St Mary’s Catholic Academy - Norton

Wow what a week we have had celebrating our amazing pupils here at St. Mary’s!

We’ve hosted…..
🌟Foundation stage graduation
🏆KS1/KS2 and year 6 prize giving
🌟Leavers breakfast
🌟Leavers assembly - Class of 2026

We would like to congratulate all of our children for a fantastic year of faith, fun and learning!

Year 6 - You smashed yours SATS of which you should all be so proud. Thank you for your contribution to St. Mary’s over the years. It’s time to turn the page for your next chapter, we know you will all be stars. Good luck and enjoy making new memories.

We would like to wish all of our staff, families and children the best summer.
Whatever you are getting up to, make lots of special memories. We cannot wait to hear about them in September!!!

📢School’s out for the Summer📢

Children who achieved 250 points have enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea. Well done everyone! What a lovely afternoon we had!

Our Y6 students had a lovely treat yesterday with a visit from Mr Whippy! 🍦

Year 6 had the highest attendance this academic year with 98.55% 🤩

Well Done and we hope you enjoyed your ice creams! 😋

A fantastic way for Year 4 to finish the PE summer term curriculum! 🏏☀️
This morning's Interhouse Rounders competition was full of teamwork, determination and great sportsmanship.

🔥 LIFT Festival 2026 is HERE! 🔥

Enjoy a full day of music, creativity, sport and community at Northwood Community Sports on Sunday 26th July! 🎉

What to expect:
🎧 Live music & DJs
🎤 Youth performances and spoken word
🍔 Food vendors
🎭 Arts, activities and inflatables
⚽️ A variety of sport and physical activities
🗣️ Youth Voice
… and so much more!

⏰ 1.00pm - 4.00pm: Family event (all ages welcome)
⏰ 4.00pm - 7.00pm: Youth only event (ages 11-18 years)
✅ FREE entry - Book your place now! 👇🏻
https://eequ.org/book/lift-youth-festival-with-stoke-on-trent-youth-collective-27931

Don’t miss one of the biggest youth events of the summer 🙌🏻 Bring your friends, bring your family, and let’s LIFT together 💥

The countdown is ON to the tastiest event of the summer! 😋 The Big Feast is a FREE two-day festival that transforms Hanley city centre into a vibrant outdoor stage- see below for more info...

📣 The Big Feast is BACK - and the countdown to Stoke-on-Trent's tastiest FREE weekend starts now!

🗓️ Friday 28th & Saturday 29th August
📍 Stoke-on-Trent City Centre (Hanley)

Get ready for two days of bold, brilliant and joy-filled moments as Hanley transforms into a giant stage packed with world-class outdoor arts, unexpected encounters and unforgettable experiences.

Here's a little taste of what's cooking...

• Spectacular circus, dance and physical theatre
• Brand new artists making their Big Feast debut
• Local talent and our first-ever Young Creatives Takeover
• A brand new Sensasian festival area
• Curious creatures, family fun and surprises around every corner

Artist announcements and plenty more are just around the corner, so make sure you're following along.

🙌 Huge thanks to our amazing partners Stoke-on-Trent City Centre BID, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Smithfield, Stoke, The Town Hall and Drop City Books.
We're also incredibly grateful to our core programme funders Arts Council England, our lead organisation New Vic Theatre, and our consortium board: University of Staffordshire, 6 Towns Radio, Keele University, Partners in Creative Learning (PiCL) and Arts Keele.

Pictured: WILD by Motionhouse
Photo by: Dan Tucker



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Six performers stand poised at varying heights atop an intricate scaffolding structure of tall metal poles against a bright blue sky filled with fluffy white clouds.

Our Y4 students recently received a one-of-a-kind cooking demonstration after one of our pupils won nationwide competition 'Plates for Change':

Russell Hobbs brings Crystelle Pereira to winning primary school as part of Plates for Change campaign - London Post Students at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Stoke-on-Trent have received a one-of-a-kind cooking demonstration from Crystelle Pereira, cook, author and presenter, in partnership with Action Against Hunger, after winning a nationwide competition run by Russell Hobbs in partnership with the cha...

Well done to reception class for achieving level one and two swimming awards. All of your teachers are so very proud of you!

Well done to our fantastic athletes for proudly representing Burslem at the City Athletics Finals. We are so proud of your hard work and achievement! 🏅👏