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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School

About Us

Welcome to
St. Mary’s

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.

A Message from our Headteacher

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Mrs D Mellor

Headteacher

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!

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Today, Year 4 brought Science and PE together with a game of ‘Solid or Liquid.’ After learning how to identify and define solids, liquids and pourable solids in the classroom, the children headed out to the playground to put their knowledge into action. When the teacher called out either solid or liquid, they had to think quickly and run to the correct base. It was a great way to reinforce their understanding while keeping active and having plenty of fun along the way. #year4stm #sciencestm #pestm
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🌟🎭 Oracy Superstars! 🎭🌟

A huge congratulations to Millie, Mila, Roosevelt, Alessandra, Richa, Henry and Nicholas in Year 6 for earning a coveted Oracy Sticker during our Readers’ Theatre lesson! 🏆✨

They absolutely smashed the physical strand as they brought our core text Wonder to life, reading with fantastic expression and projecting their voices with real confidence. 🎤📖 Their performance was engaging, thoughtful and a joy to watch.

We are so proud of the effort and enthusiasm they showed. Keep shining, Year 6! 🌟👏

#year6stm #readingstm #oracystm #Englishstm
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Thank you to Nessa and Rianna who led our first Lenten stay and pray. We reflected on Lent being a time of bringing our hearts and mind back to God.

Please join us each Tuesday during Lent, at 3:30pm in our beautiful chapel for our stay and pray reflections.

#catholiclifestm #prayerandliturgystm
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All parents and parishoners are welcome to join us to celebrate out whole school mass next Tuesday.

This will be celebrated by Canon Paul.

Please see the poster below for details.

#catholiclifestm #prayerandliturgystm
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PIRATE HOLDWAY IS ON THE RUN! 🏴‍☠️ Ahoy maties!! The children were visited by Pirate Holdway, Mrs Holdway’s greedy twin, who looted the classrooms of all their treasure! She needed a map, a telescope and some helpful children to find all the gold. This week in Year 2, we’re creating a wanted poster to try and catch the mischievous Pirate Holdway! 1000 gold coins for anyone who stops her from stealing any more treasure! Arrgghhh! #year2stm #englishstm #writingstm
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School Opening Times

Start of DayEnd of Day
Gates Open8:30am3:00pm
School Start/End8:45am3:15pm
Registration Close9:05am
Office Opening Times8:00am4:00pm

School Dinner Timetable

Year GroupBreak TimeLunch Time
Nursery11:30am
Reception10:00am-10:15am11:45am-12:30pm
Year 1 & 510:30am-10:45am12:15pm-1:00pm
Year 2 & 610:30am-10:45am12:30pm-1:15pm
Year 3 & 410:15am-10:30am12:00pm-12:45pm

What we’re proud of…

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Oracy

“The school has created an oracy rich environment, where voices are valued and listened to. Pupils are provided with significant opportunities to develop their oracy skills in every subject and in every lesson.”
– T&L Review
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Music

“Music is taught very effectively as pupils learn to play instruments and sing to a good standard. Music and singing play a large part in the school’s life. Pupils participate enthusiastically in making music and singing in special events at the school and in the local community. Pupils sing in tune and in harmony using three parts with good tonal quality.” – OFSTED
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Sports

Achieving the gold mark for Physical Education since 2018!
“The primary physical education and sport premium is spent very well. Pupils have benefited from access to a wide variety of after-school clubs, competitive events and special activities. As a result, increasingly more pupils participate in a wider range of sports” – OFSTED
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Curriculum

“The school’s aims are clear. They are committed to delivering a challenging and engaging curriculum, that is broad and balanced. The curriculum sequence is coherent and clear cross curricular links are made. Such links are further strengthened by the school’s additional ‘Building the Kingdom’ curriculum”
– T&L Review