Entries by Margaret Joyce

Year 6 – 01/03/19

This week, we have been recognising the first half of Fairtrade Fortnight: on Tuesday afternoon, the Fairtrade Group went to The Wroxham School to teach them about the principles of Fairtrade and to encourage them to purchase Fairtrade products. They spoke very professionally and were truly living out the Catholic calling of working for the […]

Spring Term Week 7

It is Fairtrade fortnight and so Year 5 have been reminding themselves of its importance. They also evaluated how relevant its message of social justice is to us as Catholics by using evidence found in Scripture. Along with the rest of the school, we have begun our learning based on the book, ‘The Adventures of […]

Spring 2 Week 1

I hope you had a relaxing half term. The children returned to school with lots of exciting news and were eager to learn. We started the week by reading The Adventures of Dish and Spoon, written by Mini Grey, which the children seem to love. The whole school are reading and writing about this book. […]

The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon

Year 4 has had an exciting start to the new half term by launching into their new English topic based on The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon!  The illustrations and language is quite familiar to them as the book is by Mini Grey, the same author who wrote Traction Man. The children also […]

Spring term Week 6 Reception

Well, we are officially half way through our first year of school and to mark it, Reception performed their first ever class assembly today, all about love. Their teachers were very proud of them all- Well done Reception Class!   As part of the school’s Other Faith Week, Reception have been learning about Judaism. On Tuesday […]

Year 6 – 15/02/19

We have reached the end of yet another half term, and this week in Year 6 we have been busy writing, drawing, dancing, role playing and visiting a Hindu temple. Their writing has involved designing a magical creature and writing a non-chronological report on it, full of examples of hyphenation, passive voice, multi-clausal sentences and […]

Spring term Week 6

Our final week has certainly been busy! On Monday, we took part in a drama workshop as part of computing week. Year 5 acted out scenarios about purchasing online content without realising.   On Wednesday, we visited the Hinu Mandir in Neasdon. It was a beautiful and impressive building. Year 5 were respectful and enjoyed […]

Year 2 Blog Week 20

As part of our Other Faith Week 2019, Year 2 visited the local Oshwal, Jain Temple in Northaw. The children were very respectful inside temple and found out a lot about Jainism. Everyone was amazed to see the giant hand symbol, which means – Stop, No violence. Back at school, Year 2 used their computing […]

Week 6

What a busy half term we have had! This week is other faith week. Year 1 have been learning about Judaism. On Tuesday we had a fun, informative workshop where the children got to handle and wear some artefacts.       On Wednesday we had an internet safety workshop where the children learnt how important staying […]

Other Faith Week

The children have been learning about Hinduism as part of our whole school focus -‘ Other Faith Week’.   They have completed their own  research about the main pillars of this faith as part of their Home Learning and they have been introduced to Gods and Goddesses through RE. Today, we  visited the Neasden Temple in […]