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'Class stars' are children selected by the class teacher - it could be for extra hard work, a great attitude or achieving something individual to the pupil.

• Star Pupils

  Fri 16 Jan 2026 Mrs Hall

  This week's Star Pupils are:

   

  Reception: Eleanor Hughes and Edie Dunne

  Class 1: Bryan Seyed-Alikhani and Ada Gardener

  Class 2: Oliver Benson and Emily Lunt

  Class 3: Austin Armstrong and Billy Tickle-Brennand

  Class 4: Alex Hale and Sophia Keeley

  Class 5: Tate Ames and Katie Elliott

  Class 6: Joshua Burns and Iyla Stokes

   

   

  Reading Stars:

  Reception: Poppy Simmons

  Class 1: Lily Shackleton

  Class 2: Albert Hill

  Class 3: Eleanor Rayson

  Class 4: Gabriella Lau

  Class 5: Erin Brooks

  Class 6: Teddy Love

   

  Value Stars:

  Reception: Daniel Spencer

  Class 1: Charlie Aspinall

  Class 2: Pippa Roberts

  Class 3: Emily Boyes

  Class 4: Scarlett Surplice

  Class 5: Emmie Gibbs

  Class 6: Elia Bushell-Ricci

   

  P.E. Class of the Week:

   

  Reception

   

  Well done to all of our stars!!   

   

  The best attending class this week was : Class 1  - 100% - Fantastic!

   

  Class attendances are as follows:

   

  Reception: 98.9 %

  Class 1: 100 %

  Class 2: 98.5 %

  Class 3: 98.1 %

  Class 4: 97 %

  Class 5: 98.6 %

  Class 6: 98.6 %

   

  Whole School: 98.5 %

   

  The most punctual class this week was: Class 1 - Well done!

   

  Class lates are as follows:

  Reception: 7 lates

  Class 1: 2 lates

  Class 2: 9 lates

  Class 3: 5 lates

  Class 4: 5 lates

  Class 5: 13 lates

  Class 6: 3 lates

• Star Pupils

  Fri 09 Jan 2026 Mrs Hall

  This week's Star Pupils are:

   

  Reception: Sophia Leigh and Harrison McGarry

  Class 1: Max Brown and Evie Lewis

  Class 2: Teddy Oliver and Darcie Dawson

  Class 3: Poppy Pearson and Alex McGarry

  Class 4: Zack Franklin and Holly Richards

  Class 5: Jasper Price and Erin Brooks

  Class 6: Emelia Price and Roman Taylor

   

   

  Reading Stars:

  Reception: Luca Dutton Brett

  Class 1: Alice Boyes

  Class 2: Elyse Leigh

  Class 3: Leo Gotham

  Class 4: George Toulmin

  Class 5: Florence Cunningham

  Class 6: Eira Taylor

   

  Value Stars:

  Reception: Nellie Mitchell Smith

  Class 1: Josh Rothon

  Class 2: William Melling

  Class 3: Raiya Dowdeswell

  Class 4: Harry Woolrich

  Class 5: Mila Danns

  Class 6: 

   

  P.E. Class of the Week:

   

  Class 3

   

  Well done to all of our stars!!   

   

  The best attending class this week was : Reception  - Well done!

   

  Class attendances are as follows:

   

  Reception: 99.6 %

  Class 1: 98.9 %

  Class 2: 96.9 %

  Class 3: 97.4 %

  Class 4: 96.7 %

  Class 5: 97.8 %

  Class 6: 97.8 %

   

  Whole School: 97.9 %

   

  The most punctual class this week was: Class 1 - Well done!

   

  Class lates are as follows:

  Reception: 3 lates

  Class 1: 1 late

  Class 2: 4 lates

  Class 3: 3 lates

  Class 4: 7 lates

  Class 5: 7 lates

  Class 6: 6 lates

• Merry Christmas

  Fri 19 Dec 2025 Mrs Hall

  On behalf of all of the staff at St Mary's, we would like to say a HUGE thank you for the kind words, cards and generous gifts. They are always very unexpected but very much appreciated.

   

  Wishing you all the blessings of the Christmas Season and a joyous new year. 

