ST MARY’S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER – MAY 2015
Dear Parents / Carers
Once again, your support of our CAFOD Lenten collection
has been wonderful with the final total standing at a
magnificent £1,400 which will be match-funded by the
government. We have sent a cheque to our CAFOD
representative who wishes to extend grateful thanks to you
all for your outstanding generosity.
The Year 2 pupils would like to extend their own special thanks to all
who supported their Bring and Buy Sale which made a wonderful
£198 (also to be match-funded) specifically for the CAFOD Nepal
Earthquake Appeal.
We are so proud to be called St. Mary’s and as May is the month of
Mary we have decided that this year’s festival day will be in celebration
of Mary, our patron saint. On Friday 22nd May the pupils can come to
school in non-uniform and the day will be filled with exciting
activities and talent shows to end this special month in style.
We welcome Miss Willerton, a student from Manchester
Metropolitan University who will be working alongside Mr. Cavanagh until the end
of June. We hope that her time at St. Mary’s will be enjoyable.
PTA news...
The PTA continues to work tirelessly for the benefit of our children. The most recent
events (coffee afternoon organised by Years 3 and 4 and the plant sale organised by
Mrs. Reed, mum of Matthew in Year 5) were most successful and we extend our thanks
to all those who organised, helped at and supported
these events.
We have recently spent PTA money on new IT tablets
and the pupils are really enjoying using them to further
their learning. Thank you so much!
We now look forward to our Summer Fayre on Friday
26th June. Look out for more details after the Whit
holiday.
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ST MARY’S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER – MAY 2015
Congratulations to our Year 3 pupils who have made the Sacraments of
Reconciliation and Confirmation in recent weeks. They will receive their First Holy
Communion on Sunday 5th July at 3.00pm. Please keep the
children and their families in your prayers at this very special
time in their lives.
Football news.
Congratulations to our boys’ football team who played in the semi-final
of the Manchester United Cup on Friday 15th May against Light Oaks.
Although they lost 4–3 they played with great skill and hit the post in the
dying seconds! Well done to Calum Griffin, Arthur Higgins, Imaad Jjagwe, William
McAvoy, Matthew Reed, Xabi Spalding, George Van-Es and Nicholas Wright. Our
girls’ team will play this week against Lewis Street. Good luck girls and we look
forward to reading your match report in next month’s newsletter.
Baby news! We are delighted to share with you the news that Mrs Potts is expecting a
baby later this calendar year. We know that you will want to join us in sending warmest
congratulations to Mr and Mrs Potts and we wish them well over the exciting months
ahead.
Over the next month our children will be undertaking their final assessment
tests and tasks for this school year which began with the Year 6 SATs last
week. Children, we wish you the very best of success – we have been very
proud of your hard work and dedication throughout this year.
And finally...
School closes on Friday, 22nd May, at 3.25p.m. for the Whit holiday.
We re-open on Tuesday 2nd June at 8.55a.m.
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ST MARY’S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER – MAY 2015
On our journey of faith, with Jesus as our guide, we share friendship, value learning and show
respect for ourselves and others, as we live, learn, play, work and pray together in our community.”
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