13th January 2013

New Behaviour Schemes: 'It's Good To Be Green' and 'Class Compliments' We have launched a new behaviour scheme in school called 'It's Good To Be Green'. The scheme is designed to recognise and reward consistent good behaviour. How the scheme works: Each class has a 'It's Good To Be Green' chart displayed in their classroom. Each child has their name with...

30th December 2012

Term ended with the School Choir singing Carols Around the Christmas Tree for the whole school.  The parents of the children in the Choir also joined us and enjoyed a mince pie or two.  The children sang beautifully and reminded us of the joy and hope the Christmas season brings.

30th December 2012

With the publication of the league tables, we were delighted to find out that we were the top performing primary school in Tameside in 2012.  We amongst 31 schools in Greater Manchester whose pupils attained the expected standard of Level 4 in both English and Maths in their end of KS2 tests.  A significant proportion of our pupils exceeded...

30th November 2012

Thank you to all the parents who have returned their child’s School Asthma Card. Cards have been issued to children who have been diagnosed with asthma by a health professional.  The Asthma Card helps us to support your child more effectively in the management of his or her condition.  Please return your child’s Asthma Card to school, if you...

30th November 2012

Our pupil surveys and interviews with children tell us that the vast majority of children enjoy coming to school and feel safe.   November was anti bullying month and we held a series of events and special lessons to raise the children’s awareness of issues realed to bullying (including cyber bullying).  The children were taught to recognise the different forms...

30th November 2012

As part of our work on ‘Internationalism’  we arranged two workshops for our KS2 children.  As so many of our pupils take part in martial arts after school, we offered them the opportunity to explore the different forms of ‘Martial Arts Around the World’ and to try out a new activity.  We were also delighted to welcome back the...

5th November 2012

Every year, Primary and Secondary Schools in Denton & Audenshaw, are invited to take part in the District Assembly's Young Artist Project. Participating schools are asked to submit ten pieces of children's artwork from across the school.  From these ten pieces, two will be chosen by the District Assembly to be professionally framed and hung in Denton Town Hall for...

5th November 2012

5th November 2012

On Tuesday we welcomed children and staff from St. Anne’s RC School, Audenshaw who brought the Diocesan Relay of Prayer Torch to Denton. Its first stop was St. Mary’s. The children from St. Anne’s had been learning about Azaerbaijan and they led an assembly telling us all about this country and performed an Azaerbaijani dance. On Wednesday, it was our...

5th November 2012

We dressed up as our favourite Book characters on World Book Day. Our Book Fair raised £567 for our school library. Thank you!