Catholic Life

We celebrated our Harvest Festival with hymns, prayers, reflection, drama and poetry. It was a wonderful afternoon enjoyed by Years 3,4,5,6 and parents/guardians. The food we collected will be donated to Sefton Food Pantry for the incredible work they do. It was lovely to see Lynne Higgins at our…

Last Thursday, 29th September, was National Teaching Assistant Day. Our Mini Vinnies wanted to celebrate and thank our amazing teaching assistants who are such an important part of our school community. 

Our teaching assistants support our children and teachers every single day, sharing their…

This morning, our year 6 Mini Vinnie’s welcomed parishioners from English Martyrs parish to a very special coffee morning. The children planned the event themselves, baked homemade cakes and were so excited to welcome our guests. Both the children and parishioners throughly enjoyed their…

Today, Year 5 were visited by Sophie from, ‘Send my friend to school.’ We discussed the sustainable development goals, focusing on goal 4, ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education.’ 

The children discussed a range of questions as well as justify their choices.

We were shocked by…

Tonight in MInnie Vinnie’s, we focused on the importance of kindness, appreciation and making others feel special. The children created their own Mini Vinnie bracelets for a friend or someone they appreciate. Each child carefully chose coloured bead, with each colour representing a different…

This week the children in CAFOD club have been designing posters to promote Fairtrade Fortnight. Buying fairtrade products means that producers are guaranteed a fair price for their produce. Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 21st September to 4th October. We are encouraging children to look out for…

On Thursday, some children from Year 5 went to celebrate Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral. The mass was led by Archbishop John Sherrington and was to celebrate all the work done in raising money for Nugent Care.

 

The children are having a wonderful week outdoors in forest school with the  sunshine. They are exploring with water, playing in the mud kitchen, practising balancing, playing parachute games and building strong friendships. They also enjoyed story time outdoors with an ice-pop to cool down. 

Last term’s gardening club all left with their own pansy to grow on in their own gardens. Thank you for helping to make our school environment beautiful.

We held a wonderful Easter Reflection in church with all of Year 3 to 6 taking part, through prayer, song, drama and spoken word. It was an opportunity to reflect on the love Jesus has for us all and the calling to be part of his family, by following his path and example as Christians and…

This week we have been looking for patterns around us including patterns in stories and songs. The children used chalks to create different patterns including spots, swirls, lines and zigzags. We then created patterns using peg boards and numicon. Together we also used lummi sticks to repeat…

Today both nurseries came together to go on a short walk to visit Litherland’s nativity scene on the corner of Church Road. The children were really sensible crossing roads and looking around their local environment. They waved and smiled as people passed us and were excited to spot a police car…