In our Outdoor Education unit, we have been practising our orienteering skills. We used maps of the school to find different markers to solve clues.
In PE, Year 4 have been doing Outdoor Adventure activities. Part of this is to work together. Here we have been making letters together. Can you guess what letter we are making?
Year 4 enjoyed their trip out to the Tree Top nets in Heaton Park on Wednesday. They bounced and climbed ’til they dropped and then some. They were an absolute pleasure to take for a day out and were a real credit to the school and parents – I was so proud of them. What a lovely end of year experience!
The children enjoyed a wonderful assembly by Ash Randall, who is a freestyle footballer and multiple world record holder. He showed the children amazing tricks and taught them the importance of resilience and striving to achieve their goals.
The Year 5/6 swimming team performed brilliantly in the Tameside Schools swimming heats , which were held at Tameside Wellness Centre. The team was a mixture of boys and girls and between them they swam the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and front crawl. The races culminated in an eight-person relay. All the children contributed brilliantly and eventually finished 3rd narrowly missing out on the top spot. The behaviour from the children was excellent throughout.
Wow, what an amazing EYFS sports day we had this morning. Each child competed in a running race, a javelin throw, a bean bag pick up race and an egg and spoon race. After practising hard in PE lessons, the smiles and enthusiasm today were fantastic to see! We hope that you all enjoyed it too.
The Year 5 children have spent two days doing bikeability both in school and out on the roads of Denton. They have all really enjoyed the experience and their behaviour and manners were commented on positively by all the instructors.
The Year 5/6 team played valiantly but were ultimately knocked out of the Tameside Schools Cup against Dane Bank Primary School. After a very tight first half, St Mary’s were unlucky to be 2-1 down. They continued to play well in the second half but Dane Bank were much more clinical. Credit must go to the team for keeping their heads up throughout the game and again playing with great sportsmanship.
A huge well done to the mixed year 5/6 football team, who overcame Corrie Primary School in the first round of the Tameside Schools Football Tournament. Despite going behind early on, they came back strongly, eventually winning 4-2. All the players showed great team spirit and they should be proud of their efforts against a good team.
Mr Tomkinson
Members of Year 5 have begun uploading their work to their portfolio on Class Dojo for Mr Whittle to check, comment and feedback. They have been exceptionally busy with their home learning which is great to see. Cody has been busy with his maths and English and his Amazon research; Anna has been working hard on her grammar and writing and keeping up her running; Beth has got stuck into the art unit and produce a Monet style painting and Ruby has been having a go at Year 5′ D&T topic and making some delicious burgers.
If you haven’t already please follow the link in the invitation you have received and download the app. You will also have had an email with the QR code for your child’s portfolio so they can upload work too. Year 5 are trialing this for the rest of the school so please sign up if you can.
The children and staff in school today took part in the TCSSA virtual netball competition by throwing socks into a basket from 2 metres away. The children showed great aim and technique to contribute towards a score of 216 in total. I’m not sure how much of a help the staff were though!
This week would have been the annual TCSSA Netball competition which we as a school normally do exceptionally well in. However, due to the current situation it obviously can not take place. Therefore, in its place TCSSA have put together the Virtual Netball Competition. The rules of the competition are below. Please send in your results alongside pictures or videos so that we have a shot at winning. The more who take part the better. Good luck!
Throughout last term Sale Sharks Rugby Club were in school coaching and offering after-school clubs. As part of our partnership with them, they have provided a range of resources and fun activities children can have a go at home. Enjoy.
If you would like to add an spark to your PE training follow the link below to follow in Thor’s footsteps and train like an Avenger.
The Premier League Stars website has a host of resources to support children’s learning at home. These include the football fun activity pack, the super movers, times tables with football mascots and a range of maths and English activities based on solve, shoot, score!
At St. Mary’s we use the PE Hub to support our teaching of PE.
They have now released a learning platform for parents and children to use at home which is completely free. Just follow the link below.
https://pehubportal.co.uk/
A range of mindfulness and keeping active activities
THE BODY COACH
PE sessions with Joe Monday-Friday at 9am , starting Monday 23rd March. Please visit You Tube channel: The Body Coach TV.
Below is an entire list of websites offering free subscriptions due to the school closure
Congratulations to our swimming team who were crowned champions in the TCSSA swimming gala last Friday evening. The children were excellent throughout and yet again managed to bring back the shield. Well done!
Children from F2 to Year 6 took part in our Lent fundraiser – What’s your goal? Throughout the day children showed exceptional skill, determination and knowledge to perform keepie-uppies, score penalties, hit the crossbar and demonstrate their knowledge of football teams. The event was expertly organised the Year 5 children, who despite the cold and wet weather, maintained their enthusiasm throughout the day. Thanks to the children’s fantastic efforts we raised a brilliant £122. Thank you for your support.
