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• St Mary’s 3 – Mossfield 1

  Thu 18 May 2017

  What a game!

   

  Two strong teams battled for possession from the kick off. Great attacking and defending which led to 1-0 lead at half time to St Mary’s.

   

  Second half: A great solo goal from Mossfield levelled the game 1-1. St Mary’s were quick to go on the attack and were rewarded with a goal by Luke.  Wanting to wrap this match up, St Mary’s pressured Mossfield which led to an own goal.

   

  Man of the match: Brynn

• History Day – Stone Age Cave Paintings

  Wed 17 May 2017

  As part of the History Day Year 3 went back in time to almost 1.5 million years ago and created their own Cave Art. The Stone Age period produced some amazing, if simple, cave paintings depicting the lives of those at the time. In costume the children had great fun recreating some of the art.

  

• Year 2 Dance Explorers

  Fri 12 May 2017

  Year 2 have been learning all about explorers from the past in their History work and our very clever dance teacher used this as our theme in dance. We thought about moves our explorers might have used including how Christoper Columbus moved whilst exploring sea and new lands, and how Neil Armstrong  may have moved whilst exploring space. We then put this into a whole dance exploring sea, land and space.

  

• A visit from Curious Critters

  Fri 12 May 2017

  Year 1 and Year 2 have been learning all about ‘Animals including Humans’ in their science topic this term so we invited Danny from Curious Critters to tell us more about some ‘not-so-everyday’ animals. We found out some interesting facts and were brave enough to hold a few.  We would like to send a BIG thank you to Danny at Curious Critters for a fantastic afternoon.

  

• Wardley v St Mary’s

  Fri 05 May 2017

  The second game between these two great sides started with end to end attacks by both teams before St Mary;s broke the deadlock with a great goal from Liam.

  Second half started well for St Marys with goals coming from Liam and Finley    Liam finished off the game with his hat-trick. A special mention to the goalkeeper, Diwei, for some great saves and keeping the score line down to zero.

  Man of the Match: Liam for a great hat-trick.

  Full time result: Wardley 0 – St Mary’s 4

• St Mary’s V Mossfield

  Thu 04 May 2017

  An opening goal within sixty seconds by Finley set St Mary’s on their way to their second victory in two games. Captain Finley led by example again to push his team up-field and not give Mossfield a second on the ball. All the pressure led to mistakes being made by the opposition which St Mary’s pounced upon and Liam scoring two super goals.

  Another great team performance which led to two quick goals to take the score into 3-0 at half time.

  Second half was similar to the first with St Mary’s harassing Mossfield all over the pitch.

  Final score: St Mary’s 3  –  Mossfield 1

  Man of the match: Bryn for always making runs up and down the wing to allow space for the central midfielders to attack.

• St Mary’s V Wardley

  Tue 02 May 2017

  What a game!

   

  On Wednesday afternoon St Mary’s played their first football match of the season and what a match it was. The team quickly got in to their stride with some excellent passing and defending. This led to three quick goals: with two superb solo efforts from Finley who neatly slotted be ball in to the back of the net after beating 5 players. WOW!!!!!

   

  The second half was like the first – team defending and team attacking which led to four second half goals. An outstanding goal keeping show by Diwei who kept the opposition down to one goal.

   

  Man of the match – Finley Mc for an all round strong performance who was a true leader in all areas of the game.

   

  Final Result:  St Mary’s 7 V Wardley 1.

• Spring has arrived

  Fri 28 Apr 2017

  The scientists of Year 3 are now looking at Plants, Flowers and Seed Dispersal this term. This week we looked at the parts of a plant and then rated why plants are so important in the world. As part of the ongoing research we planted some seeds in the hope that they will grow strong, tall and bountiful. Hopefully the roots, stems and petals will produce. We have split the class into two competing gardening teams – one growing carrots (always difficult) and other growing runner beans so hopefully they will be on your plate soon.

  

• Bends, Stretches and Groans

  Fri 28 Apr 2017

  In the Summer Term Year 3 are going to be fit as fiddles. We are continuing with our swimming and lunchtime sports on Thursdays. We will be starting the Daily Mile next week where we hope every child will complete a mile (four laps of the school field) at their own pace but by the end of summer could we have a few Mo Farah’s on the books?

   

  On Friday afternoons we have now started Gymnastics and in our first session the children stretched themselves to the limits. Lots of squats, straddles, tucks and pikes and these were accompanied by lots of groans which reduced closer to the end of the session. First week’s star performers for endeavor and ability were Maya and Shaun. More next week…

  

• Dodgeball Tournament

  Mon 27 Mar 2017

  Year 5 enjoyed themselves in a dodgeball tournament held at Swinton High School. The children showed great skills and developed well as a team.