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Year 4 Collective Worship

Wed 30 Nov 2016

Today Year 4 spent time together discussing the Wednesday Word. The children made their own Advent promises to help them during this special time.

Year 3 have been using dictionaries this week to locate words, learn how to spell them correctly, know their word class and also to find out definitions of words they are unsure of. This is a requirement of all children in Year 3.

If you have a dictionary at home you could help your child by playing a game where you ask them to explain the meaning of a new word. Provide the children with the first three letters of the word if they are unsure and then give them a time limit to find it.

New words for the class this week were queasy, obstruct, mime, reduce, adapt, xerox, vain, prepare and consequence.

St Mary’s Hockey Team Runners-up League Champs

Fri 25 Nov 2016

Year 6 attended a sports tournament held at Swinton High to display their hockey skills.

The children played ever so well and this was topped by winning the runners-up league. A great team performance by all the children.

Basketball enthusiasts

Fri 25 Nov 2016

Year 6 competed in a sports tournament where they played against five different primary schools. They had a great time and displayed some great basketball skills and teamwork.

Handball Champions

Fri 25 Nov 2016

Year 4 entered a sports tournament held at Swinton High and came away with the trophy.

The children played as a team which was shown in them winning all their games resulting in taking the trophy home to St Mary’s.

Message from Mr Davies, Headteacher at St. Ambrose Barlow’s RC High School

Wed 23 Nov 2016

Dear Prospective Parent or Carer,

Thank you for attending our recent Open Evening on October 20th. We were absolutely delighted by the level of attendance (approximately 800 people) and by the very positive comments that we received. As a school that is committed to making improvements all the time I would like to invite you to complete a short survey about the evening. Your comments will be taken into account when we plan future events. The survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HW3M3P7

Book a school visit

Many parents and carers indicated that they would like to visit during the day to get a better feel for the school. We have identified two opportunities for these visits: December 1st and 2nd. Each visit will last 45 minutes and will start at 9:45 am. The headteacher and a group of pupils will host these visits and will be delighted to welcome you to the school. Unfortunately places are limited so we ask that all those interested phone into the school by 3.25 pm on Monday, November 28th to book a place. A member of staff on reception will take your details and secure your place.

We very much look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Ben Davis

St. Mary’s ‘Online Safety Day’

Wed 23 Nov 2016

On Wednesday 16 November we had an “Online Safety Day” for all pupils in KS2 and for parents too.

We had workshops in Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 with Leon, a CEOP trained ambassador, who also delivered a Parents’ Workshop after school.

In the afternoon all the children in KS2 also enjoyed ‘The story of WI & FI’ by Footlights Theatre, a tale of two best friends who find out that the Internet can lead them down a very difficult path.

The production and the workshops were a real eye opener, both for children, staff and parents.

Stone Age Conscience Alley

Fri 11 Nov 2016

Combining Drama with English is part of an interactive way to simulate the children’s imaginations. The children are currently using the Stone Age Boy in English with the end product of creating their own story.

Here the children are whispering to the Stone Age Boy and Om, the girl, what they should be feeling as they enter a mysterious cave which looks foreboding.

The description and use of the senses really fired their thoughts and we then used these in the plans for their own stories.

Fusilier Museum Trip – Bury

Fri 11 Nov 2016

Year 3 had a wonderful trip to The Fusilier Museum in Bury. We took part in several workshops experiencing how families were split by the men going off to fight and the women left behind at home to keep the country working. The children began to feel how the families felt being left behind with little or no knowledge of the soldiers whereabouts.

We then enjoyed Sergeant Dalton, the recruiting officer, who put the children through their paces. He showed us how you could either go in the army or prison and what kinds of equipment soldiers used in the WW1.

The children really enjoyed looking at the various items and artifacts from the different time periods and were appalled at the Trench Smell in the replica WW1 trench.

We have also received really positive feedback from the staff at the museum which shows what brilliant ambassadors our class and all at St Mary’s are:

All of the children who visited showed so much enthusiasm and were excited to learn and find out new things. This was wonderful to see as it makes our jobs so much more rewarding when the children who come to see us have fun and get involved. All the children were very polite and constantly had huge smiles on their faces. They asked and answered lots of questions and tried their best to understand how life has changed for men, women and children over the past 150 years.

The children who came last week should feel very proud for how they represented both themselves and the school and we really hope that St Mary’s will come back and visit us again in the future.

Free Internet Safety Workshop for Parents

Thu 10 Nov 2016

Using the internet, mobile phones and games consoles are now an everyday part of young people’s lives. The internet has changed all of our lives. There are obvious positive aspects to the internet, too many to mention in a list here, but there are risks for children. Parents need to know how to protect their children effectively.

Following the recent Online Safety Questionnaire parents were interested to know more details about:

Filtering & Monitoring of Devices
Privacy & Security Settings
Online bullying & trolling
Who parents and children can report online issues to.

As a result we will be hosting a FREE Internet Safety Workshop for all parents and carers on Wednesday 16 November 2016 in our School Hall from 3:30 – 5:00pm.

A crèche will be provided. We look forward to seeing you all to the workshop.

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