Healthy Luchbox
Mon 11 Sep 2023At St Mary’s we hold the ‘Healthy School’ award and continue to promote healthy lifestyles throughout our curriculum. We ask for all pupils bringing in their own snack and/or packed lunch that it is a healthy snack and/or well balanced diet avoiding sweets, chocolate or crisps. Please can small fruit be chopped to avoid potential choking.
The NHS provide healthy lunchbox ideas here:
https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes/
Although we have many allergy sufferers across the school, a small number of our children and staff have nut allergies that in some cases are so severe that they could potentially lead to loss of life from anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock. Just a trace amount can threaten some of the children’s lives. Parents of children with this condition are obviously extremely anxious and as a school we have a duty of care that we take extremely seriously, as we do with all children and their families.
We therefore politely request that you avoid providing nuts and products containing nuts for your children to consume in school as a snack or as part of your children’s lunch. Please can you also avoid sending cakes containing nuts for charity sales and sweets containing nuts bought in for birthdays etc. This will also apply to adults working in the school. Please note that this includes peanut butter and all Nutella type products and, if eaten at home before school, hands must be washed thoroughly to further reduce contamination.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
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Big Salford Summer Read 2023: Reading Game
Tue 11 Jul 2023
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Lowry Copley Prize Competition
Tue 20 Dec 2022Well done to Jacob Misiarz in Year 2, who has won the Lowry's Termly Copley Prize Competition, Sep-Dec 22 for his piece 'Lowry City Collage'. The Judges were very impressed with his brilliant visual art skills. There will soon be a post on the Lowry social media so do look out for it!
Jacob will now be put forward with the other termly prize winners for the annual Copley Prize winner for 2023, that will be chosen in July 2023.
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Bonfire Night Events
Wed 02 Nov 2022
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St Mary's Harvest Celebrations and Caritas Day
Fri 14 Oct 2022Today in school we have been celebrating harvest and thinking about people in our local area and beyond who need our help and support at this time.
As part of our first Caritas In Action day for this academic year, we have been learning about how our local Salford Loaves and Fishes Charity help the poor and vulnerable people in our area.
We have completed a range of activities in our classes, looking at the different needs of people living in our local area, exploring the feelings of those people who have plenty compared to those people who have little, discussing all the amazing work the Salford Loaves and Fishes charity does, identifying who needs our help and how we can give that help, and even discussing the potential positive impact of a local community allotment.
Our older children have written letters to Loaves and Fishes congratulating them on the brilliant work that they do, and to our Prime Minister telling her about the charity and talking about how their work could be a model for other charities around the country.
We would like to thank all of the families in our St. Mary's community who have sent donations of food, toiletries and clothing into school for the Loaves and Fishes Charity and the Ukraine Appeal. Please see the photographs below
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Operation Encompass animation for children
Fri 23 Sep 2022Operation Encompass animation for children
This short animation has been designed by Salford for schools. The animation explains to children what Operation Encompass is and how their school Key Adult supports them following an incident of Domestic Abuse where the Police attend. The animation may also be a useful tool when supporting children in terms of explaining Operation Encompass/Domestic abuse, the child’s feelings and, how school will support them.
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Scholastic Book Fair!
Fri 16 Sep 2022Look what has arrived!
The Scholastic Book Fair is here for you to come and purchase some fantastic books to dive into!
When?
Tuesday 20th September until Friday 23rd September, 3:30pm
Where?
The school hall
Please all come along!
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We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Her Majesty the Queen. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this time.
Fri 09 Sep 2022
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Weather WARNING!
Fri 15 Jul 2022You may be aware that extreme heat weather is predicted from Sunday on wards.
We are not expecting school to close, but we will take a common-sense approach to cope with the hot weather over the first half of next week. ie. ventilation, plenty of water, sunscreen, refrain from physical activity etc.
We are also fortunate to have a number of large trees where pupils can shelter outside and keep cool and we will limit children's time in the sun.
Please make sure your child brings their suncream, sun hat and water bottle to school.
We are also allowing children to wear their own suitable light and cool clothing ie shorts and t-shirts, summer dresses (preferably with shoulders covered or plenty of suncream applied).
Portable hand held fans are also allowed, please label these.
