Mercury

Primary Academy
Mottram St. Andrew Primary Academy
Head Teacher’s Report
By Chris Bowen
We have just completed a very quick,
five week half term and have the
half-term holiday to look forward to.
The main event of the half-term has
probably been the Year 6 SATs tests
which took place during the second
week of May. This is quite a
demanding week for our oldest
children who took tests in maths,
reading, spelling, punctuation and
grammar. Some of our most able
children took the additional Level 6
tests as well. They have all worked
very hard over the last few months
preparing for these tests and we are
sure that they will be rewarded with
excellent results. After half-term they
have their residential trip to The
Conway Centre to look forward to.
The Sunday before the SATs test, our
girls’ football team took part in the
Reliance 7’s football finals, having
12
won their group in the knock out
stage earlier in the term. They
finished third overall after losing to
the eventual winners in the semifinal.
This is a great achievement for our
girls especially as most of the team
are still in Year 5. We are looking
forward to having a great team next
year. The team is coached by Sophie
Cavanagh – we are delighted to have
her back in school running a number
of after-school activities for us. It
wasn’t long ago that she was part of
our football team herself!
Many of our classes have been on
school visits connected with their
topic work. Year 1 and Year 2 had a
great day out at Chester Zoo taking
part in workshops as well as having
the chance to look at some of the
most exciting animals.