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What a final!
Tue 18 Jul 2017Final of the Man Utd Memorial Cup saw unbeaten St Mary’s take on unbeaten St Luke’s at Holy Family Primary School.
St Luke’s took hold of the game from the kick off which led to two great goals. St Mary’s found it hard to break them down. Half time: St Mary’s 2 – St Luke’s 2.
A game of two halves as it was St Mary’s turn to command the game which led to a goal from a long range shot from Finley. Pressure was on! St Luke’s kept it strong in midfield which resulted in a goal. 3-1. With their heads held high, St Mary’s went on the attack to narrow the margin which they did with another great strike from Finley, 3-2. With time running out, St Mary’s tried their best to find an equaliser but were beaten by the clock. An excellent team performance and a man of the match performance from Finley.
What a match it was – two teams represented each school with honour and pride.
Final score: St Mary’s 2 – St Luke’s 3.
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Knock on top!
Tue 18 Jul 2017Key Stage 2 Sports Day 2017.
With all the houses competing in an inter house sports day, all the children thoroughly enjoyed each event and tried their best to gain points for their houses. Great sportsmanship was shown during the morning as the children cheered their own team on as well as supporting the children in the other houses – St Mary’s spirit!
House winners for 2017 – Knock.
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Firearms Officers come to say Thank you
Tue 11 Jul 2017The children had surprise visitors to their Monday morning assembly! Sergeant Bullock and PC Howard, both firearm officers, came to speak to the children. Following the Manchester bombing at the MEN Arena children made thank you cards and wrote thank you letters to all the emergency services, including the firearm officers who were first at the scene. They were touched by the kind words from the children and just had to come and say thank you.
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Final – here we come!
Wed 05 Jul 2017Semi-final of the Manchester United Memorial Trophy saw St Mary’s take on Lark Hill.
Lark Hill showed why they were in the semi-final with some great passing resulting in a quick goal. St Mary’s heads stayed up and produced two wonderful team goals making it 2-1.
Half time: St Mary’s 2 – Lark Hill 1.
Lark Hill started the second half quickly which resulted in a great goal. 2-2.
St Mary’s had to defend well as they were being attacked all the time, but this led to a breakaway goal making it 3-2.
Both teams played with skill and sportsmanship.
What a semi-final – a match can could have gone either way.
Final score: St Mary’s 3 – Lark Hill 2.
St Luke’s RC are the final opponents.
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CHAMPIONS!
Wed 05 Jul 2017St Mary’s football team were crowned the Swinton League two undefeated champions. All the way through the season the team played with skill and showed sportsmanship – a credit to the boys and the school.
St Mary’s scored 40 goals and only conceded 6 throughout the season.
Now for the cup. St Mary’s are in the final of the Manchester United Memorial Trophy were they will play St Luke’s – can they do the double?
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Arts Week Celebration performance
Tue 04 Jul 2017Our Arts week ended with a fabulous performance for all our families and friends. Each classed performed a dance from around the world and we even had an African drumming and boom whacker performance from our Year 4’s too. We would like to send a HUGE thank everyone who came to support us, we hope you enjoyed it just as much as we did!
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Arts week 2017
Mon 03 Jul 2017What an AMAZING week we have all had at St Mary’s for Arts week! We visited a continent a day and enjoyed learning about individual countries art, music, dance, cultures and traditions. We had Indian dance and music workshops, guitar performances, steel pan lessons, drama sessions, singing lessons, song writing, craft making and much more. We would like to thank all the professionals who worked with us throughout the week for giving us such a wonderful experience.
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St Mary’s Very Own Art Gallery
Mon 03 Jul 2017As part of our Arts Week each child created their own “Banksy” inspired art work for our very own Art Exhibition. We have all been looking at street art from around the world and in our very own city of Manchester and created our art work from that. Then the team at My Masterpiece framed all our art work and put it on display for the exhibition. We all felt so proud when we saw the finished pieces. Well done everyone!
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Year 6 get musical!
Fri 30 Jun 2017As part of the Creative Arts Week, Year 6 visited Swinton High were they worked alongside MAPAS (Salford’s Music and Performing Arts Service) to learn how to play the steel pans.
They used their expressive skills to perform two songs with the steel pans.
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Sustainable St Mary’s
Fri 30 Jun 2017The St Mary’s Allotment Project continues and with the tireless work of Mr Sabatino and the Year 3 planters as you can see the raised beds have been built, filled with high grade soil and now the planting has begun.
Already we have peas, runner beans, corn, cucumbers and strawberries growing. The strawberries have their own home in the brilliantly designed Fiatino tractor. There will be additions to the allotment as it is an on-going project.
We hope to introduce a small poly tunnel for getting the seedlings ready for next year, a water feature and some more benches and chairs so people can relax in the quiet environment.
As the children will be enjoying a hard earned break the allotment would need some tender loving care over summer. If there are any parents willing to drop in from time to time, when the school is open, to just do a spot of weeding or watering that would be fantastic. Of course you may receive payment in kind with some veg.
