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Soft Archery Some Y5 and Y6 pupils had a chance to try some soft archery in school on Friday with Mrs Herron. It was great to try something new and everyone did brilliantly when listening to advice to improve their techniques.  

During October, we began exploring inspirational people for Black History Month. Using a project inspired by Gomersal Primary School, we made posters about some of the amazing men and women we learned about.

This week in science club our scientists were learning about floating and sinking. We were exploring the properties of materials needed to make an object float or sink. First we explored objects to see if they floated or not. To make it a fair test, we did this 3 times. Pine cones – float Stones – sink Conkers – this …

Today we read A Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr. We had lots of fun making two different tigers.

Year 6 enjoyed a visit from Father Marc where they learnt all about the sacrament of ordination and Father Marc’s own personal experience. Year 6 used this to write the key events of an ordination service and made links throughout using the information Father Marc shared.

Father Marc visited Year 4 last week to help them learn about the funeral process. They explored signs and symbols and significant events involved in the funeral process. Year 4 enjoyed asking Father Marc questions and reflecting on their own experience of loss.  

In year 6 we have been developing confidence in our own ability and taking pride in our work. To help develop our self-esteem we are now doing a weekly show and tell. Any child who is proud of something they have done that week can share it with others. Their friends can either give a compliment or ask a question.  …

In science club this week we were exploring circuits. We learnt about what batteries are and what they do before using our battery and wires to try and make the bulb light up. At first it was tricky while we were working out why our bulbs were not lighting. However, we were so happy when our bulb eventually lit up. …

Congratulations to our Stars Of The Week for this week. Children in KS1 and KS2 were awarded certificates for some amazing things this week. Keep up it up! Children were also awarded certificates and a special pencil for being Reader Of The Week. It was lovely to hear about children enjoying and promoting reading to their friends. A big well …

On Friday, Deacon Peter came to  Year 3 to talk to us about Baptism. We are learning about the promises we make at Baptism, so Deacon Peter came to answer some of our questions. The children thought of some super questions which will help them to gain a better understanding of the sacrament of Baptism. Thank you Deacon Peter  

This week we read Duck in the Truck at story craft club. We listened to the story and made our very own ducks.

The Sacrament of Marriage In Year 5 we have been learning about sacraments and focusing especially on the sacrament of marriage. We thought about the symbols and the steps in the ceremony we might see and we planned some readings and hymns for a marriage. Father Marc came into school today to help us understand this when he performed a …

Year 5 shared with us a great collective prayer about the feast of Christ the King *please note this collective prayer was edited removing the gather and final hymn  in order to share it with you all. The full video is available upon request*

Year 1 have been learning about Baptism in their Belonging topic in RE. We have had lots of opportunities to role play a Baptism in class, but today we visited church to watch Deacon Peter baptise baby Mary. We had a chance to see all of the different symbols we have been talking about in class; the font, the candle, …

As part of our RE topic we have been talking about Baptism. We have been looking at photographs of our own special day and noticing what all of the photographs had in common. We noticed that the outfit the baby wore was white, holy water was poured on the babies head and a special candle was given. Deacon Peter kindly …

As part of anti bullying week the children came to school in odd socks. Reception Class enjoyed designing some odd socks with their buddies earlier in the week and then coming to school wearing odd socks to show it is ok to be different.

Congratulations to our Stars Of The Week for this week. Children in KS1 and KS2 were awarded certificates for some amazing things this week. Keep up the good work!   Children were also awarded certificates and a special pencil for being Reader Of The Week. It was lovely to hear about children enjoying and promoting reading to their friends. A …

This weeks science club were exploring magnetism and investigating materials which were magnetic. First we looked at what happened when we put the different poles together and then what happened when we put the same poles together. Next we had a challenge to see who could pick up the most paper clips with their magnet Then we completed some mazes …

This week in story club our work was based on the story, “Owl Babies” by Martin Waddell. After listening to the story the children tried to make their own set of owl babies by folding and decorating paper plates and circles of different sizes.