St. Mary’s entered two teams into the Tameside Schools Basketball finals on Wednesday after they both qualified from their heats last. Both teams played extremely well. They ended playing each other in the 3rd place play-off with the A narrowly winning 1-0. Well done to all involved.
This half term in Nursery we have been very busy learning all about Winter. We have used our senses to look for signs of Winter outside and discuss the changes we have seen.
In Literacy we have focussed on the books ‘Say hello to the snowy animals’ and ‘Lost and Found.’ We have been working hard on developing our mark-making skills practising different patterns each week and also thinking carefully about the initial sounds in words we can hear. The children have helped to create story maps of each story and also innovated the stories to change and add our own pages and endings.
In phonics we have focused on alliteration and played lots of fun games to get us tuned into hearing the initial sounds of words. The children have especially loved making our own silly soup!
In Maths we have continued to focus on numbers to 5 but also been working on suing some new vocabulary to describe quantities- ‘more, ‘less’ and ‘same’. The children have enjoyed singing new counting songs and rhymes around our polar animal theme and have also been practising counting other things that can’t be moved such as jumps and claps.
We have been thinking a lot about changes we can see outside during Winter and also exploring ice in different forms. The children have discussed clothes to wear in Winter weather and also learnt the names of some arctic animals. We found out that Penguins are from the South Pole and what it is like there. We have also celebrated Chinese New year and tried some yummy Chinese food. The children enjoyed making lanterns and finding out about the Zodiac calendar and animal race.
In R.E we have been getting to know Jesus and how he showed love to other’s. We have learnt about some of the miracles he performed and also thought about how we can show our love and be kind to others.
We have loved our new weekly dance lesson in the hall, practising some basic movements and also listening carefully to instructions. The children have mastered taking off/ putting on their shoes and socks in record time! Their favourite activity was singing ‘sleeping bunnies’ but changing the names and movements to some of the arctic animals we have learnt about in class.
In PSHE we have been learning about how we are all special and unique and the children have been able to think about what makes them who they are. They particularly enjoyed making their ‘I am special crowns’.
Outdoor learning has been fun with lots of discussions around the Winter weather we have experienced and also the signs of winter in the environment. Children have been busy making winter soups in the mud kitchen, fixing things in our new tool station and dressing the dolls ready for the winter weather.
Our next topic is ‘Under the Sea’ with a special trip to the Sea life Centre planned for 10th March. We will also be beginning our ‘Little Biker’s course in school each Friday next half term where children will learn to ride a balance bike.
What a great start to 2020 it has been in F1. Have a lovely February half term everyone 🙂
Well done to our year 5/6 school football team who put in an outstanding performance to overcome Micklehurst Primary school and progress to the next round of the Tameside Milea Cup.
On Monday, Year 6 enjoyed a great day out at firstly Safe Squad and then onto Sky High Adventure. Safe Squad was a very informative morning about things like, Internet Safety, dealing with peer pressure, first aid including CPR and fire safety, particularly spotting hazards around the home.
In the afternoon, we were really lucky to be going onto Sky High Adventure, we got to enjoy the climbing walls, the scary high ropes and the caving and bouldering. Watching Mrs Moran and Mrs Smith on the vertical drop slide was very funny, seeing their worried faces. Lots of us had to conquer our fears! We had a fantastic day and everyone loved spending the day together out of school.
Congratulations to our school football who ran out comfortable winners against a strong side from Yew Tree. Goals from Cody (2), Thomas and Theo ensured St. Mary’s progressed to the next round of the South Tameside Kiley Cup with a 4- 0 victory.
Year 5 have been busy practicing their sporting, leadership and teamwork skills for the past few weeks. They have organised and lead activities for the younger children in year 2. In the coming weeks they will be undergoing an assessment to see if they qualify to be Junior Play Leaders.
To celebrate World Book Day, the children had a special day in which they interpreted stories through dance. The stories being Where The Wild Things Are and Alice in Wonderland. The children dressed up in a variety of colourful and wonderful outfits associated with characters from the story. They then the opportunity to interpret their particular story through dance with the guidance of a professional dancer. The children had a fantastic time and the results of their dancing were outstanding.
Year 6 had a great time at Robinwood last week. Throughout the three days the children took on such challenges as the giant swing, zip-wire, dungeon of doom and the dreaded piranha pool! During their time at the activity centre the children showed great teamwork, enthusiasm and outstanding behaviour meaning that they really enjoyed their time. Well done year 6.
Well done to Year 5/6 tag rugby team who competed at the TCSSA tag rugby tournament last night at Our Lady’s in Ashton. The team came up against some tough competition, but showed they are made tough stuff and played exceptionally well and all within the spirit of the game.
