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🙏 Happy All Saints’ Day! 🙏
Today, we celebrate All Saints’ Day, a special feast in the Catholic Church when we remember and give thanks for all the saints who have followed Jesus and shown us how to live lives filled with faith, love and kindness.
The saints remind us that we are all called to holiness. Each saint has their own unique story of courage, compassion and trust in God and they continue to inspire us to follow in their footsteps.
As our Year 6 children prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation, they will have the special opportunity to choose a saint who inspires them to be their Confirmation saint. This is a wonderful chance to reflect on the qualities of the saints and consider how their example can guide them on their own journey of faith.
Today, we ask ourselves: How can we follow the example of the saints and bring God’s love to others?
All holy men and women, pray for us.
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Year 6 Knife Crime Awareness
Today, our Year 6 children welcomed the police into school for an important and thought-provoking session about knife crime and personal safety.
The children learnt about the dangers of knife crime, how to keep themselves safe and what to do if they ever find themselves in a situation where they feel in danger around knives.
We also explored the tragic case of Germaine Goupall, reflecting on the devastating impact his death had on his family and loved ones, as well as learning about the consequences faced by those responsible for his death – linking in with our learning around the British Value, Rule of Law.
These important conversations help our children understand the real-life consequences of knife crime, the importance of making safe choices and knowing when and how to seek help from a trusted adult.
A huge thank you to our local police for taking the time to educate and support our pupils. 💙
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A huge thank you to Chris from Cartoon Workshops for visiting our school and delivering such a fantastic after-school club! The children had an amazing time developing their drawing skills, getting creative and bringing their very own cartoon characters to life. #clubsstm #year4stm #year5stm #year6stm …
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🌟 Introducing our Year 6 Leadership Team! 🌟
We are absolutely delighted to announce our newly elected Year 6 Leadership Team!
Choosing our leaders was a thoughtful process, taking into account a range of important factors, including attendance, dedication to school life, pupil votes and staff views. Our pupils had the opportunity to make their voices heard, putting the British Value of Democracy into action by voting for the candidates they felt would best represent our school community.
We are incredibly proud of all the children who put themselves forward and showed such enthusiasm, ambition and a desire to make a difference.
A huge congratulations to our newly appointed team:
Head Boy: Noah
Head Girl: Jewelmary
Deputy Head Boy: James
Deputy Head Girls: Paisley, Kiesha and Isabelle
We know that these children will be wonderful role models for our school, leading with kindness, responsibility and compassion as they help us to live out our school mission: “Learning to live out our calling with compassion and love.”
We cannot wait to see all the fantastic things they achieve in their leadership roles this year. Well done, everyone! We are so proud of you! 💙
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📚👑 A royal reading gift for Year 6! 👑📚
Our Year 6 children have received a very special gift from Her Majesty The Queen: a special edition of Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell! 🎁
To celebrate the National Year of Reading 2026, this wonderful initiative is giving every Year 6 child a book to inspire a love of reading and bring children together through the joy of stories.
Thank you, Your Majesty, for this thoughtful Christmas gift. We can’t wait for the adventures to begin! ✨🐉
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A huge well done to all of our amazing Year 6 children who confidently put themselves forward to be part of our School Leadership Team. We are incredibly proud of each and every one of them for speaking so eloquently about their qualities and why they would make fantastic representatives of our school. 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 #oracystm #year6stm
Linking to the British Value of Democracy, children in Years 4, 5 and 6 then had the opportunity to cast their votes for the candidates they felt would best represent our school community. A wonderful example of democracy in action! 🇬🇧 #britishvaluesstm #year4stm #year5stm …
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⛪️✨ Combined Schools’ Mass ✨⛪️
Today our Year 6 children had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Combined Schools’ Mass alongside children from across St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust at St Gregory’s Catholic Church in Longton. 🙏
The Mass celebrated the life of St Francis of Assisi and reminded us of the importance of humility, kindness and compassion. Through his example we reflected on how we can follow in Jesus’ footsteps by showing love and care to those around us. ❤️
A lovely opportunity for our children to come together as one Catholic community in faith, prayer and reflection. 🕊️
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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! 💙 #pdstm
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🎭📚✨ National Poetry Day 2026 ✨📚🎭
This morning, we celebrated National Poetry Day with a fantastic whole-school assembly, and what a performance it was! 🌟
Each year group took to the stage to perform a poem they had been rehearsing during their Readers’ Theatre sessions. From wonderful expression and clear voices to brilliant actions and confident performances, our children absolutely brought the words to life! 🎤👏 Their fantastic oracy skills were on full display and we were so proud of every single performer. ❤️
Our poetry line-up was:
❤️✨ Year 1 – All of Me
🦉🐱 Year 2 – The Owl and the Pussycat
🌿🐞 Year 3 – Nature Trail
🐉✨ Year 4 – The Tale of Custard the Dragon
🎉🗣️ Year 5 – The Word Party
⚠️📜 Year 6 – A Cautionary Verse
A huge well done to all of our poetry superstars! 🌟 What a brilliant way to celebrate the joy of poetry, performance and spoken language across St Mary’s. 🎬🎭📖
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