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The children have had unique experiences of and responses to the events of 2020. As a school community, we completed this unit of work provided by CLPE to help the children re-connect with each other and re-engage with school life. The book, Here We Are, was inspired by the author's desire to make sense of the world for his son. Through poetry, diaries, group discussions, art, drama and assemblies, we have been able to help the children make sense of the world they live in and their role within it.

As we are unable to have our annual Coffee Morning in support of Macmillan, the School Council decided to hold a cake sale instead. Children will be able to buy cakes from their class teacher on Friday for just 50p. Donations can be made on Friday 25th, by sending the children to school and giving their donations to their class teachers. You do not need to hand donations in at the office. ​

Last week in KS2 children prepared their campaigns to be on the School Council. Speeches were made in class and then votes were held. Each class from Year 3-5 have representatives. The School Council will begin to look at events to start planning over the next few weeks and to start raising money for charities and the school.

Year 6 pupils have been given their roles as Prefects, House Captains and Head Boys and Girls. They will take on responsibilities and represent our school. We are all very proud of their achievements and know they will take their take pride in their roles.

Once again, we are very excited to be celebrating our school mission with our focus weeks learning about how God made us all special. We welcome back the Blessed Sacrament which was processed from the Convent Chapel to our school on Monday morning (14th September). All children will now have the unique opportunity to adore the Blessed Sacrament and learn about the special connection we have with adoration and our Catholic faith. Spending time in prayer the children and staff can reconnect with their faith and deepen their spirituality. In the children's religion lessons, children will be studying the Catholic Social Teaching: Dignity of the Human Person. They will be learning the values of Christianity and how we can act upon them in our everyday lives.

The children made a goodbye video to Mrs Hicks in the summer term as she retired as headteacher. Retiring during partial COVID-19 closures meant that Mrs Hicks didn't get to say goodbye to all of the children so she was extremely touched to see the children sending in goodbye messages from home alongside celebrations in school.

Action Jackson, our motivational speaker, sent a message to the year 6s to wish them luck as they start their new journey. Stay happy, believe in yourself and dream big.

Here is Ava doing the letter shape 'L' as a relaxation technique for the Well being focus.

Children in year 1 have been developing their artistic skills by creating beach scenes.

This week reception had a prayer service with Father Andrew. We talked about how God is always with us, and we sang he's got the whole world in his hands, to show how God can care for us even in these difficult times.