The Common Good Latest Activities
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Friday 21 November 2025 Sustainability Champions Find out more about our newly appointed sustainability champions.
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Monday 17 November 2025 Remembrance Day Drama Workshops Remembrance Day Workshops
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Friday 14 November 2025 Child in Need - Activate with Joe Wicks Children in Need
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Friday 14 November 2025 Anti-Bullying Week 10th - 14th November 225 Anti-Bullying Week
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Friday 10 October 2025 1H Weekly Learning w/e 10/10/25 Discovering Fairtrade in Year 1!
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Friday 12 September 2025 Noah’s Ark Fundraising – Step-tember This autumn, Noah's Ark Children's Hospice is inviting organisations from across our community to join From That Moment – their biggest fundraising appeal of the year. Their goal is to raise over £1 million to support children and families, and from now until the 13th of October, every pound raised will be doubled – meaning your support can go even further.
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Friday 18 July 2025 Y5 & 6 Box Clever Workshops Box Clever Theatre’s performance of Getting There for Years 5 and 6 was a huge success, captivating the pupils with its engaging and interactive style. The high- energy performance followed a group of young characters learning how to navigate the challenges of travelling independently—whether walking, using public transport, or planning safe journeys. Through relatable scenarios […]
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Friday 11 July 2025 Y6 Barnet Citizenship Trip Our Year 6 students recently participated in an enriching Barnet Citizenship trip at the Finchley Youth Theatre, where they engaged with various organisations to enhance their understanding of vital safety issues. This informative experience provided the children with the opportunity to meet representatives from Transport for London (TfL), who educated them on bus and tube […]
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Friday 13 June 2025 Walk to School Week Before half term, we took part in ‘Walk to School Week’, asking everyone in our school community to make active journeys when travelling to and from school. The TfL Explorer Ambassadors met to total up the active journeys that were made and find out which class completed the most active journeys. The Explorer Ambassadors presented […]
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Friday 13 June 2025 Visit from Dan Tomlinson MP In Thursday, MP Dan Tomlinson visited our school to meet with our Year 5 pupils and the School Council. This engaging visit provided a fantastic opportunity for our students to learn about the important role of an MP and to ask a variety of questions about his experiences in Parliament. Mr Tomlinson spoke passionately about […]
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Friday 9 May 2025 Trip to St Gregory’s The Reception children enjoyed a lovely trip to St Gregory’s Church, where Father Godfrey warmly welcomed them and guided them on a tour. He explained the importance of the altar and how to bow in front of it. Father Godfrey also shared stories about Mary, the mother of Jesus, and spoke about the May processions. […]
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Friday 9 May 2025 VE Day On Thursday the whole school celebrated the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day with a lively and colourful street party on our school playground. Dressed in red, white, and blue, the children from Nursery right up to Year 6 came together to have a special picnic lunch, that included sandwiches, savouries, cake and jelly […]
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Thursday 1 May 2025 May Processions This week marks the beginning of May the Month of Mary, a special month dedicated to honouring Mary as the mother of God. Next week, our May Processions begin with Lower Key Stage 2 on Wednesday 7th May. Please provide a flower (unwrapped from any plastic packaging) for your child to lay at the statue […]
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Friday 25 April 2025 Y2 and Y5 Fire Brigade Workshops On Wednesday we welcomed a representative from the London Fire Brigade to deliver workshops to our Year 2 and 5 children. Year 2 learned about how to stay safe when there’s a fire. They also learned about the role of the firefighter and what they do to prepare for an emergency. We now know the […]
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Friday 28 March 2025 Caritas Ambassadors visit Noah’s Ark On Friday, the Year 6 Caritas Ambassadors went on a special visit to Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice in High Barnet. They learnt about the life changing work that the hospice does to support seriously ill children and their families in our local area. Rebecca gave us a tour of their facilities, including the hydrotherapy pool, […]
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Friday 14 March 2025 Prayers for Pope Francis This week the Pupil Chaplains gathered to write prayers for the health of Pope Francis. The Pupil Chaplains then shared these prayers with the classes across the school so that all of the children could pray for him. As a school community, we will continue to pray for his health, and those who are caring […]
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Friday 7 March 2025 Ash Wednesday and Catholic Children’s Society Boxes We are very lucky at St Catherine’s to serve 2 parishes. Thank you to Fr Jude who welcomed Year 3 and 4 to St Peters this Wednesday to celebrate mass and receive ashes on this holy day of obligation. The Year 5 and 6 attended mass at St Gregory’s with Fr Godfrey, where Year 6 […]
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Saturday 1 March 2025 Catholic Children’s Society Lenten Boxes The annual collection boxes will be coming home to you on Ash Wednesday (5th March), one per family. The oldest sibling will receive this. Please do keep the box in the house for the whole Lent period and send the box back to school after the Easter break.
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Friday 28 February 2025 5G trip to the Environmental Centre 5G walked to Barnet Environmental Centre on Wednesday ready to immerse themselves in learning about life cycles. The children participated in pond dipping, which never fails to excite the children. The children learnt about the life cycle of insects and amphibians. We found and identified creatures such as dragonfly nymphs and learnt about the process […]
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Friday 14 February 2025 Jubilee Year Prayer Card Today all children received a prayer card to commemorate this year of jubilee! We hope you will use it at home and that it will be a reminder of Pope Francis’ invitation to us all to participate in this special year for the Church.