Entries by Margaret Joyce

Year 6 Week Beginning 26.3.24

Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely break. It was lovely to see you all at the parent consultations this week! On Monday, the children were introduced to the new RE Lenten focus on Catholic Social Teaching (CST). Throughout the duration of Lent the whole school will be exploring a different principle of […]

1st March 2024

Welcome back! This week has whizzed by! We would first like to remind you that we have a class trip planned next Monday 4th March to Celtic Harmony.  Please see the reminder below: Year 3 Trip – Stone Age Day, Monday 4th March The children in Year 3 are  on a trip to a Stone […]

Spring 2- Week 1

Welcome back! We hope you all enjoyed  your half term  and had a restful break. On Tuesday, the children took part in a special Reconciliation service with Reception class and Year two. The children took time to reflect on occasions when they may have been done something wrong and would like to say sorry for […]

Spring 2 Week 1

It has been lovely welcoming the children back to class this week and hearing them share their half term news with their friends. In Maths, the children have been working hard to solve subtraction and addition word problems. In RE they have spent time explaining what they already know about Lent and making Lent Prayer […]

Friday, 1st March 2024

Warm welcome back everyone! The children had a really busy first week. On Monday, we launched our RE focus on the Stations of the Cross and Catholic Social Teaching (CST).  Throughout Lent ,we will be focusing on a different CST principle each week, prompted by an art piece that the children can explore and discuss. […]

Spring 2 Week 1

Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful half term This week we have been reading the story Farmer Duck. The children have been predicting what happened to the farmer next. They have been planting vegetables outside and playing in the farm shop. The children took on the role of the farmer or the duck […]

Year 5 – 01/03/24

Spiritual Growth: To honour the significance of Lent and drawing closer to God, the children participated in the sacrament of Reconciliation. They engaged in a Reconciliation service alongside Years 4 and 6, followed by individual confessions with either Fr Shaun or Fr Robert. Catholic Social Teaching (CST): Throughout Lent at Pope Paul, we will be […]

Year 5 – 16/02/24

Wishing you all a lovely half term! Here are some photos of us celebrating Mardi Gras with pancakes on Thursday, and tasting some of the components of the Passover Seder meal yesterday! Passover food:

Spring 1 Week 6

This week in RE, the children have enjoyed learning about Shrove Tuesday and the Seder Plate, Passover meal. They were also fantastic at reading, singing and responding to the prayers during our Ash Wednesday Service. Today they made Lenten promises, which were added to the hall display in assembly. The class have also enjoyed making […]

Spring 1 week 6 w.b 12.2.24

It has been a very busy last week of term for the children in Year one! We finished our English unit on Poetry with the children writing their own squirrel poems. In Maths, the children continued practising writing numbers to twenty and representing these in different ways. In Science, the children were super excited to […]