1. St Mary’s & St Patrick’s RC Primary School
Welcome to our celebration newsletter
This year we have many achievements that we are very proud of and we would like to share some of them with you.
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Healthy Schools Award Phase 5
In July we were awarded our 5th leaf as a Healthy School. The Healthy School & Eco School Council’s shared all the fantastic things we do to look after the world God gave us.

2. Awards First LEGO League with BLC
Ava, Daisy, Freddy, Caelan & Sawyer were supported by Grace, Iona & Jonah in sharing their Mission Moon LEGO build. They won the Raising Star Award!
Ogwr Judo Competition
Boys & Girls JudoTeam The boys came 2nd The girls are the Ogwr Schools Girls Champions!

3. Library Champions
Alicia, Anwen & Ezme took part in and won the Maesteg Library World Book Day Quiz. They then took on the winners from schools in Bridgend. They won! Regional Champions!
STEM Leaders
In March, Y5 led an INSET morning for teachers as part of the Festival of Learning. They were commended on their knowledge, friendliness and manners Children training Teachers.
Festival of Learning
June brought the celebration of learning in Bridgend. The School Council attended on Day 1 to showcase our Cluster working with the Church Schools. On day 2 the ECO Council shared our work with the Director of Education – former pupil Lyndsey Harvey.

4. STMP University
This year has seen the launch of STMP University. On a Friday, for a duration of 5 weeks ,all pupils embark on a University course Staff choose the skills they are able to offer to enrich the curriculum of the school and develop a 5 week bespoke programme Pupils take home a Prospectus with the learning programmes on offer for their particular Key Stage, and choose 2 programmes Pupils then undertake the learning programme for 2 hours a week.
We would welcome you to share your talents with us if you have the time. Please speak to a member of staff.