Latest News

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

• Story Hour at the Height Library: Friday 15 March

  Thu 28 Feb 2019

  Pre-school children of any age and their parents/carers are invited to join us for a friendly oral storytelling session followed by the opportunity to explore and loan our range of story sacks. For more information contact 0161 921 2130. Height Library, King Street, Salford, M6 7GY.

  

• Dance Explorers!

  Thu 21 Feb 2019

  Year 2 have been learning about “Excellent Explorers” in history and we used this as our theme in this terms dance classes with Miss Jayne.  Our dance moves have been linked to exploring land, sea and space. As part of our dance we have explored levels and ways of travelling. We have been learning about the word unison and dancing in unison, for this we have to make sure we work as a team and our timing is right. One of our favourite moves is a cannon. We have enjoyed planning our own dance moves and sharing them with the class for peer evaluation.

  

• Year 5 Assembly – Memorial Sacrifice

  Sat 16 Feb 2019

  The final assembly of the term was Year 5 and we discussed our latest theme – Memorial Sacrifice. When Jesus spoke to his friends at the Last Supper he left them a vivid memory of what He was about to undertake to save us. The image of the Supper is still used today in the Eucharist as a memory of his great sacrifice.

   

  Year 5 discussed this brilliantly and also spoke about some precious objects that act as memories for them about special people within their lives and those of their families.

   

  It was a really excellent assembly and all the children spoke clearly and sang their hearts out!

  

• Year 2 share their work

  Fri 15 Feb 2019

  Year 2 have spent the last few weeks learning about Space and this week wrote some amazing non fiction reports about astronauts. We included non fiction features such as headings, sub headings, labelled diagrams, captions and some sensational space facts! As they were so good we wanted to share them with the early years children as they had also been learning about space recently too. The children really enjoyed sharing their work.

  

• St Mary’s Got Talent

  Fri 15 Feb 2019

  St Mary’s really does have very talented pupils and this afternoon over 50 children took part in St Mary’s Got Talent, as part of our annual talent show. From dancers to singers, gymnasts to comedians there was something for everyone. The show was organised, presented and performed by our pupils and members of our School Arts Council, who all did a wonderful job. We are so proud that many children found the courage to take part and the audience were so supportive. Well done to everyone who took part you are all winners!

  

• Dodge-ball runners up!

  Fri 08 Feb 2019

  A team of six players from our years 5 and 6 entered a Swinton Cluster Dodge-ball tournament. The children had a great time, and were unlucky not to come out as the overall tournament winners.

  Great team playing and persistence was shown.

  

• Hockey Heroes

  Thu 07 Feb 2019

  Year 5 enjoyed another hockey lesson with Mr Worrall & Mr Chadwick today. Over the term the children have really improved with their dribbling, control, passing and movement. We have moved on each week from the basics to competitive games between teams which are played in the best spirit and really enjoyed by all players.

   

  The children aren’t so sure about Mr Chadwick’s running commentary though…

  

• Marvellous Measuring

  Thu 07 Feb 2019

  Year 5 took our current learning into the hall today for a practical maths session. We have been looking at measures – kg, cm, litres etc and converting them. So today we used measuring tapes to work out the reach of the children and then convert the results into cm, metres & millimeters. Some even worked them out in kilometres!

  

• Beth Tweddle’s Gymnastics

  Fri 01 Feb 2019

  At St Mary’s, the children have and will continue to receive coaching from the ‘Beth Tweddle’s Gymnastics Programme’. The academy coaches have improved the pupil confidence and development through gymnastics. The children continue to learn different gymnastic routines and body management.

   

  ‘Gymnastics is fun. I really enjoy it because I learn new moves each time and enjoyed using different apparatus.’ Year 4 child.

   

  It is also helping to up-skill the staff at St Mary’s.

  

• NSPCC Number Day in Year 4

  Fri 01 Feb 2019

  Number Day is a maths-inspired fundraising day for children in nursery right through to secondary school.

   

  The children were set homework to design and make a mathematics related game that could be played on Number Day. The children then played each others games and had a thoroughly enjoyable time doing so.

   

  Funds raised from ‘Number Day’ will help support vital NSPCC services such as ‘Speak out. Stay Safe’ which visits primary schools across the UK to teach children about the dangers of abuse and what they can do if they need help.