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Swimming Superstars
Thu 10 Oct 2019Year 3 continue to show great prowess in the pool on a Thursday afternoon. After a warm-up which involves walking to the leisure centre, they are all progressing really nicely and are following the instructions from the coaches.
Mrs Sabatino and Mrs Cervellione can certainly see some superstars of the future! Keep going Year 3.
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Growth Mindset and Wellbeing
Thu 10 Oct 2019We joined BBC Teach on Thursday, 10th October 2019, with a very special live interactive lesson which was aimed at promoting emotional wellbeing and encouraging a growth mindset in primary school pupils aged 7 - 11.
In this 30-minute live, interactive lesson, we explored:
- recognising emotions;
- developing resilience and a growth mindset; and
- tips for self-care.
We took part in many activities and discussions about not having a 'fixed mindset' but to have a 'growth mindset' - say to yourself, 'Yes I can do it!'
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St. Mary's Harvest Celebration Mass
Thu 10 Oct 2019This morning we welcomed Father Paul into school for our Harvest Celebration mass.
At Harvest time it's important to thank God for everything that he gives us to eat - all of the different crops that are grown in the earth, before being harvested and eaten.
During mass, we prayed for the farmers who plant, tend and feed the crops, and for the workers who transport our food and make it available to us.
We offered our mass for people in our country and in the wider world who are experiencing food shortages.
We sang some of our favourite hymns to celebrate harvest, including Autumn Days and The Best Gift.
We also placed all our food donations for the Loaves and Fishes charity around the altar for our mass.
Finally, a reminder that we are still collecting food donations for Loaves and Fishes for the rest of this week. So even if you missed sending a donation in for today's mass, it's not too late. Any more food donations will be gratefully received. Thank you for all your support.
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Aldi Kit's for Schools, first poster complete
Wed 09 Oct 2019We have successfully completed our first poster for Aldi's kits for school and are making good progress on our second. We have already secured our first sports kit for school and one entry into the £20,000 prize draw. We would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who has sent the stickers in, and kindly ask to keep sending them in
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Year 3 Science Ambassador Afternoon
Tue 08 Oct 2019Year 3 enjoyed a visit from a STEM Ambassador today. Elaine Borthwick from Pfizer UK came in to teach the children about how medicines are made, how long research takes, the money involved, different types of medicines for different ailments and how much effort goes into keeping us healthy.
The children then had to create a road map from research to delivery before embarking on making a life saving SLIME medicine. All the slime came out in different colours and the purpose was to show that using different ingredients or in the wrong quantities, the medicine might work or not.
The children were really engaged and inquistive and came up with some fantastic questions and answers. Thank you very much to Elaine for providing a fantastic session for the children.
Some facts which we learned today:
It costs £1 billion to take a medicine from research to the chemist.
It takes almost 12 years for the medicine to be approved after all the clinical trials are completed.
Out of 25'000 components used at the start of the research process only about 25 will end up being used.
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Harvest Time at the Allotment
Tue 08 Oct 2019With Harvest Festival time quickly approaching some of the budding Eco Councillors helped Mr Sabatino in our original allotment and harvested, snipped, plucked some of the produce that the children have grown over the last year.
Yes we still have some strawberries and grapes growing in abundance!
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Year 3 Forest Schools
Tue 08 Oct 2019On Friday the Year 3 class took part in our Forest School Session creating Leaf Art - first the children foraged for what they needed and then worked collaboratively on their designs producing some stunning finished pieces. It was a slightly wet day but that never stopped our hardy children and they really enjoyed getting their hands dirty as you can see from the pictures!
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Patrick's Fun Run
Mon 07 Oct 2019St Mary's would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to Patrick and his mum and dad, Nina and Gareth, for raising money for our school. This weekend, Patrick took part in the Rochdale fun run and managed to raise an amazing £170. Patrick has worked so hard training for the event and helping to raise money with his sponsors.
The school will use the money to buy a copy of 'Inside the Villians' for every class. This will help us with our whole school book study, enhancing the teaching of writing and the love of reading across the school.
Hopefully, when Patrick is older, he will join the school Cross Country Team! Well done Patrick - we are all very proud of you!
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Cross Country Training Cancelled
Mon 07 Oct 2019Due to the weather Cross Country Training will be cancelled tonight. Please collect your child at the normal time of 3.30.
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WOW Walk To School September Update
Sat 05 Oct 2019The first badges have been handed out to the children for all those that achieved the targets set for Walking, Biking, Scootering, Catching the Bus or Parking & Striding to school.
We have set the challenge for at least ONCE a week travelling to school without using the car and parking outside the school gates or on the roads around the school.
Mornings are extremely busy for many parents but how about the afternoon pick up?
Could we leave the car in the two designated Park & Stride locations? (Morrisons and Victoria Park) and walk with the children?
Find out about their day?
What has made their day brilliant?
What was the best thing about the day?
Chat with friends?
See other parents that we may not have seen in a while?
Take a ten minute breather from our hectic world?
Catch up on the afternoon shop and get the kids working for their dinner?
So the October challenge has already started and the school would love to see EVERY single child earning their badges.
So if the mornings are busy for you, then the afternoons will count towards the badge.
Your child would love the badge to wear proudly and it means an extra ten minutes of quality time with family.
Let's smash it this month!
