Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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The Mouse Mansion
Fri 30 Nov 2018This week we have had a great time exploring The Mouse Mansion and seeing where our new friends Sam and Julia live !! We’ve even been building our own version of the mansion and have worked together beautifully as a team , because teamwork is the dreamwork!! We wrote about Sam and found out that Sam and Julia have a secret hidey place in the mansion for special treasure and so we put a secret hidey place in our mansion too!!
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Fresh Start & St Mary’s – Our Second Winner
Wed 28 Nov 2018Today, the second of our design winners, Heidi (Year 5) had a visit from ‘her’ wagon. Her name is on the front for all to see and she also received a prize for such a brilliant entry.
The lorry will be working 7 days a week over Christmas in and around Manchester City Centre. So if you see the lorry, take a snap and send it in!
Last academic year Fresh Start Waste Management & Disposal, a local Salford firm, set a design competition for our Key Stage 2 children. After a long period of judging and from thousand of entries two of our children’s designs were chosen as worthy winners. Whilst the designs themselves are not on the lorries travelling around the area, the new wagons have been christened with the winners names.
Well done to Heidi who has helped the school continue in its push to be even more Eco Friendly.
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Recycle Your Batteries – Help Save The Planet!
Mon 26 Nov 2018Here at St Mary’s we continue to promote our Eco Status and this week we received our ‘Battery Box’.
With an ever increasing reliance on technology we seem to be using more and more batteries and surprisingly many are simple discarded into a normal waste bin. It is important that we recycle all of our batteries so the St Mary’s Eco Team want each of us to start recycling them properly. The box will be located near the Year 5 classroom and available for all. We will keep you updated on the amount we collect. (The Eco Team think that after Christmas we will probably get lots more!)
Here are some facts about batteries that you may not have known.
Nickel-based batteries
What you should know! NiCd and NiMh batteries should never be thrown in the rubbish! They are categorised as household hazardous waste, and they can leech harmful chemicals if you send them to the local landfill.
After recycling Materials are reused in new batteries and stainless steel products. So your designer sunglasses may have once been part of a battery.
Lithium-based batteries
What you should know! Lithium can be highly reactive and can cause fire if it overheats. That is why most lithium batteries contain protection circuits. Because of this unpredictability, it is crucial to recycle them.
After recycling Materials are reused in new batteries.
Alkaline batteries
What you should know Alkaline batteries can and should be recycled when at all possible. Recycling alkaline batteries keeps them from cluttering our landfills. In this electronic age we get through a lot of batteries and it is a good idea to have a dedicated bin for the sole purpose of recycling the batteries.
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Christmas Fair at St. Ambrose Barlow RC High School
Mon 26 Nov 2018All parents and children are invited to attend St Ambrose Barlow’s Christmas Fair on Saturday 1st December, 2018 at St Ambrose Barlow High School, Ash Drive, Swinton, M27 9QP.
The fair will start at 11.00 am until 1.00pm.
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Cross Country Date Amendments – NO RACE TOMORROW
Fri 23 Nov 2018Dear Parents,
There have been changes to the final two race dates – there is NO race tomorrow as that was changed last week to the 17th at Buile Hill.
The confirmed dates are now as follows:
3rd November 2018 – Bolton Road playing fields
17th November 2018 – Buile Hill Park
15th December 2018 – Bolton Road playing fields
19th January 2019 – Buile Hill Park followed by medal presentation
Apologies for the confusion but the times were changed after the original dates had been confirmed.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mr Chadwick
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Fresh Start Waste Teams Up With St Mary’s
Fri 23 Nov 2018Last academic year Fresh Start Waste Management & Disposal, a local Salford firm, set a design competition for our Key Stage 2 children. After a long period of judging and from thousand of entries two of our children’s designs were chosen as worthy winners. Whilst the designs themselves are not on the lorries travelling around the area, the new wagons have been christened with the winners names.
On Monday this week the first of our lucky winners, Imogen (Year 6) had a visit from ‘her’ wagon. Her name is on the front for all to see and she also received a prize for such a brilliant entry.
Well done to Imogen who has helped the school continue in its push to be even more Eco Friendly.
Next week… Winner Number 2.
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Road Safety Week
Wed 21 Nov 2018This week is the National Road Safety Week supported by Brake, the road safety charity. We started the week with Road Safety Workshops for each class and the importance of staying safe and being seen on the roads at night.
We are situated near some busy road junctions and busy main roads and we want all of our children, parents and families to be safe in the dark nights. Please make sure your children can be clearly seen and are safe when near our roads.
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Gravity in Action
Wed 21 Nov 2018Year 5 have put their Science learning to the task and in a practical experiment devised a way to show how Gravity works with just a toilet roll, split pin, elastic band, paper clip and a paper model of themselves.
The children had different elastic bands so we could recreate the gravitational pull on different planets in the Solar System.
Some of the questions posed were: Which planet has the strongest pull? Which has the weakest?
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Year 5 trip to the Marist Centre
Wed 21 Nov 2018Advent – How Jesus changed the world.
On Tuesday year 5 visited the Marist Youth Centre. The centre exists to challenge children to discuss and wonder what God is doing in and through them.
The day consisted of:
-What is Advent?
– Giving and receiving
– Role play
– Preparation of Liturgy.
A great spiritual time was had by all the children and staff of year 5.
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School is looking for a Welfare Assistant!
Tue 20 Nov 2018There is a Welfare Assistant vacancy in school, an energetic and happy individual who will look after our pupils during their lunchtime, every day from 12pm to 1:15pm. Welfare Assistants supervise pupils in the dining hall and on the playground, and are actively involved in organising playground games and activities with the children.
Deadline for applications is 12:00pm on Friday 30 November, shortlisting will be Monday 3 December and interviews on Tuesday 4 December.
