St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

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

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NEW AGE KURLING!

Some of our fantastic children from lower key stage 2 took part in a Barnet wide school sports event at Burnt Oak Leisure Centre. They participated in the indoor sport

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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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Thank you!

Thank you to all who contributed to our Advent collection for those in need within our parishes and local community. The first car load was sent up to the SVP

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Meet Your Rights Respecting Ambassadors

We are currently a silver accredited rights respecting school. UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation for children and their rights. In 1989, governments across the world promised all children the same

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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.