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It was wonderful to see so many young scientists take part in this half terms science club. We ended our club recapping our learning, talking about our favourite parts and giving feedback for what they would like to learn next time. Then we explored some already famous scientists and began looking at how scientists are portrayed in books and on …

Well done to all of our Stars this week. Lots of great reasons to get certificates including; working independently, resilience and being an excellent role model.   A special mention too for our Readers Of The Week. Well done to you all for reading more and promoting the joy of reading to others.

Some of our Y6 children at St Cuthbert’s talked to Fr Marc Lyden Smith and the Youth Ministry Team about waiting during advent to help prepare the Wait a Minute reflection for the second Monday of advent.  Well done to our thoughtful and reverent pupils for reminding us of the importance of preparing ourselves during this advent season.

In our last story session Mrs Groark read us a story called, “The Gift of Christmas ” by Gaby Hansen. The woodland creatures were looking for Christmas decorations to put on their tree. We the made our own decoration. Some of us even turned them into sparkly crowns.

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 …