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EYFS Nativity

Tue 19 Dec 2023

Today Reception blew everyone's socks off with their amazing performance of 'Wriggly Nativity'.

On Friday year four took part in a very exciting Viking day. The children enjoyed a wide range of activities, including making a Viking amulet, making their own burger, cooking burgers on a fire and they even made their own small fires!

The children did St Mary's proud as their behaviour was absolutely wonderful. Well done Year 4, I am so proud of you all!

Year 3 Trip to Gladstone Pottery Museum

Thu 14 Dec 2023 Miss Tomkinson

Year 3 had a fantastic day at Gladstone Pottery Museum on Thursday! They looked at how people would have travelled by horse and cart during the Industrial Revolution and the invention of the steam engine. They then looked at how pottery would have been made and the skills needed to be a thrower. We then ventured inside a bottle kiln and finished the day with a bone china flower workshop.

Y6 Volunteering at John Hall Gardens

Thu 14 Dec 2023

The children planted seeds for the wellbeing community garden and created seasonal bouquets which will be sold to raise money for the charity Rethink Mental Illness. Well done Year 6! Your giving back to the community has been fantastic this term, we are incredibly proud of you.

Year 6 volunteering at Leek Food Bank

Thu 23 Nov 2023

Our wonderful Year 6 class spent the morning bagging up food parcels for families, organising the stock room and checking in donated items. They were kept extremely busy and learnt a lot about food, how to avoid food waste and money management.

Memory Bottles

Mon 20 Nov 2023

What an amazing showcase! Our fantastic children have worked so hard on their memory bottles. Please do pop by the Nicholson Museum to see how brilliant they all look! Thank you to all of our wonderful families for your help with this project!

Historic Walk for Year 5

Mon 13 Nov 2023

This week Year 5 went on a historical walk through Leek, exploring all about Thomas and Elizabeth Wardle and the history of silk in Leek. Special thanks to our local historian, Cathryn Walton for her guidance and sharing her knowledge.

Y6 Volunteering at Rudyard Lake

Thu 19 Oct 2023

Year 6 had their first day volunteering in the local community. Whilst in the beautiful and historic Rudyard Lake, they picked litter from around the lake itself and along the track; cleared grass and built a path to the play area; cleaned the visitor centre and made a new boat mooring (which the children were allowed to carve their initials into when they'd finished). They had a great day and were asking to return when they'd finished! Amazing work Year 6! We are very proud!

Covid Guidance Update 01.04.2022

Fri 01 Apr 2022

COVID Guidance Update

In line with national guidance, adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature.

Children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can go back to school, college or childcare when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend.

Adults with a positive COVID-19 test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under, the advice is 3 days.