• Star Pupils

  Fri 19 Dec 2025 Mrs Hall

  This week's Star Pupils are:

   

  Reception: Benji Munroe and Joseph Keeley

  Class 1: Year 1

  Class 2: Ada Anderson and William Melling

  Class 3: Leo Gotham and Harriet Angus

  Class 4: Dolly Battle and Oscar Ormond

  Class 5: Anaiah Woltman and Skye Bendall

  Class 6: Olivia Teer and Beatice Westoby

   

   

  Reading Stars:

  Reception: Ruben May

  Class 1: Louie Larkin

  Class 2: Joshua Lloyd-Hesp

  Class 3: Sonny Begley

  Class 4: Freddie Rooney

  Class 5: Mazvita Sabawo-Zonke

  Class 6: James McKane

   

  Value Stars:

  Reception: Aoife Ferguson

  Class 1: Ava Dutton Brett

  Class 2: Ray Pritchard

  Class 3: Poppy Pearson

  Class 4: Holly Richards

  Class 5: Thomas Smith

  Class 6: Noah Dean

   

  P.E. Class of the Week:

   

  Class 4

   

  Well done to all of our stars!!   

   

  The best attending class this week was : Reception - 100% - fantastic!

   

  Class attendances are as follows:

   

  Reception: 100 %

  Class 1: 99.3 %

  Class 2: 96.9 %

  Class 3: 91.1 %

  Class 4: 93 %

  Class 5: 98.6 %

  Class 6: 93.5 %

   

  Whole School: 96.1 %

   

  The most punctual class this week was: Class 3 - Well done!

   

  Class lates are as follows:

  Reception: 5 lates

  Class 1: 5 lates

  Class 2: 5 lates

  Class 3: 3 lates

  Class 4: 4 lates

  Class 5: 13 lates

  Class 6: 5 lates

• Christmas performances

  Thu 11 Dec 2025 Mrs Hall

  We have all been very busy learning songs, rehearsing lines and putting on amazing performances. We all got to watch the dress rehearsals for EYFS and KS1, then today EYFS and KS1 watched the KS2 dress rehearsal for tomorrow's performances. If you are coming, look out for the teacher dopplegangers!

   

  We hope you have all enjoyed - or will enjoy - the many talents of our wonderful children.

  

• Christmas Jumper Day

  Thu 11 Dec 2025 Mrs Hall

  Thank you to everyone who supported Christmas Jumper Day today. A brilliant £134.31 was raised for Save the Children.

  

• Christmas Dinner

  Thu 11 Dec 2025 Mrs Hall

  Thank you to Mrs Swales, Mrs Evans and Mrs Murphy for cooking a delicious Christmas dinner for the whole school. Best one yet apparently!

  

• Christmas Fayre

  Fri 05 Dec 2025 Mrs Hall

  Thank you to our PTFA for organising this year's Christmas fayre. There are so many stalls with lots of goodies and games - you can even meet with Santa! 

   

  Thank you to everyone who has supported this event. 

  

• Thank you PTFA!

  Wed 03 Dec 2025 Mrs Hall

  A massive THANK YOU! to our PTFA for providing today's enjoyable panto! The whole school enjoyed the Altru Theatre Company production of Robin Hood. Afterwards, all of the children tucked into some yummy popcorn.

  

• Star Pupils

  Fri 28 Nov 2025 Mrs Hall

  This week's Star Pupils are:

   

  Reception: Dougie McEvoy and Louie Jones

  Class 1: Barney Ward and Elsie Gough

  Class 2: 

  Class 3: Isaac Liu and Akankshi Kumar

  Class 4: Harriet Graham and Elsie Birchall

  Class 5: Alex Brodin and Annabelle Hargreaves

  Class 6: James McGarry and Lucy Richards

   

   

  Reading Stars:

  Reception: Joseph Keeley

  Class 1: Enzo Roberts

  Class 2: 

  Class 3: Luke Vyse

  Class 4: Violet Lloyd

  Class 5: James Hughes

  Class 6: Daisy Gaughan

   

  Value Stars:

  Reception: Lily Howard

  Class 1: Bobby McHugh

  Class 2: 

  Class 3: Eleanor Rayson

  Class 4: Alex Hale

  Class 5: Tate Ames

  Class 6: Joshua Burns

   

  P.E. Class of the Week:

   

  Reception

   

  Well done to all of our stars!!   

   

  The best attending class this week was : Reception - well done!

   

  Class attendances are as follows:

   

  Reception: 90.4 %

  Class 1: 82.6 %

  Class 2: 88.9 %

  Class 3: 79.3 %

  Class 4: 81.5 %

  Class 5: 77.1 %

  Class 6: 64.9 %

   

  Whole School: 80.5 %

   

  The most punctual classes this week were: Reception and Class 1 - Well done!

   

  Class lates are as follows:

  Reception: 0 lates

  Class 1: 0 lates

  Class 2: 5 lates

  Class 3: 1 lates

  Class 4: 3 lates

  Class 5: 8 lates

  Class 6: 9 lates