Request for dolls

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, […]

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TTRS 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. […]

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Black 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 […]

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Year 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 […]

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Disability 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 […]

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Foodbank

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 […]

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Caritas 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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