St Mary's Catholic Primary School

On behalf of the Governors, staff, parish, children and our wider school community, thank you to those of you who have chosen St Mary’s for your child’s first steps in education and to those of you who are considering choosing our school for your child.

Vision and Values

At St Mary’s, we cater for children from the age of 3-11, Catholic and Non-Catholic. The vast majority of our children move on to St John Fisher Catholic Collegiate, the secondary school within our Multi Academy Company (family of schools). We work closely with them to ease the transition from primary to secondary education for our learners.

We are very proud of the strong support which we receive from our parish priest, Canon Paul, and assistant priest Fr John. All staff and children are very well supported in deepening their understanding of the gospel values, which lie at the heart of everything we do and is included in our school mission statement, ‘Learning to Live Out Our Calling with Compassion and Love.’ Our children are expected to live out their faith and are well equipped to do so as our Catholic Values permeate throughout the life of our school.

As an inclusive school, we have high expectations of all children. We instill our pupils with a sense of personal and collective responsibility and we place a great emphasis on the personal, social, spiritual and health education of our pupils. Our children experience a carefully designed, broad and balanced curriculum and we have ensured that our school has the facilities and resources to provide our children with opportunities to discover their talents and interests. We have a strong tradition in music and sports and we take great delight in developing our children’s achievements in these areas.

Our teaching staff view their work as a vocation and actively seek to motivate and inspire our children to hold a life long love of learning. Our school works to enable everyone to become a responsible, happy and compassionate citizen in order to prepare them for the opportunities and responsibilities in our rapidly changing society. We believe that to achieve this for our children, it is crucial for parents, carers and the school to work together in partnership. There are many opportunities throughout the school year to develop this relationship. We have a committed pastoral team who are knowledgeable and resourceful in providing support for all families within school and beyond the school gates.We look forward to continuing to work with you to achieve your child’s full potential. If you have not yet visited our school and would like to come and meet us, please contact the school office to arrange a visit.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school!

St Mary's Catholic Primary School Newcastle Under Lyme

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🐑 ✝️ Sacramental Preparation – Reconciliation ✝️ 🐑

Today, our children preparing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation began their first preparation session.

We explored the Parable of the Lost Sheep and reflected on its beautiful message that God knows each one of us, loves us and always welcomes us back to Him.

We thought about how the Sacrament of Reconciliation brings us back to God when we have made wrong choices and reminds us that His love and forgiveness are always there for us.

To finish our session, each child wrote their name on a sheep and chose one word to describe how they had felt during our time together, including words such as loved, safe, welcomed and happy.

A lovely first step on their journey towards receiving this special sacrament. 🙏

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🥣 🌍 Year 3 Catholic Life Pledge 🌍 🥣

As part of our Catholic Life Pledge, Year 3 took part in CAFOD’s Family Fast Day.

The children stood in solidarity with people around the world who do not have enough food to eat by replacing one of their usual meals with a simple bowl of soup. 🥣

This simple act helped us to think about how fortunate we are and to remember our responsibility to care for our global family. It was a meaningful way for the children to put their faith into action and live out the Catholic Social Teaching principle of Solidarity. 💚🌎

We are so proud of our Year 3 children for showing compassion and thinking of others through their actions.

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Thank you to Isime for sharing her family celebration of the word with us and explaining how it made you feel closer to God . #year1stm
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💧🌿 SEASON OF CREATION | LIVING WATER 🌿💧

Last Thursday, some of our wonderful Fishers from the Chaplaincy Team walked to Holy Trinity to take part in a beautiful Season of Creation Service. 🙏✨

We were joined by learners from St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Newcastle Under Lyme and members of the Parish as we gathered in prayer and reflection, thinking about our role as stewards of creation and exploring this year’s theme: Living Water. 💦🌎

Our learners responded creatively to the theme, producing beautiful artwork and handwritten reflections on paper water drops, sharing their thoughts on the small ways we can all help to protect the waters on our planet. 🎨💧🌱

It was wonderful to see our learners take such an active role in the service. They read, sang and participated beautifully, helping to create a truly thoughtful and prayerful celebration. 🎶🙏

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the service so special, and to our wonderful learners for representing the Fishers so brilliantly. 💙

🌍💧 Together, let us care for our common home. 🌿🙏

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This afternoon, Year 6 had a fantastic trip to Newcastle Library! The children were excited to explore the shelves and had the chance to share some of their favourite books with Terry, the librarian. From magical adventures to thrilling mysteries, there was plenty of book talk and enthusiasm all around!
Terry also shared some of the exciting events coming up at the library – lots to look forward to for our keen readers! He then treated the class to a reading of an extract from A World Full of Spooky Stories: Esteban and the Ghost – a perfect way to end a magical afternoon. To finish off the visit, the children were able to browse the plethora of books that the library has to offer and choose a book to bring home. 📖
Thank you to Terry and the team at Newcastle Library for making us feel so welcome! 💙
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✍️✨ Young Writers ✨✍️

We are so proud of Romy and Charlie in Year 4 who have joined the Spark Young Writers group at Newcastle-under-Lyme Library! 📚🌟

The group meets on Saturdays throughout the year so it is wonderful to see them showing such commitment to developing their writing beyond the classroom. Through workshops led by professional writers, they’ll have the chance to build their creativity, confidence and writing skills. 📝💭

What fantastic dedication! Well done, Romy and Charlie! 👏✨

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Year 6 have been using maths equipment today to show arrays for squared numbers. That meant we were equipped ready to move onto cubed numbers for the rest of the lesson! #stmmaths #year6
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School Opening Times

	Start of Day	End of Day
Gates Open	8:30am	3:00pm
School Start/End	8:45am	3:15pm
Registration Close	9:05am
Office Opening Times	8:00am	4:00pm

School Dinner Timetable

Year Group	Break Time	Lunch Time
Nursery		11:30am
Reception	10:00am-10:15am	11:45am-12:30pm
Year 1 & 5	10:30am-10:45am	12:15pm-1:00pm
Year 2 & 6	10:30am-10:45am	12:30pm-1:15pm
Year 3 & 4	10:15am-10:30am	12:00pm-12:45pm