Making a Splash!

St Philip’s swimming team made a fantastic debut at the Prestwich and Whitefield Schools Swimming gala last Tuesday, 26^th June. We progressed through to the finals in every one of the nine events, having won eight heats and come second in one.

We had great success in the finals, winning the girls’ relay, mixed relay, individual girls’ breaststroke and individual girls’ backstroke. We were runners up in the girls’ freestyle and boys’ breaststroke and place very well in all the other events.

The points from every event were then totalled at the end of the gala. We are delighted to pass on the news that we were Girls Overall winners.

Now for the big finale…due to the fantastic commitment, effort and teamwork shown by the children, we amassed the highest number of points of all eleven schools who entered and were crowned Overall Winners!

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Artsmark Achieved!

We are very proud to announce that St. Philip’s RC has been awarded the Artsmark Gold award for a fantastic fourth time. The award is presented to schools who display a commitment to the arts and strive to utilise creativity at the heart of all learning. Pupils, parents and teachers have worked hard to achieve this fantastic award and we aim to continue to make the arts a major part of our school’s curriculum in the future.

 

Egg-cellent Effort

Pupils from KS1 and KS2 have taken part in an ‘cracking’ competition – designing ‘egg-cellent’ Easter eggs. The competition was no ‘yolk’! Below are some pictures of the fantastic entries, as well as a group photograph of the winning designs.

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Farewell Mrs Slack

Today, 14th July 2011, Mrs Slack retires as Head teacher of St. Philip’s RC. There have been many presentations, presents and speeches (and a few tears!). The following short film has been made by Class 10, Mr Cooper’s class. We hope it goes someway to documenting Mrs Slack’s time at St. Philip’s RC.

Long Serving Governors Award

In March, Sheelagh McGough was presented with a special award by the Lord Major of Salford in recognition of 25 years distinguished service as a governor at St. Philip’s. Mrs Slack, Mrs Butcher and Mrs Boardman joined the celebrations which took place at the Civic Centre, Swinton.

Live on the Radio…

The following paragraph has been written by Grace Carty, one of our Year 4 pupils. Click on the link at the bottom to listen to the clip from the radio show!

On the 25th March 2011 I went to the BBC in Manchester and I was on Heather Stott’s radio show with two other people – my grandad Eddie Potts, and Gillian Moncaster, a lady from Manchester City Council. I was interviewed about something called the ‘Dignity Badge’ for Brownies. It was quite nerve-racking and I was quite scared but once I started doing it, it felt really good. I knew lots of people were listening so that was probably the thing that made me most nervous. I got told that my class (Miss Roberts) listened and then cheered at the end!

Radio Manchester brownie 25 Feb 2011<

Calendar Awards

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On the evening of December 8th, at The Lowry Gallery Salford, five Year 6 children, with their parents, attended the Through the Eyes of a Child calendar award ceremony. Three children were outright winners and their paintings have become part of the published calendar. Two pupils were runners up and had their work displayed in the gallery. All five children are a credit to St. Philip’s RC and represent our commitment to the arts.

Energy: Here’s How to Save It

In the Autumn term, pupils from Y2 upwards entered a competition to design a character which Salford City Council could use to promote the importance of Energy Saving. There were some fantastic ideas; well done to all those who entered. Our pupil’s creative minds must have been working well as the following pupils were commended:

1st Prize: Bronwyn Dennis
2nd Prize: Kerys Hurley
3rd Prize: Kate Watson & Niamh Doran
Merit:Jasmyn Lopuzansky

The following photographs include the Major of Salford and Olympic Gold Medal winner, swimmer Chris Crook.