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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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⛪ Holy Trinity – Guild of St Stephen Altar Servers ⛪

Would your child like to become an altar server at Holy Trinity?

Training classes for boys and girls who would like to become altar servers will begin in church on:

📅 Tuesday 3rd November
⏰ 6:30pm
📍 Holy Trinity Church

Becoming an altar server is a wonderful way for children to take an active role in the life of our parish and serve God during Mass.

If your child is interested in becoming an altar server, please contact Nick Bridgewater:

📧 nick.bridgewater@hotmail.com
📞 01782 621027

Alternatively, you are very welcome to simply come along to the first training session on Tuesday 3rd November.

If children or parents would like any more information about altar serving, they can also speak to Mrs Wrigley in school.

We would love to see some of our St Mary’s children joining the altar serving team!

#catholiclifestm
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⛪ Holy Trinity –

🔢✨ Mastering Number in Year 2! ✨🔢

Today, Year 2 have been busy exploring all the different ways we can make 6 using our Rekenreks! 🧮

The children were challenged to make 6 across two rows in as many different ways as they could. They then had to convince their partner that they had definitely made 6, using the number bond facts we learnt from Numberblocks on Monday! 🗣️💭

We loved seeing some fantastic mathematical thinking, reasoning and explaining! 🌟👏

#mathsstm #year2stm
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📚Friday Favourites 📚

Today, our children shared some of their favourite things to read, from stories and comics to magazines and fascinating facts. It was lovely to see them recommending books to their friends and enjoying time to read together.

We’re celebrating the National Year of Reading by making space for reading for pleasure every Friday. 💜

#FridayFavouritesstm #NationalYearOfReading #ReadingForPleasurestm
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A huge congratulations to our amazing Year 4 children who have been working incredibly hard competing in the Emile Education Multiplication Tables Check Cup! The children have been putting their times table knowledge to the test, answering multiplication questions against the clock and competing against 23 schools in our regional heat.

Their hard work and determination have certainly paid off… we won our regional heat and are through to the NATIONAL FINALS! 🎉👏

We are so proud of you, Year 4 – what an achievement! Now, bring on the finals! #mathsstm #year4stm
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A huge congratulatio

Year 2 RE Learning🌈

In our RE lesson, we explored the idea of making choices and turning back to God. We linked our learning to the story of Noah’s Ark, thinking carefully about the choices Noah had to make and what he may have said or felt.

Using our Oracy skills, the children acted out different scenarios and used stem sentences to help them think deeply about – What would Noah say? They shared their ideas, listened carefully to different perspectives and explained their thinking. We also explored how saying sorry, making good choices and turning back to God can help to repair and strengthen relationships.
#year2stm #restm #oracystm
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This week, Year 2 used cubes and Base 10 equipment to compare two different numbers with their groups. We reinforced our previous learning about grouping into tens and ones, using practical resources to help us understand the value of each digit.

The children used Multi-Link cubes to build and compare numbers, helping them to clearly see the different groups of tens and ones. They enjoyed working collaboratively, explaining their thinking to their groups and using mathematical language to compare numbers. Who doesn’t love the opportunity to draw on a table? 📚
#mathsstm #year2stm
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🥊 Year 4 had a fantastic time taking part in a boxing session during PE today! The children practised a range of boxing skills and worked on their coordination and fitness. #year4stm #pestm
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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