St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
Psalm 133.1

Category: Foundation Stage

Anti-bullying week

Anti-Bullying Week is an annual UK event which aims to raise awareness of bullying and to highlight ways of preventing and responding to it. This year the theme is ‘Reach

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Utopia in Wales!

By Miriam Ridge Our final partner visit, the culmination and highlight of the Utopia Outdoor Learning Project, was hosted between 18th – 23rd September 2022 by Carmarthenshire Council in Wales

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Free Workshop

Download and fill in the registration form if you would like to attend this free workshop. Email the school office and ask Miss Scelsi for any support if needed.

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Free Workshops for Parents

Barnet are running free workshops for parents/carers. Please click on the links for booking information or contact Miss Scelsi to help you further. Supporting your child’s anxiety – Parent/carer group

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Safer Internet Day 2022

As technology can play an important role in our lives, we are still learning how to communicate and use each and every device safely. At the start of the 2021-2022

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Diocesan Christmas Card Competition

Before Christmas, we all took part in the Diocese of Westminster’s Christmas Card competition. The theme was family and we spent time in school discussing the ideas of welcome, journey,

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‘What makes me special?’ – EYFS

In Holly Class, we have enjoyed investigating and learning all about what makes us unique individuals through exploring our driving question for our Autumn term project – ‘What makes me

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Curriculum Intent

At St Vincent’s it is our INTENT is to enable ALL children to thrive through the opportunities we provide them with, in order to:

Curriculum Context

St Vincent’s is a 1.5 form entry school with 285 children ranging from 4 -11. Children come predominantly from the parishes of Sacred Heart in Mill Hill and St Anthony’s in Edgware.

Children come from a diverse range of socio-economic backgrounds, speak 17 different languages and hail from 26 different ethnic groups. The curriculum we present, and promote, to the children is an endeavour to reflect these differences by providing opportunities to explore the different countries, languages and customs our children are part of through the projects they investigate. We have looked closely at the context of our school, the backgrounds of the children and how life is for a child growing up in North London today. We have used the underlying principles of our Catholic Faith and the example of our namesake St Vincent to create a set of values which lie at the heart of our curriculum.

We are aware of the changing nature of society and the pressures faced by young children as they enter the next stage of their education. The rise in Mental Health related issues has been widely documented across the media. Therefore, issues such as internet safety and the enormous impact across society of social media are at the forefront of our minds when planning our curriculum. With the current worldwide concerns relating to Covid 19, racial justice, equality and diversity, as well as gender and economic background, we feel it is our duty to prepare the children through a concerted focus on building independence, resilience and communication skills linked to our Vincentian Values.