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St Mary's Catholic Primary School
St Mary's is a Roman Catholic Primary School situated in the lovely town of Marple Bridge Dedicated to Mary it holds regular school masses every now and then to celebrate important feast days. It holds its own Ash Wednesday service. I was once a pupil there. 2003-2006 I was educated there. I started in the school nursery and left in Year Two which is the class for 6-7 year olds. It has had a bit of building work on it since I was a pupil. The Reception area is had a lovely refurbishment. The present headteacher is Mrs Finoula Boucher. She has also taught the Reception (first year of Primary) class. She taught me! At the weekly assembly on Fridays,if I remember correctly, the teachers would hand out certificates for what they thought certain pupils had done well this week. For instance, I got one for being helpful and kind. Music lessons have been going on for some years now. My last year was the first stab at music. It was the violin. Presently (2010) I think they are doing the cello. They provide school dinners for those who want them. PE facilities, a very big climbing frame! The school library within the ICT Suite was always a good place for bookworms like me! There was about twenty PC's. There is a path over to the local catholic church, St Mary's Marple Bridge. They had a very big playing field with a hill we would always roll down! There are three playgrounds, one for each age group, Reception and Nursey, Infants, Juniors. St Mary's is full of team spirit and Jesus and has the initial AMDG on the school badge. This is Latin and stands for: Ad Moriem De Gloriam, which means, for the greater glory of God. This is a motto wanting to portray thst everything they do, work or play is for God.