One of our local care homes is creating a Doll Therapy room for all their residents who like to care for babies. Several carry dolls around with them anyway as for some they have regressed to the motherhood period of their lives. They are looking for full sized dolls (not Barbie size), blankets, dolls’ clothes, […]
Read MoreTTRS England Rocks Competition
KS2 participated in a friendly TT Rock Stars competition involving schools in the United Kingdom. 187,079,415 questions were answered collectively by 377,972 children from more than 4,398 schools and 70,774 classes around the country! All children who participated in this tournament improved their recall and speed as the time went on. The top three classes at St Catherine’s was 4S, 6G and 5MG. […]
Read MoreBlack History Assembly and Workshops
On Thursday morning, Key Stage Two enjoyed an assembly about Black inventors and scientists from Tony Warner at ‘Black History Walks’. They learned about people like scientist Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock and her work helping to make satellites. They also learned about Bernice Dapaah, an inventor from Ghana, who created a bike made from bamboo. The […]
Read MoreYear 4’s Potion Day
On Wednesday, Year 4 had a wonderful ‘Potion’s Day’ filled with fascinating experiments and engaging activities, marking the beginning of our exploration into the science of states of matter. We started the day sorting a variety of materials into solids, liquids and gas and learning about their particles’ arrangement. Next, we answered the investigation question […]
Read MoreTimes Tables Rock Stars Challenge – 14th-16th November 2023
Times Table Rock Stars is a fun and challenging programme which allows children to develop their confidence and fluency with the multiplication tables and related division facts. Children are encouraged to play different games to earn coins, which can be spent developing their Rock Star Avatars. As a school we encourage children to use TTRS […]
Read MoreDisability History Month
This month is Disability History Month. In class the children will be listening to the inspiring lives of influential people who have impacted disability related UK laws and equal rights. Here is a link to the stories that the children will be listening to: Your Story, Our History: Disability History Month – UK Parliament, November […]
Read MoreFOREST SCHOOL REMINDER
This is a reminder that ALL children should be bringing wellies into school on the days they have forest school, this is particularly important at this time of year. If children do not have the appropriate footwear, this may prevent them from participating in the session which we want to try and avoid. We would […]
Read MoreFoodbank
Our Chaplains spoke to the children today in our Celebration Assemblies about how we can have a positive impact on our extended community. They would like to encourage St Catherine’s families to contribute food items to collect in our foodbank box in the dining hall. Once the box is full the donations will be collected […]
Read MoreIMPORTANT: School Communication Changes
In the coming weeks our contract with Teachers2Parents will come to an end and we will begin to use SchoolPing. In order to fully utilise what SchoolPing has to offer we advise that all parents downloads the App, without the app you will only receive communication in the form of emails, there will be no […]
Read MoreCaritas Rooted in Love
This half term, each class in Key Stage 1 and 2 has begun to take part in the Caritas ‘Rooted in Love’ project during RE lessons. The project aims to promote Catholic Social Teaching in schools. The them of this half term was ‘Care of Creation’. The children have really enjoyed exploring the issues around […]
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