Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• A visit from St Anne’s Hospice

  Fri 25 May 2018

  On Friday, we welcomed Mrs Johnson – a worker from St Anne’s Hospice. Mr Johnson began by giving a brief history in to her associations with the hospice.

  She then told the children about the importance of the hospice; and how we too can help with it regarding charity work and raising money to help towards the funding/running of it.

  We ended the session with a question and answer session – with the questions being taken from our RE lesson.

  The children gained a real insight in to the importance of the hospice, and the hard work that the people put in to it.

  To help with the fundraising, the hospice is holding a Summer Fair on Sunday 24th June at 12 noon – 3pm at St Anne’s Hospice, Little Hulton.

  

• We Will Remember Them

  Tue 22 May 2018

  Today at school all of the children and staff took part in the two minutes silence to remember those lost in the Manchester Arena terror attack, a year ago today. After the silent reflection time we said the Eternal Rest and a Hail Mary for those affected by the awful attack. We ended the day by inviting the children to decorate our school path with colorful bees and positive messages for their parents and guardians to see as they came into school at 3.30pm.

   

  #OneLoveManchester #22.05.17

  

• Salford Community Leisure presents Inclusive Sport and Leisure Activities

  Fri 04 May 2018

  Salford Community Leisure is launching a Programme of Sport and Leisure activities for young people with disabilities or additional needs,. It includes swimming, gymnastic, dance, watersports activities, cycling, art and music. 

  

• Summer Online Safety Update

  Thu 03 May 2018

  Dear Parents/Carers,

  The safety of our St Mary’s children is an important aspect of their well being within and outside of school. Please read the latest updates from the National Online Safety Governing Body which includes advice on the current popular game, Fortnite and also social media improvements. These are very important as the introduction of the new GDPR  data protection laws are coming into effect on the 25th May 2018.

  Please see details below:

  Whatsapp announce ban for Under 16’s in the EU.

  ‘WhatsApp’ have announced that they will ban under 16s from using their service in the EU, ahead of the introduction of the GDPR which will come into force on the 25th May 2018. Currently, the minimum age limit for WhatsApp users is 13 years old. Under the new Terms and Conditions of use, WhatsApp users will be asked to confirm their age in order to proceed with using the service. Users will be required to nominate a parent or carer to give permission for them to share data. If users do not obtain permission, they will experience a less personalised version

  Fortnite: Battle Royale

  You may have come across your pupils talking about the game Fortnite. As with many online games, Fortnite: Battle Royale comes with risks to children and young people. The game is PEGI rated at 12+ however, there is no proof of age required, which can expose younger children to violent content as well as inappropriate comments from older users. (Please find an helpful parent sheet attached.)

  

• Another home win

  Thu 03 May 2018

  The return fixture saw the home team take advantage of the downhill slope with an early goal from Liam. Three minutes later, the score was doubled.  A third goal was scored moments from half time.

  Half time: St Mary’s 3 – River View 0

  River View replied with two early second half goals before a fourth by St Mary’s. With time passing quickly, River View added a third goal, but it all came too late as St Mary’s scored a fifth and a sixth.

  Final score: St Mary’s 6 – River View 3.

  Player of the match – Gabriel.

• Year 5C – Science Workshop

  Thu 03 May 2018

  Year 5C welcomed parents and grandparents to our Science Workshop where each class provides an in-depth view of experiments they have undertaken in class.

  Our own experiment investigated Air Resistance and Gravity and the effect it has on parachutes. The group explained about the test, the variables used, what a fair test entails and then challenged their guests to make predictions about which parachute would have the greater Air Resistance and why.

  It was also a chance for 5C to view other experiments, make predictions and then challenge the results found. All had a wonderful and informative afternoon of Science.