St. Mary’s has a strong sporting tradition and we are committed to sporting excellence for all pupils. Below you can find all the latest school sports news, match reports and awards. Use the buttons to filter by sport. You can also read more about our Sports curriculum here.
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
A team from St. Mary’s competed in the annual TCSSA KS1 athletics festival at St.Anne’s on Wednesday. The children tries extremely hard and won some of their events. In addition, Lilly was awarded a medal for her effort and sportsmanship.
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.
Year 2 had a fantastic time at Sky High Adventure on Wednesday. For two hours the children climbed, clambered and caved their way around a variety of obstacles. Once split into two groups the children began to explore the array of activities. One group took to the high ropes course which involved the children showing off the balancing and coordination skills as well as a lot of bravery. Following that they then entered the deep, dark cave to begin exploring. In the meantime the other group explored the variety of different climbing walls that were on offer. They demonstrated exception grip, balance, strength, determination and bravery to reach the top of some very tall and challenging walls. The groups then swapped over and experienced the other activities. It is clear to see that year 2 have some budding spider men and women among
their ranks as well as exceptional bravery and determination throughout. The children’s behaviour and listening was excellent and they had a thoroughly enjoyable (and exhausting) time.
Champions, champions!!! The girls football team put in a great performance last week at the Tameside girls tournament, winning the tournament and seeing off five other teams to claim victory. All the girls were fantastic, showing a great attitude and lots of skill and agility. They were a credit to St Mary’s. 
St. Mary’s took two teams to the Tag Rugby qualifying event least Wednesday. Both teams played exceptionally well and tried their best throughout. One of the teams has qualified for the finals which will be held this coming Wednesday after winning all of their matches. Well done to both teams and thanks to Mrs Evans and Mrs Cheung.
St. Mary’s played their first football match of the season last Friday but unfortunately didn’t get the result they probably deserved. Despite taking a 3-1 lead against St. Anne’s with goals through Cody and Ryan (2) they eventually lost 3-6 after a flurry of late goals. All members of their team played exceptionally well and hopefully next time will get the result they deserve.
EYFS Sports Day
The EYFS children had a fantastic sports day last week. The children each competed in 4 races: the sprint, beanbag balance, the egg and spoon race and the pick up race. They all tried really hard and made us very proud.
Thank you to all the parents who came to support the children
On Tuesday our school football team had a great start to their first Tameside Football Festival. Playing three games the boys ended the tournament unbeaten, drawing two (both of which they were unlucky not to win) and winning one. Throughout the team the boys were fantastic and they are now through to play in their first Trophy tournament next Tuesday. Good luck.
Congratulations to the St. Mary’s swimming team who have recently been crowned champions of Tameside at the most recent swimming gala.
Great excitement at St Mary’s today with a visit from Olympic gymnast and bronze medalist Beth Tweddle!!
The children were thrilled to meet the famous gymnast and were lucky enough to ask the Olympian some questions about her gymnastics career.
Beth spoke to the children during assembly about her achievements and how she reached the dizzy heights of Olympic success.
Beth’s secret to her success was hard work, dedication and lots of practice, she encouraged the children to always try their best.
A wonderful experience for the St Mary’s c
hildren, we all enjoyed meeting Beth.
As part of their assessment Year 6 undertook first the bleep test followed by the standing long jump yesterday. The bleep test required them to run over a set distance between beeps which become gradually closer and closer together as the test goes on. All the children performed really well and will get have another go later on the year. Ewen, Ewan, Katie, Gene and Sienna performed particularly well.
Year’s 5 and 6 began their PE assessments with coaches from Tameside yesterday afternoon. The children undertook two challenges,: the first to test their coordination and the second to test their agility and speed. Next week the children will be having a go at the dreaded bleep test!
Well done to our Year 5/6 girls football team, who represented the school in the recent TCSSA football tournament at St. Damien’s Ashton. the girls played exceptionally well and came 4th. Top scorer on the night was Ella, but there was some fantastic play all round. Well don girls on a fantastic display
Year 6 began their gymnastics coaching on Tuesday afternoon. There were some fantastic movements and some excellent skill on display. Possibly even some future Olympians.
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.
Year 5 took part in the FA’s ‘Mini-Whistler’ workshop earlier this month to better understand the importance of fair play, respect for themselves, others and rules in different contexts- including sport. The workshop also helped them to understand how to reduce conflict in a constructive and fun way. They thoroughly enjoyed the day and have been putting their new skills into practise already!
Well done to out High 5 netball who recently represented Tameside at the Greater Manchester School Games. After playing 11 games, winning 8 and only losing 3, they finished 3rd overall. A great achievement to now be recognised as the 3rd best High 5 netball team in the whole of Greater Manchester. Well done to all the team and Mrs Evans too.
