Year 1 smashed their mini marathon this morning – Well done!
They thoroughly enjoyed a bit of ‘shoot out’ in their house teams celebrating the Sky Blues!
What a great day!!
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our wonderful St Patrick’s Coffee Morning. It was fantastic to see so many members of our school community come together to celebrate and enjoy such a special event.
Year 5 did an amazing job hosting the event, from welcoming guests, perfoming in our Story of St Patrick, dancing to Molly Malone and our special signed performance led by Amie Chester. We loved helping throughout the day serving refreshments, helping everything run smoothly and showing great responibility and pride in representing our school.
A special thank you to the musicians Fiona, Jarlath and Martin and Irish Dancers from Mary McHugh’s School of Irish Dance, whose traditional tunes and dances created a brilliant atmosphere throughout the morning.
Thank you to the PTA for their continued support and for helping organise such a successful event. Your dedication and willingness to give your time makes occasions like this possible. Also, to Rory and the Irish Society for their time given in supporting the celebration and helping us share Irish culture with our community.
Enjoy the photos of the morninng! Videos to follow….
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On Tuesday we attended mass, which was also the Feast Day of St Blaise.
St Blaise is an important saint in the Christian calendar and is remembered each year on the 3rd February. He lived in the 4th century and was a bishop and doctor in Armenia. St Blaise was known for his strong Christian faith and for caring for the sick, especially those with illnesses of the throat.
One of the most well-known stories about St Blaise explains why he is the patron saint of throat illnesses. It is said that he saved a young boy who was choking on a fish bone by praying for him, and the boy was miraculously healed and because of this miracle, St Blaise became closely linked with healing and protection of the throat.
Following mass, Father Paul invited us to a Blessing of the Throats. He held two crossed candles nearto each person’s throat and said a prayer asking God to protect them from illness, especially problems related to the throat.
We pray for good heatlh for one another, our family, our comminity and ourselves. Thank you Father Paul for blessing us and for the opportunity to learn more about why St Blaise is still remembered and revered to this day.
We had a fantastic time making memories on our annual residential religious retreat to Alton Castle.
The children made new friends, experienced a range of activities, conquered their fears, reflected daily on their Catholic faith and had a whole lot of fun (not a whole lot of sleep, perhaps, but most definitely a whole lot of fun😍) I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
Well done Year 5 – you are incredible!
We have been working hard in Maths this week learning about quotitive and partitive division. We used straws and counters to help us overcome lots of challenges until we nailed it! Well done Year 5!
As part of our Design Technology curriculum, we spent the afternoon baking and decorating some delicious, Christmas treats.
We carefully prepared a written recipe and method and tested our preparations out to create the perfect, festive Christmas biscuits!
A huge thank you to Ms Blair-Wilson, our kitchen manager and Chef, for co-ordinating and leading the event and to her team; Mrs Kaur-Nagra and Mrs Croft for all of their support. A special thank you to Sodexo and Alliance in Parrtnership (AIP) for supplying the ingredients and supporting the experience.
The children absolutely loved the afternoon and were so proud of their creations! We most defintiely have some budding bakers in the making!
Year 5 spent a lovely afternoon with their grown-ups at our Advent crafting event. The children read Prayers and Scripture and spent time crafting their own Advent Wreaths.
Thank you to those who were able to join us and we hope that your hand-made wreaths will take pride of place in your homes this Christmas!
A special thank you to Grandad Kirrane for the plentiful supply of Evergreen and Holly! We really appreciate you!
Year 4 really enjoyed our pizza making session in collaboration with the school kitchen today. They worked hard to make their pizza and construct a 3D box to take it home in. They looked and smelt delicious. They were very excited to eat them when they got home. I hope they managed to share some!
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On transition day, the children completed an activity called ‘My Cuppa Tea’ to tell me all about themselves and the things that are important to them. We decided, what better way to get to know one another than taking the time to have an actual cup of tea together!
The children enjoyed adding the milk and sugar to make the tea to their own taste and spent some time talking with each other to discover new things about one another.
What a lovely way to start the day!
Year 4 were set a challenge this year of deciding on a charity to support. After research and discussion, they decided upon The National Deaf Children’s Society (https://www.ndcs.org.uk/).
To help raise funds, we have set up a Just Giving page – https://www.justgiving.com/page/year-four-ndcs
The class decided on a plank challenge across the summer holiday. We set our first times on our last day of term, with some children holding a plank for almost 4 minutes. Across the holiday, children are challenged to increase their plank times and ask for sponsors who would like to support.
