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What a fantastic day for some of our Year 5 students, who took part in a celebration of inclusive sport at Keele University. From cricket to touch rugby, rounders to pickleball, the children had a fantastic time trying out new activities in a fun and supportive environment. The smiles were contagious and it was wonderful to see them representing the school with such enthusiasm and teamwork! 🏏🎾 #year5stm #pestm … See MoreSee Less
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On the way to Mass this morning, Year 5 proudly fulfilled their Catholic Life Pledge for the Summer. As part of their pledge, the children chose to support those less fortunate by donating their toys to Dougie Mac. Their generous donations will not only bring joy to children who need it most but also help raise vital funds for Dougie Mac to continue their incredible work in our community. Well done, Year 5, for putting your faith into action and showing such compassion and kindness. #year5stm #restm #catholiclifestm … See MoreSee Less
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Thank you so much Year 5! Your donations will help make a real difference to your local community. You're all stars! ⭐️
This week, Year 5 have been exploring one of the most iconic scenes from Roald Dahl’s Matilda as part of Readers’ Theatre. By varying their expression, tone and pace, they brought Miss Trunchbull’s ferocity and Bruce Bogtrotter’s timidness to life. Here’s a sensational performance by Toluwa and Jackson – a brilliant display of drama skills and character work. #readingstm #oracystm #dramastm #year5stm … See MoreSee Less
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🎤 Speech Fest 2025 🎤
A massive congratulations to our brilliant winners from Friday’s Speech Fest!
🥇 Leon (Y4) – Art
🥈 Mila (Y5) – Tigers
🥉 Oliver (Y6) – Motocross
The standard across the board was incredibly high so to be named a winner is a truly impressive achievement. We’re so proud of you all!
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🎤 Speech Fest Success at St Mary’s! 🎤
Today, St Mary’s proudly hosted our first ever Speech Fest competition and what a brilliant event it was! The children were asked to deliver a speech on a topic they were passionate about. Out of 180 children who auditioned, only 14 made it to today’s final!
We were honoured to welcome a fantastic panel of judges including:
⭐️The Worshipful the Mayor, Robert Bettley-Smith
⭐️Local MP, Adam Jogee for Newcastle-under-Lyme
⭐️Poet and author, Angela Marie James
⭐️Chair of Governors, Jo Kirkham
The children’s speeches were exemplary and the judges had an incredibly tough job choosing the winners. Every single participant spoke with confidence, passion and purpose.
🌟 Congratulations to all who took part and a special well done to our winners:
🥉 Oliver G – Motocross 🏍️
🥈 Mila – Tigers 🐯
🥇 Leon – Art 🎨
Also, a huge thank you to Oliver S, a St Mary’s alumni, for stepping up to be our compère for the event! What a wonderful host!🎤
A huge thank you to Staffordshire Libraries for their hospitality and for providing the perfect venue for Speech Fest! 📚
This event was a true testament to the power of oracy at St Mary’s and the incredible journey we’ve been on. It showed just how important it is for every child to have the opportunity to make their voice heard.
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Thank you so much for inviting me to be one of the judges. It was indeed very tough to decide. You have some very talented and confident children. Well done everyone 😀
✝️🌍To mark the Jubilee Year Pledge Launch Day, Year 5 and 6 set out on a local pilgrimage to share St Mary’s pledge to reduce plastic waste as part of their Catholic Life Pledge for this learning block. Along the way we held a peaceful parade, proudly spreading Pope Francis’ powerful message about caring for our common home. Inspired by Catholic Social Teaching and the principle of stewardship, we are committed to protecting God’s creation – one step, one pledge and one act of kindness at a time.🌍✝️ #catholiclifestm #year5stm #year6stm … See MoreSee Less
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As part of Career’s Day, Years 5 and 6 had a visit from a wonderful lady called Liz, who came to speak about Dougie Mac. She told the children all about the different jobs that the 450 lovely volunteers, who work at Dougie Mac, do to help the patients, such as: nurses, fundraisers, cooks, cleaners, caretakers and many more.
After the assembly, the children spent some time researching a career that they find interesting and created a mood board about that career.
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📚✨ Huge Reading Shout-Out! ✨📚
We're sending a massive well done to our children who have read the most words in their year group this year! 🎉👏
🏆 Oliver (Y3)
🏆 Olivia (Y5)
🏆 Leon (Y4)
🏆 Milan (Y6)
🏆 Mine (Y6) – the top word reader in the whole school! 🌟
Each of these brilliant readers has been rewarded with a £5 book voucher to spend at our Scholastic Book Fayre which will run Friday 13th to Wednesday 18th June after school on the Key Stage 2 Playground! 📖💷
Also, a huge congratulations to 🎉🎉 Oliver in Y6 who has officially read a staggering 2,000,000 words on Accelerated Reader! 🤯📚 What an incredible milestone. Just look at that smile! 😄🎓
Keep turning those pages everyone – we’re so proud of our brilliant bookworms! 🐛💛
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Brilliant! 👍