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#SalfordDanceExplosion

Tue 17 Jun 2025 Mrs Kinman

St Mary’s Dance Squad closed the #SalfordDanceExplosion with a truly amazing performance at the Lowry Theatre.

Well done to all the children who took part and a big thank you to our parents for coming to watch.

Take a look at the video in the Gallery on our website!

CONGRATULATIONS

Thu 19 Dec 2024 Mrs Kinman

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I am delighted to inform all parents and children that the school's Governing Board recently appointed Mrs Brown as the new Headteacher at St Mary's.

Mrs Brown will take up her new role after the Christmas holidays.

I'm sure you would like to join me in congratulating and wishing Mrs Brown all the very best in leading our wonderful and successful school.

Alison Stones

Chair of Governors

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

christmas for the Community

Fri 29 Nov 2024 Mrs Kinman

Christmas for the Community

at St Mary’s R.C. Primary School

Grandparents, neighbours and parishioners,

come along and enjoy an afternoon together,

guaranteed to get you into the Christmas spirit!

There will be:

Bingo with some lovely prizes

Sherry and Mince Pies

A Christmas Carol sing along with the children of St Mary’s

Wednesday 18th December at 1.30pm in the school hall.

St Mary’s RC Primary School, Milner Street, Swinton M27 4AS

If you would like to come along, please call into the school office or phone the school office on

0161 794 4028 to add your name to the guest list.

We are asking people to join the guest list to ensure we have enough chairs and mince pies on the day!

We hope to see you there,

The Staff and Pupils of St Mary’s RC Primary School.

Christmas Events 2024

Fri 29 Nov 2024 Mrs Kinman

Christmas Events at St Mary’s R.C. Primary School

Tuesday 10th December

Nursery and Reception Christmas Sing-a-long and Christmas Markets in the school hall

2.00 pm - parents welcome

Wednesday 11th December

Y3, Y4, Y5, and Y6 Christmas Treat (9.00 am) – Jungle Book at the Octagon Theatre

Y1 and Y2 Christmas Play and Christmas Markets in the school hall

2.00 pm - parents welcome

Thursday 12th December

Christmas Jumper Day - £1 donation for the ‘Save the Children’ Charity

Christmas Dinner for children on school dinners

Christmas Raffle

Friday 13^th December

Travelling Nativity Assembly

Monday 16th December

Nursery, Reception Y1 and Y2 Christmas Treat (12.00 pm) – The Stick Man at the Lowry theatre. (Possible late return depending on traffic – 3.30-4.00 pm)

Wednesday 18th December

Christmas in the Community – Carols and BINGO

1:30 pm – church parishioners and grandparents welcome – call school to add your name to the guest list

Thursday 19th December

Whole School Christmas PARTY Day

Visit from Father Christmas, party lunch and Razzle Dazzle show

Children to wear own clothes

Friday 20th December

School closes for the Christmas holidays at 1:30pm

No after school club provisions

EYFS Open Tours

Tue 29 Oct 2024 Miss Raynor

We would like to invite prospective parents for EYFS children in Nursery and Reception to attend an open tour.

We have opened four tours on the below dates and times:

Wednesday 13th November 10am.

Wednesday 13th November 3pm.

Wednesday 20th November 10am.

Wednesday 20th November 3pm.

Please arrive at the school office where you will be greeted by a member of staff.

School Games Platinum Award

Fri 12 Jul 2024 l johnson

We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games PLATINUM Mark Award for the 2023/24 academic year for our commitment to PE.

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

With a total of over 100 young people competing in local inter-school competitions this year, we are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible.

As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.

Big Bird Watch Art Competition

Wed 24 Jan 2024

Calling all aspiring artists!

Get your paintbrushes at the ready for an exciting new competition!

To celebrate our British birds, Sky Arts are challenging pupils across the country to create a picture of a bird, in whatever material they choose.

We want pupils to look for shapes, textures and colours on their local feathered friends and find creative ways to capture them through art.

You could even take part in the ‘Big Garden Birdwatch’ over the weekend for inspiration.

Bring your entries into school by Friday 1st March with the completed consent form for a chance to see your work featured on Sky Arts T.V. programme ‘Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir’

Let’s get 2024 off to a creative start. Have fun, and we cannot wait to see the amazing artwork you produce.

Healthy Luchbox

Mon 11 Sep 2023 Mrs Brown

At St Mary’s we hold the ‘Healthy School’ award and continue to promote healthy lifestyles throughout our curriculum. We ask for all pupils bringing in their own snack and/or packed lunch that it is a healthy snack and/or well balanced diet avoiding sweets, chocolate or crisps. Please can small fruit be chopped to avoid potential choking.

The NHS provide healthy lunchbox ideas here:

https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes/

Although we have many allergy sufferers across the school, a small number of our children and staff have nut allergies that in some cases are so severe that they could potentially lead to loss of life from anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock. Just a trace amount can threaten some of the children’s lives. Parents of children with this condition are obviously extremely anxious and as a school we have a duty of care that we take extremely seriously, as we do with all children and their families.

We therefore politely request that you avoid providing nuts and products containing nuts for your children to consume in school as a snack or as part of your children’s lunch. Please can you also avoid sending cakes containing nuts for charity sales and sweets containing nuts bought in for birthdays etc. This will also apply to adults working in the school. Please note that this includes peanut butter and all Nutella type products and, if eaten at home before school, hands must be washed thoroughly to further reduce contamination.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Big Salford Summer Read 2023: Reading Game

Tue 11 Jul 2023 Mrs Kinman

Lowry Copley Prize Competition

Tue 20 Dec 2022 Mrs Kinman

Well done to Jacob Misiarz in Year 2, who has won the Lowry's Termly Copley Prize Competition, Sep-Dec 22 for his piece 'Lowry City Collage'. The Judges were very impressed with his brilliant visual art skills. There will soon be a post on the Lowry social media so do look out for it!

Jacob will now be put forward with the other termly prize winners for the annual Copley Prize winner for 2023, that will be chosen in July 2023.

Awards