This week has been extremely busy! We are still working so hard at all our core subjects; we have been writing letters to Father Christmas, persuading him that we have been good! We have been…
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The gift of Jesus – Year 4
We began our Advent topic ‘Gifts’ by thinking about ‘invisible’ gifts that we can give to others, such as love and kindness. We made Advent promises to give one of these invisible gifts during Advent. …
Read MoreThe Choir sing at The Abbey 🎶
Our KS2 choir took part in the annual St Albans Primary School Music Association’s annual Carol Service at St Albans Abbey this week. They were joined by lots of local Primary schools at a service…
Read MoreOur New Squabble Squashers!
Congratulations to our new year 5 and 6 Squabble Squashers, who successfully completed a one-day Peer Mediation course led by the charity Mediation Hertfordshire. The Squabble Squashers spent the day learning about conflict resolution and…
Read MoreAdvent is Here!
The word ‘advent’ means ‘coming’. Advent is a time of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. In school, we marked the start of Advent this Sunday with special assemblies on the lower…
Read MoreYear 3 Visit to Radlett Reform Synagogue
This week Year 3 had an exciting opportunity to visit a local synagogue. Following our RE unit on world religions, we learnt about some key Jewish beliefs as well as the distinctive features of a…
Read MorePraying the Angelus in Advent
Our Pupil Prayer Leaders worked with Father John to learn how to pray the Angelus throughout Advent. They led other pupils in praying the Angelus together at lunchtimes, then made and decorated their own copy…
Read MoreVisit to Westminster Cathedral
This week, our Pupil Chaplaincy Team and Prayer Leaders attended a special Advent carol service at Westminster Cathedral. During the service, we listened to Angel Gabriel who narrated the Christmas story. Each part of the…
Read MoreReception Visit St Paul’s Church!
This week, the children were very excited to go on their first school trip in Reception! We all walked sensibly up to St Paul’s Church, to take part in two exciting activities. First, we went…
Read MoreCatholic Social Teaching – Year 4
This half term, we have been learning about ‘Preferential Option for the Poor’ and what this means. We thought about how important it is to share what we have with others who are less fortunate. …
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