St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School

We pray, We work, We play, We care, We do our best!

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Devonshire Drive, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 5RJ

01254 231277

head@st-marys-clayton-le-moors.lancs.sch.uk

LATEST NEWS & DATES : Wednesday 25th June – New to Reception starter’s evening at 6:00 p.m...........Wednesday 2nd July – Summer Fayre – 3:30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m........... Sunday 6th July – Holy Communion for Sacramental Programme children at 12:00 p.m............. Tuesday 8th July – New to Reception starter’s morning.......... Wednesday 9th July – Lion King performance at Mount Carmel for Year 5 and Year 6.......... Thursday 10th July – Year 6 Leaver’s Mass at 10:00 a.m........... Thursday 10th July – Year 6 Leaver’s Trip to Jumpworks from 4.30 p.m. (please see letter).................Monday 14th July – Reports out to parents..........Tuesday 15th July – Junior summer production – 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m...........Thursday 17th July – Year 6 Leaver’s Assembly at 10:00 a.m...........Friday 18th July – School closes at 1:15/1:30 p.m.

"The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail."

(Isaiah 58:11)

God's Gardeners

 

Miss Schofield has been very busy getting together a group of keen and enthusiastic children to join our 'God's Gardeners' after-school club. This is all part of our school's pledge to 'Care for our Common Home' and learn about and look after God's world. The children will be involved in many different activities, many of which will be seasonal. Below is a timetable of things to look forward to including a visit and talk from a local bee-keeper, clay green-man making, a wormery, making bird-boxes, planting sun-flowers, painting plant pots and growing and tidying the eco-garden.

 

Alongside the visitors involved, we also hope to confirm soon the parishioners who will also become 'God's Gardeners.'

Well done to our 'God's Gardeners' and Miss Schofield for their Level 4 Gardening Certificate. We are just one level away from becoming a Gardening School!

Growing onions and potatoes

Picking washing and cleaning salad from the garden in preparation for the tomato and potato salad we are making for after school club tomorrow...

Planting seeds in bags and nurturing them before growing them in soil

God's Gardeners in action each Monday evening

God's Gardeners set to work on planting winter vegetables.

Well done to our God's Gardeners - Level 3 achieved! Only 2 more levels to go!

Well done to Miss Schofield and our God's Gardeners. They have received the Level 2 Garden Schools certificate and are now aiming for Level 3!

Lots of children have been busy helping in our garden over the past few weeks. We are growing pumpkins in time for halloween in a special pumpkin patch, strawberries, tomatoes, potatoes and lots of other fruit and vegetables. We look forward to making a donation to the local foodbank really soon!

Potato growing and lots of other things going on during our 'God's Gardeners' session last night.

Action from our 'God's Gardeners' session this week. 

Congratulations to our newly formed ‘God’s Gardeners’ team led by Miss Schofield. They have been extremely busy with a variety of activities in our eco-garden and have been rewarded with a Level 1 ‘School Gardening Certificate of Achievement’ award. They are well on their way to securing Level 2. Thank you to Miss Schofield for giving up her own time to get this initiative going and putting so much care and effort into it! If any parishioners would like to get involved, please phone school to talk to Miss Schofield – it would be great to see you!