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A Frank Cottrell-Boyce fun challenge (with CAFOD Summer of Hope)
Fri 10 Jul 2020This morning we received a special letter from CAFOD, containing an exciting opportunity for you to get creative with the famous children's author, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. You might have read some of Frank's books already - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Runaway Robot and Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth are some of his best-known books, although he has written lots of others too.
When Frank was your age, he attended a Catholic Primary school, just like you (his was called St. Bartholomew's), and now he is challenging you to join in with him by taking part in the CAFOD Summer of Hope Campaign.
It's really easy to get involved. Just follow the instructions below.
Frank Cottrell Boyce and the CAFOD Summer of Hope Challenge
Think about your life during lockdown:
What has given you hope during this challenging time?
It might be an object, an activity, a person, a phrase, or an idea.
Your challenge: in just one word, or one sentence, tell us what has given you hope.
You can use pictures or designs to illustrate your words.
If you’ve put your ideas down on paper and you want to send a photo of it, that’s fine too!
Frank is going to collect all of your ideas together and will write a short piece describing what you children have said you are hopeful about.
Before emailing your work in, please make sure that you have included your first name, your age, and your town.
Finally: Please ask permission from an adult to email your ideas to schools@cafod.org.uk before Monday July 27th .
Please note, by sending in your submission (whether written or a drawn) you give CAFOD permission to reproduce it for use for this project, and others, including media work. You can find full details in the attached PDF document being sent out to you on Purple Mash email.
REALLY IMPORTANT: DON'T send your work into school, or to your teacher on Purple Mash email. You MUST send it to the CAFOD email address above for it to be entered into the challenge.
Good luck!
Mr Loynd
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Friday's Celebration Assembly
Thu 09 Jul 2020Good morning St Mary's Mates!
We hope you are all well and looking after one another.
Another busy week has flown by with lots of fantastic work submitted, photos shared and bubbles having fun!
This week we are pleased to share some awards for the school:
St Mary's have been recognised for our ongoing achievement in the School Games programme for both in school and virtually during lockdown! Well Done everyone!
This weeks Purple Mash Stars of the Week are:
Nursery = Preston
Reception = Alma
Year 1 = Krish
Year 2 = Haydn
Year 3 = Isabella J
Year 4 = Oscar T
Year 5 = Soraya
Year 6 = Joshua M
Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravissimo Very Well Done!
This Weeks Class Winners are:
Spelling Shed = Year 5
Maths Shed = Year 3
Well done! Only one more week left to win this now...we hope everyone tries their best to get to the top!
You will have all by now received an email inviting you to a Class Farewell Party! This is a chance to see all your friends on Zoom to catch up and say good bye before you all finish for summer. Be ready with some news to share or an item to show about your time in lockdown! Have a drink and a snack with you so you can all have a little virtual party together! It will be great if you can all make it! (Dates and Times again are in the pictures below)
For our Fantastic Year 6 their Farewell Party won't be on zoom! They are invited to a socially distanced Garden Party on the school field! This is on Tuesday 14th July at 1pm! We can't wait to see you all, we hope you can make it!
Parents our updates for September have been emailed this week with more to follow next week. All information is also saved on the COVID19 page of the school website.
From Monday you will start to receive via email your School Reports along with a staff list for September.
Don't forget today...
12 o'clock St Mary's LIVE Google Assembly for Online Safety. It will last for about 30-40 minutes and it is just for our school. It will be on Youtube and it is designed so you at home and everyone in school can get involved! So we hope you all take part and have fun!
Enjoy the last week of term everyone, work hard, enjoy the celebrations and continue to look after one another.
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School Games Programme
Thu 09 Jul 2020Well done to all children, parents, guardians and staff for being recognised for your ongoing commitment and achievement in the School Games Programme.
We have an award for our commitment in school during the Autumn & Spring Terms and for your support, commitment and engagement of virtual programmes during the Summer Term.
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What a fabulous Arts Week we've had!
Fri 03 Jul 2020Well we've come to the end of another wonderful Arts Week and we have proven to everyone we can still have an incredibly creative week even at home. We are extremely proud of all your amazing efforts, achievements and creations made throughout the week.
The Lowry are asking Salford residents of any age to share their creative responses to the lockdown; these could be poems, stories, videos, photos or artwork. The work will be shared online until they re-open & then they will be displayed in the gallery. We will certainly be sending all our fabulous work from this week and will be sharing our St Mary's Street project when it's finished (so keep sharing your house creations with us up until the 10th July). For more information visit https://thelowry.com/dayslikethese/
Thank you to all those who shared your Arts Week work with us. You can view this work in our online Gallery (under the Children tab above) and will still add to these as photos come in to us. We have seen such a magnificent range of art and craft creations, drama, singing and dance performances, photography, fashion and design skills which have not only been an inspiration to your friends but your teachers too. So many of you have discovered new talents and skills and we just couldn't be prouder of all our St Mary's mates. Very well done everyone!
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EXCLUSIVE - St Mary's Google Live Assembly
Fri 03 Jul 2020St Mary's is going to be on YouTube!
On Friday 10th July at 12pm a special assembly is going to be hosted by Google & Parent Zone EXCLUSIVELY for the children from our school. It will be all about Online Safety and explain about how children can:
“Be Internet Legends.”
The session will be shown live on Youtube with shout-outs for the children at school and working from home, so make sure you tune in using the following link: https://youtu.be/djU4EjOxBRU
The assembly will last for 30-40 minutes and will be outlining the many safety issues, hints, tips and pitfalls to the modern day surfer & gamer.
