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Creative Mathematicians

Wed 16 Jan 2019

Apart from enjoying the festive holidays, spending time with the family, opening presents and playing with friends, Year 5 were also very creative, industrious and imaginative.

Today we had the chance to play the Maths games created by the children. We had Maths monopoly, versions of snakes and ladders, Marble Maths, Dinosaur related themes and even the chance to win the Statue of Liberty. Some of the children used their technological prowess and used Purple Mash to create their games.

Well done to all in Year 5 and possibly we’ll see enhanced versions of these on Toy Store shelves in the near future…

St Mary’s Big Battery Hunt – We need your batteries for recycling

Mon 14 Jan 2019

The Big Battery Hunt is back for year two! St Mary’s are a part of the UK’s biggest school battery recycling programme.

Each pupil has received a free battery collection box, which we would love them to fill as many times as they can!

Over 4 million batteries were recycled last year – help us to make year two even better!

As soon as the children have filled a box we will make a note of their names and how many boxes they have filled. We will accept any batteries (except the very large ones and car batteries.)

There will be an overall class winner and individual champions!

Win Great Prizes

As soon as we have enough batteries we can arrange a collection and will be automatically entered in to the Big Battery Hunt prize draw. By helping us to recycle as many batteries as possible the school could win:

A 2-night class trip to the sustainability centre
A 3-year subscription to MyMaths worth £1,000
£2000 worth of school equipment vouchers
iPads
Certificates and trophies

Eco Council – Walkers Crisp Packet Recycling Scheme 2019

Mon 14 Jan 2019

We understand the responsibility we have to reduce the impact of our packaging on the environment, and we’re on it!

Starting this week our school will be taking part in a recycling initiative run by Walkers Crisps. We will be collecting empty crisp packets which, when sent to Walkers, will be turned into plastic pellets and used to make other plastic products. Although run by Walkers, any brand of crisp packet can be recycled. (Unfortunately we cannot accept Popcorn bags, Meat snacks or Pringles tubes and the packets cannot be folded into triangles.)

There will be a box in the Eco Area (Near the Year 6 classroom) for you to put your packets into. As well as the environment, the number of packets we get are turned into points which can be used in exchange for school supplies.

So not only will you be helping the environment but also the school!

The school and Eco-Council give you a big thanks in advance for helping our school reduce the amount of plastic ending up in the environment. (also remember that only school water bottles should be used in the school.)

A free and simple way to recycle Walkers crisp packets

At the moment, the packaging we use is the best way to keep our crisps crunchy and delicious. However, we’re aiming to make all our packaging 100% recyclable, compostable or biodegradable by 2025. In the meantime, we’ve partnered with recyclers TerraCycle to make it easier to recycle our crisp packets and reduce the impact we have on the environment.

Year 6 Hockey

Fri 11 Jan 2019

Year 6 have started to play hockey this term. Two of the most important skills of field hockey are passing and dribbling (controlling the ball while running). To practice the skill of passing, two players can stand about 10 feet away from each other and hit a ball back and forth, increasing the distance between them as they get more proficient. The children had lots of fun – even in the cold!

Minecraft Club Starts In January

Fri 21 Dec 2018

Minecraft Club is back!

Starting on Thursday January 10th the club will begin for the next term. Each week there will be challenges, short builds and long builds with prizes and certificates to be won.

The club runs from 3.30 to 4.45 pm and is open to Years 4 & 5 with up to 20 children being able to take part.

If your child is interested they must be booked in – Please see the instructions below and complete the online registration.

The club costs £3.99 per child per session and is paid for termly in advance. All club places are reserved and paid for online. Just go to website www.milittlepad.com to book you child’s place. Note… Online sales close the day of the first session, places are limited and late payments may be more expensive.

St Mary’s Snowman is complete!

Tue 18 Dec 2018

We have been all working very hard designing and creating our Snowman as part of the “Walking with the Snowman” trail and we are over the moon with the final results. Our snowman is called “Mary’s Boy Child” and is based on the famous Christmas carol of the same name. He is now on display in the Lowry Outlet and will be there until early January. Some of our pupils took part in the launch event at Media City with hundreds of other school children from across Greater Manchester and had a fabulous time. We hope you take a trip to visit our wonderful snowman.

KS1 Nativity

Tue 18 Dec 2018

Our wonderful year 1 and year 2 children performed a wonderful Nativity called ‘Little Angel Gets Her Wings’ for all their family and friends. The children did a wonderful job singing, dancing and acting and we would like to congratulate them on their star performances.

Cross Country Race 3 & Training

Mon 10 Dec 2018

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO TRAINING NEXT MONDAY – 17th DECEMBER

It seems like a long time to wait but race three in the Salford Schools Championships is on this Saturday – 15th December and will be at Bolton Road Playng Fields. Again please be on time for your race and let Mr Chadwick or Miss Crawshaw know you are here and ready.

Parents can park either on the top road near Barr Hill Football Club (but this does get busy) or at the bottom of the fields.

TRAINING WILL RESUME THE SECOND WEEK BACK IN JANUARY – 14th JANUARY

The Mouse Mansion

Fri 30 Nov 2018

This 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!!

Fresh Start & St Mary’s – Our Second Winner

Wed 28 Nov 2018

Today, 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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