Mrs C.M.Taylor

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Creative Mayfield

We have great fun at our school and we are focusing on extending our creative curriculum. We include music, Spanish and drama as weekly activities for many of our pupils, plus lots of other exciting opportunities.

OFSTED were so pleased with our curriculum that it was graded 'outstanding'.

Out of School Clubs

Our out of school activities are extensive - lunchtime computers, French, writing, art, board games, gardening, football, Morning multi skills, Freddy Fit & cheer leading.

'Bronchial Boogie' is a club that is run by our school nurse and the music centre - this club helps pupils with asthma . It improves their breathing techniques though the use of exercises and learning to play the flute.

Year 6 are currently able to attend an 'Early Birds' maths computer club at 8.30a.m. and our popular Kartouche computer club runs one morning per week.

Pupils continue to benefit from various sporting activities and our sports coordinator, Mr. Whittaker, is working with Blue Coat  Secondary School to identify sporting opportunities. Pupils have  had the opportunity to attend dodge ball, Tai Kwondo, rugby, lacrosse and dance.  We have Elliot from Sports Development who takes sporting activities for 3 hours each week and Mark- our P.E. technician- who works for 3 hours each week on a programme of sporting activities. Pupils in 3 Junior classes go swimming on a rota basis and many of our older pupils have trained as Young Sports Leaders. Sean, from Sport Development, runs a sports lunchtime club each day.

Our sporting have efforts have enabled us to gain the Active Mark Award.

Blue Coat C.E. Secondary School

We continue  to work with our partner secondary school Blue Coat which is one of the top performing secondary schools in England. Our children visit Blue Coat to use their facilities, plus, we have had one of their maths teachers teaching maths sessions in our school. We are also linked with Blue Coat for sporting initiatives.

Eco School

As an ECO school we continue with our recycling efforts - we have a co-mingled recycling bin, cardboard and paper recycling bins and 3 compost bins. We have had Eco Days at our school where all of our pupils take part in eco friendly activities and we are thinking of becoming a 'Fair Trade'   School. .Our Outdoor Classroom is coming along nicely - the Eco Grant  and tree grant from the council has gone towards funding this and our willow tunnel structure is looking great! . The Green Team continue to work hard and our litter officers are 'super litter pickers'.We have been awarded the Bronze Eco Award and the Silver Eco Award.

Healthy School

We are a healthy school and our children receive fresh fruit at break times. Healthy snacks are encouraged and the school promotes sports and fitness. We are very proud to have gained our Platinum Tooth Award for our healthy school initiatives and the Healthy Schools Standard. We were also thrilled to receive a Pride in Oldham Award from the Oldham Chronicle newspaper. This award was given to school for running a healthy food tuck shop.

Toddler Club

A Toddler Club meets in our nursery every Tuesday  1.15pm - 2.15pm. Please toddle along with your child and take opportunity to play together. You can put your child's name down for a nursery place when they are 2 years old. They can start part time nursery if they are 3 years old before 31st August.

 

Out of School Facilities

We are pleased to offer a before and after school club in Mayfield School. It opens from 7.30a.m - 8.55am and 3.15pm - 5.30pm.

It also opens throughout the day in the school holidays and is open for 50 weeks in the year.

To book a place please contact Lisa Brooks on 07910874355

or Joyce Turner on 07939178814.

This facility is registered and inspected by OFSTED

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Some of our junior pupils, or myself, will be happy to take time to show you the wonderful work going on in our school. We'll try not to talk too much!!