Holly and Willow class both performed their first ever class assemblies based on their project of ‘Journeys’. Holly class told the story of St Valentine’s life journey and Willow class thought about their learning journeys in Reception so far and where they would like their future life journeys to take them.
Holly and Willow class had fun exploring the snow in our outdoor classroom. We linked it to our project on ‘journeys’ by thinking about how we can make a journey in the snow and what type of transport we would need. The children built a big and a little snowman and made predictions about what […]
Holly and Willow class enjoyed making their ‘footprint penguins’, inspired by the real penguins they met at Colchester Zoo. How exciting that their work was part of the Tea in the Gallery exhibit.
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to our Christmas shoebox appeal for the Catholic Children’s Society. We collected 147 boxes in total which is amazing! Your generosity and support has been overwhelming! Father Michael was so delighted when we delivered the boxes to Sacred Heart Church last week from where they will be […]
Holly class had a wonderful day at Colchester zoo! We got to meet real life penguins, watch sea lions being fed, help Santa find his magic dust and explore the zoo. Not forgetting of course all the animals we got to see including elephants, rhinos, lemurs, meerkats and many more. Thank you to the staff at Colchester zoo and to […]
This half term in reception our project based learning driving question was ‘What is Happy?’. We made happy collages, happy handprints, discussed who and what makes us happy, made video diaries about what makes us happy at home and at school and so much more. We incorporated our happy project into our RE lessons about […]
Reception children ventured out into our forest last week in preparation for their first Forest School session this week! Wellies at the ready, they crunched through leaves, jumped over logs and collected Autumnal items in their baskets.
Both reception classes were delighted to take their turn looking after the ‘Travelling Mary’ last week. We discussed how October is the month of Our Lady, said the Hail Mary together as a class and thought about why Mary is so special to us. She will be making her way to each class throughout the […]
Update ** The grand total raised was a fantastic £432.61p. A massive thank you to all involved!** A HUGE thank you to everyone involved in our fabulous cake sale today! From the bakers to the donators we couldn’t have made it such a success without you. We have raised over £300 so far for Macmillan […]
Holly Class had a wonderful time at Pizza Express this week. The children became real life chefs for the morning, creating their own pizzas complete with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and oregano seasoning. They particularly enjoyed getting to eat their delicious pizzas for lunch when we returned to school. Thank you to the lovely staff […]