At St Mary’s we are very proud to have an active school council. Our pupils meet regularly to discuss things that are working well for them within the school and things that they would like to see improve. Our Councillors are not shy about getting their teeth stuck into their next project!
Democracy and Voting
Our Leadership Team meets Prospective MP
Our student leadership team met prospective MP Adam Jogee today. He was really keen to get to know the young people of Newcastle-under-Lyme and listen to their hopes for the future. The children gave his team a tour of the school and shared all of the things that they love about it! Adam was so impressed with how articulate and confident the children were.
Thanks Adam for visiting our school and thank you for the complimentary Facebook Post afterwards!
Newcastle-under-Lyme Christmas Tree Project
New Additions to our Family!
Introducing the newest members of our St Mary’s family. We now have 5 hens living at school with us.
To mark International Womens Day today, the school council decided to name them after inspiring women. We would like children across the school to do some research and put forward suggested names, with some information about their chosen woman, so that we can have a vote and name our chickens. Please pass on your suggestions to your class school council member or Pauline. #internationalwomensday
Today, Year 6 were lucky enough to be visited by Derek – a World War II survivor. He shared stories with us about rationing, entertainment, blackouts and bombing. He showed us photographs of local bombings in Shelton, Penkhull and even May Bank!
He then informed us of family members who had specific roles during wartime. This included his uncle, who was responsible for ARP, and his father, who owned a food distribution centre. It was so interesting to find out the vital roles that people played to ensure that everyone was safe and had food to eat. We were then given the opportunity to ask him questions that we had. #historystm #year6stm #britishvaluesstm … See MoreSee Less
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🇬🇧💂 Asking our burning questions to Madam Deputy Speaker. What a privilege! 🇬🇧💂
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💂🇬🇧 What a fabulous trip to London! 💂🇬🇧
Our Year Six School Councillors and their Laudato Si companions travelled down to the capital city today! They went to meet our Local MP, Adam Jogee for Newcastle-under-Lyme , and bumped into a number of political VIPs along the way.
Our first meet was with Caroline Nokes MP, where we got an opportunity to ask about her new role as Deputy Speaker.
Next stop was Nusrat Ghani MP – the first non-white Deputy Speaker of the House. Here, we had a chance to share our ideas about how to prevent the climate crisis from getting worse. She was very impressed with our ideas about the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and our mission to care for our common home.
All this talking made us quite thirsty so we had our first pitstop in the House of Commons private tearoom. Adam treated us to a spot of tea…which to our surprise, was poured into our very own Staffordshire pottery! Here, we quizzed Adam on why he became an MP, what he finds most difficult about the job and how he felt when the election results were announced.
We ended our visit to Parliament with a tour of the houses and had a sneaky peak into today's Question Time in the chamber. We heard MPs speaking on the recent effects of Storm Darragh and how well our emergency services dealt with the devastating effects.
Our time in London was topped off nicely with an educational trip on the City Sightseeing Bus, where we saw Marble Arch, Buckingham Palace and many more of the famous sights.
Thank you to Adam for this amazing experience and thank you to the PTFA for part-funding the trip.
What a way to achieve one of our '100 Things to do at St. Mary's'… We'll definitely sleep tonight!
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That's amazing news Adam is a lovely person and a good M P
Amazing opportunity for these youngsters! 😊
This is incredible! What an experience for them all 🥰🥰
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