To make the most of the internet, children need to make smart decisions. Be Internet Legends empowers younger children to use the web safely and wisely, so they can be confident explorers of the online world.
The Be Internet Legends programme is designed to teach your child the skills they need to stay safe and have a positive time online. Your involvement at home can really help reinforce these key messages to help your child become more confident when exploring the online world.
We want as many children watching and being involved as possible so please do join in the session which is also great for parents.
See you all next Friday at 12pm on Youtube and you can all become INTERNET LEGENDS!!!
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Friday Celebration Assembly
Fri 03 Jul 2020Good morning everyone,
We hope you've all had a fantastic ARTS week! Thank you to Mrs Murphy for creating the daily timetables packed with activities and sending them to all your purple mash accounts! Looking at all the wonderful photos you send, you're having as much fun at home as we are in school!
Although it has been ARTs week many of you have continued to work through your purple mash, spelling shed and maths shed activities. So we still have this weeks winners:
Purple Mash Stars of the week:
Nursery = Jace
Reception = James K
Year 1 = Charlie D
Year 2 = Alex Y
Year 3 = Isabella G
Year 4 = Maisie-Rae
Year 5 = Lorenzo
Year 6 = Jaden
Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravissimo Very Well Done!
This week's class winners are:
Spelling Shed = Year 5
Maths Shed = Year 4
Well Done to both classes!
It has been really nice to meet our new nursery and reception pupils who are due to join St Mary's Mates in September. We have arranged a very 'different to normal' transition for them over the last two weeks and we still have many more to meet before the end of term. We can't wait to welcome them all properly in September, parents please monitor the 'new starters for September' page on the website.
We are currently organising a 'social distance' good bye to our wonderful Year 6 for the last week of term. More information will be emailed soon.
Can we just say a big THANK YOU to all the parents who have been sending in gifts for the staff it is so kind of you all. Also for all your emails of thanks, we really do appreciate them, it makes us so proud to be part of St Mary's.
You should have received an email containing a short survey about the home learning, we really appreciate your feedback on this as we make changes for the future. Also a letter updating you about September has been emailed to you and saved on the COVID19 page of the website. From the Governments guidance that came out yesterday we are now planning for September. Our plans will be shared with you via email and again saved on the website when they are ready. Thank you for your continued patience.
School Reports have been completed and will be emailed to you during the last week of term. If you are not receiving emails from school or if you have changed your email address please call the school office to update your records before the end of term (Friday 17th July)
Enjoy today's ARTs week activities everyone! Have a great weekend!
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Virtual Activities
Fri 26 Jun 2020Take a look at the links below for virtual activities for children and young people. Don't forget to share you work with us via Purple Mash emails or Twitter.
#Salford stories has a daily calendar of activities for children.
https://www.salfordcvs.co.uk/salfordstories-calendar-children
Manchester Museum has some really good resources and activities for children to access.
https://www.mminquarantine.com/resource-for-home-educators-and-fam
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Support for Parents
Fri 26 Jun 2020Salford Baby Bank
Salford Baby Bank is a new charitable organisation which schools can refer to. Do you have any parents with a new baby who are struggling financially? They accept referrals from professionals who work with families in Salford who require a Crisis Care Package. This could include nappies, artificial baby milk, under 2yrs clothes package, hygiene essentials for mum/baby and family. Click on the link to refer, parental consent is needed.
https://salfordbabybank.co.uk/
Childcare Choices
Visit the link below for information regarding childcare choices and the 30 hour funding.
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
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St Mary's Street
Fri 26 Jun 2020Hello everyone,
We’ve thought of an idea to commemorate St Mary’s moving into our homes during the pandemic, which has allowed us to continue to learn and be a community but from the safety of our own homes. We would like all the children to draw/paint/collage a picture of their home. We will then compile photographs of these into one large St Mary’s Street! Parents are welcome to help but part of the beauty of the project is that all houses will be completely unique and different, from a quick stick house to a Van Gogh style painting!!
If your child has been in School through the duration, right from the beginning of lockdown, they are welcome to draw a picture of the school.
Once your house picture is completed, send a photograph to daisy.williamson@salford.gov.uk and I will edit them all together. Please do this by the 10th of July and try and take the photographs in bright/natural light so they are as clear as possible.
We can’t wait to see what you each create and to share the finished result with you!
Miss Williamson
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Friday Celebration Assembly
Fri 26 Jun 2020Good morning everyone,
It has been a week of sunshine and hopefully smiles! We hope you are all keeping well at home and looking after one another.
We can see you have all been working hard again, lots of fantastic work of all subjects being submitted. It's great to see so many of you enjoying the Flat Teacher Tasks too! Our staff have been doing art work, baking cakes, playing with your toys, riding your scooters as well as exploring Pennington Flash and lots of Parks....thank you so much for taking us with you!
This weeks Purple Mash Stars of the Week are:
Nursery = Isaac
Reception = Olivia C
Year 1 = Blake
Year 2 = Jacob
Year 3 = Emilia
Year 4 = Rebekah C
Year 5 = Felicity H
Year 6 = Zach D
Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravissimo Very Well Done!
This weeks Class winners are:
Spelling Shed = Year 4
Maths Shed = Year 4
Year 4 has made it to the top spot for BOTH for the second week in a row! Well Done Year 4!
We are so excited for next week as St Mary's ARTS WEEK is going ahead! There's no stopping Mrs Murphy! Please look out as a timetable full of fantastic ideas, links to amazing websites will be sent to your Purple Mash Email. We hope you have lots of fun getting creative! Remember to share your photographs of your achievements with us @st_swinton or email them to your teachers on purple mash for the website gallery!
Have a great week everybody!
