Latest News

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

• John Rylands Library & Spinningfields

  Thu 12 Jul 2018

  Year 5C enjoyed a trip to the fantastic John Rylands Library yesterday. The children were amazed at the architecture, history and purpose of the library and, of course, the mystery surrounding it’s potential haunting. Watch for the third window on the top floor!

  We walked around the library, learning all about the collections, some of the famous individual pieces of work, and why Mrs Rylands, a wealthy woman, had decided to build the library. We then investigated some Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics texts to Coptic writing before the children wrote their own names on papyrus.

  As we had finished early we had a small wander around Spinningfields taking in the Left Bank, the flooded remains of the Mark Addy, had a talk about the People’s Museum and then saw the latest climate change demonstration outside the Crown Courts.

  

• Watersports

  Wed 11 Jul 2018

  Year 5C finished off their water sports adventure on Monday. The groups had taken turns in the different activities; kayaking, canoeing, raft building and sailing. The weather has been perfect for messing about on the water as, at any given opportunity, the children launched themselves in for a refreshing dip. It has been all smiles and laughter and a delight to see everyone becoming more confident as the weeks went by.

   

  Well done Year 5C and hopefully we’ll see you back down at the Helly Hansen centre over summer to continue your nautical adventure.

  

• Salford Community Leisure present their Summer events and activities

  Thu 05 Jul 2018
  Salford Community Leisure is running a wide and exciting range of Summer events and activities, including a new summer holiday camp for children aged 5-12 at St Ambrose Barlow school over the summer.
  Please have a look at their booklet full of activities and events during the summer holidays.

  

• Sports Day 2108

  Thu 05 Jul 2018

  The houses of Fatima, Knock, Lourdes and Walsingham went head to head in this years annual sports day. The sportsmanship shown from all houses was outstanding as they didn’t only cheer their own team on, but they cheered the other teams also – St Mary’s mates through and through.

   

  At the end of a hot morning, Walsingham were announced as this years winners.

  

• Year 3 Visit John Ryland’s Library

  Wed 04 Jul 2018

  What a wonderful trip to start our week! Year 3 took a trip to the historic John Ryland’s Library in Manchester to take part in a book making workshop. The children (and teachers!) were amazed by the building itself, it’s neogothic interior reminded us of something out of Harry Potter. The children got a glimpse of Manchester City Center at one of it’s busiest times, we navigated the hustle and bustle on the outskirts of Spinningfields and admiried JRL from the outside. The books the children produced are fantastic, and a testament to their brilliant listening skills. The library is open from 10am most days and all of the children said they would love to visit again and explore further during the Summer.

  

• Fruitilicious

  Wed 04 Jul 2018

  Even though the glorious weather is making life hot, it’s certainly helping our fruit trees grow. Planted only a few years ago the cherry and apples trees are producing some sumptuous fruit and the grape vines and blackberries are following suit.

   

  We have also seen the wild flowers and hedges starting to take shape in the forest area. We just need to make sure that they are watered daily! Step up the Eco Team and Year 6.

  

• St Marys wins Artsmark Team Award at North West Cultural Education Awards 2018

  Wed 04 Jul 2018

  St Mary’s are very proud to announce that we have won the Artsmark Team Award at the North West Cultural Education awards 2018 for our commitment to the arts. It is in recognition of how we go above and beyond in our work to bring the benefits of great arts and culture to our pupils. We are so proud of this award because its a TEAM award and is for everyone; pupils, staff, parents and governors. WELL DONE EVERYONE!

  

• Arts Week DAY 3: Music

  Mon 02 Jul 2018

  Today in assembly we had a look at the timeline of music players in the last 100 years from record player, to cassette player, CD to ipods. We also looked at some of the biggest artists and bands form the last 100 years and discussed the genres of music. We had a sing along of some of the big hits including hits from Elvis, Michael Jackson and Abba.

  

• Arts Week DAY 4: Art

  Mon 02 Jul 2018

  Day 4 was our art through the decades and each class had their own art or craft masterpiece to create. Year 5’s explored tie-die patterns and made their own tie-die t-shirt, Year 4 created their very own Jackson Pollock art bags, year 3 made scoobies, Year 2 made headbands with a 70’s theme, Year 1 explored Banksy spray painting and Early Years made their very own Rubik cubes Throughout the week we had also made bunting, stage props and a ‘face in the hole’ for our decade. Year 3 and 4 got to work with an artist on a special printing project.

  

• Arts Week Day 5: Performance Day

  Mon 02 Jul 2018

  Today everyone dressed up in costumes for our performance day and what a performance it was! The bunting and props were on display to dress our performance area. Our art work was on display in the hall in our very own art exhibition. We had wonderful weather for our performances which was enjoyed by our biggest audience of family and friends to date. We were all very proud to perform and it was a fantastic end to a fantastic week! WELL DONE EVERYBODY!