Well done @stmarysdenton 3rd in the netball at the GM school games!! pic.twitter.com/mof49LO8wZ
— Tameside SSP (@tamesidessp) July 6, 2016
Yet more success in the sporting arena for St. Mary’s as our girls relay team triumphed in the Cross-country Relay event. The girls (and Mrs Evans) gave up their Saturday morning to represent the school at The East Cheshire Harriers and came away with a superb victory after beating over 25 other schools. Well done to all who took and thank you for your dedication and commitment.
Congratulations to our Year 4 and 5 swimming team who competed in the Tameside Swimming Gala yesterday and won. They will now go on to represent Tameside in the School Games later in the year. Well done to all who took part.
Congratulations to our U9 Girls Cross Country Team who after three meetings which took place on the 10th October ,7th November and finally on the 21st November were crowned Tameside champions last Saturday. These girls have endured adverse weather conditions on the last two meetings but battled on to keep us in first place all through the competition.
Watch out Lord Coe for these possible future Olympians.!!
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Congratulations to our Year 5/6 girls who came away winners from the TCSSA Girls 5-a-side football tournament on Wednesday 18th November. The girls did outstandingly well not losing one game during the competition.
Well done again to our Under 9’s girls cross-country team who put in a fantastic effort on a cold Saturday morning. Once again the girls put in a tremendous effort and secured excellent results which leaves them sitting in 1st place with one more meet to go. We know the girls have been training hard and putting in extra sessions, so hopefully they can continue their success and bring home the trophy.
For the second year running St. Mary’s has been awarded the Sainsbury’s School Games gold award. this award is in recognition of all the sport we take part in at St. Mary’s as well as the many competitions we enter throughout the year. We were very privileged to be joined by Councillor Dawson-Lane and the Mayor and Mayoress, who presented this award in front of the whole school. A big thank you should go to all the staff who help with sports clubs and competitions and in particular Mrs Evans whose hard work and enthusiasm has helped us achieve this award. Finally, a big well done and thank you to all the children who take part sports at school and make the long journeys for competitions.
Congratulations to our swimming team who have had a very successful past week. Last Friday they came first in the Denton and Hyde Swimming Gala and on Monday came a magnificent second in the whole of Tameside. Well done to all of the team for their fantastic efforts.
Well done to our Year 5 and 6 basketball team, who after qualifying for the Tameside, competition came 3rd in their group and narrowly missed out on qualification for the semi-finals on points difference. The team played exceptionally well against some tough opponents and were 
extremely unlucky to be eliminated. Well played to all members of the team.
After successfully winning the Denton schools swimming competition, our triumphant swimming team went on to compete against the champions from other towns in the borough. Again the team performed exceptionally well and finished in 4th place. Well done to all the team.
Over the past couple of weeks children from Years 3,4,5 and 6 have competed in the Tameside Tennis competitions against other schools throughout the borough. Last week three teams from Years 5 and 6 competed and performed exceptionally well.
This week St. Mary’s took three teams from Years 3 and 4 with great success. One of the teams got all the way to the finals, before eventually losing a very tight final match on overall points difference, finishing runners up.
Well done to all the children who took part.
Well done to St. Mary’s cheerleading squad who achieved a magnificent 5th place in a national cheerleading competition on Saturday 21st June at the Velodrome, Manchester. The girls competed against over 80 schools from throughout the country and managed a fantastic 5th place. Well done to everyone who took part and also to Mrs Evans who gave up her Saturday to attend.
KS1 and Years 3 and 4 have really enjoyed their coaching sessions with Manchester United recently. Their ball handling skills and confidence have really improved and the Coaches were most complimentary about all the children’s behaviour.
Our many links with the local community involve local businesses, who support us as we work to further develop the skills of the children. Findel Education in Hyde invited our children and staff to attend their prestigious charity fundraising event at Goodsion Park. The images below show the children taking on the role of mascots and the staff as match officials on the day! We helped raise over £5000 for Epilepsy UK and Christies respectively.
Congratulations to our Tag Rugby team who represented the borough of Tameside in the Greater Manchester School Games. The team achieved third place out of the 18 schools who attended the competition and received a bronze medal. Outstanding play from all members of the squad who narrowly missed out on getting into the final two places. The children were also commended on their exemplary behaviour. A result to to be proud of!
Congratulations to the St. Mary’s Cheerleading team who came first in the annual TCSSA Cheerleading competition. The event was held at All Saints High School in Dukinfield against 8 other Catholic schools from around Tameside. It was a fantastic result for the girls who have worked really hard with their coach Amy-Lou, and really deserve their success. Last year the girls were joint winners of the competition. Well done girls!
At St Mary’s one of our aims is to provide the children with a range of activities that will enable them to develop their independence, resilience, problem solving and self confidence. The Olympics Challenge Day for year five taught them a great deal about the qualities needed to be an Olympian and also to develop their leadership skills. The following images show part of their intensive training which will soon be put into action when they deliver games to younger children at play times.
The children researched the achievements of Olympians then wrote some amazing newspaper articles totally independently!
