I would like to say a huge thank you to our whole school community for the effort made for our Easter Disco’s. We raised £580 over the three afternoons. This money is going to go towards some storybooks that contain maths problem solving and reasoning questions. As you are fully aware we believe that books and reading are vital in every child’s development and future to ensure they are able to secure jobs when they are older. These books will not only allow children to learn and reinforce new vocabulary but will also allow them to improve their problem solving and reasoning skills whilst listening and reading a story. 

So, a huge thank you to all the teachers who help run the discos. To Sianna-Louise and Leo’s mothers who helped at the Year 2 Disco. To Amariah and Kai’s mothers who helped at the Year 1 Disco and to Annie and Joy’s mothers who helped at the Reception Disco. It was this team effort that made them such a success

 Golden Table

I had the pleasure of having lunch with another 6 children with wonderful table manners.

              Albert   in St George

  Precious in St Andrew

 Arsemawit in St Bernadette

Michaela in St Therese

Carol  in  St Martin

   Setemilayo in St Francis

It was clear that these six children have good table manners- they were telling me what they like to eat at home & who does all the cooking in the house.

 

A word from Pope Francis

“Let us allow God’s Constant help to make us new people ”

Dear Lord, Please help us to be more u understanding and always ready to make a

 new start with you and with each other

Amen

Fratelli Tutti

So, listening to Pope Francis’ words we will be taking part in Cafod’s Big Lent Walk again this  year. Each year group will be taking part in the Big Lent Walk to raise money for Cafod. All the money we raise will go to Cafod. This money in turn goes to help those people around the world who are less fortunate than us and for those who need our help.  So please donate so we can show others what we are called to do- love and help our brothers and sister around the world.

To donate please follow this link

                                       https://schools.walk.cafod.org.uk/fundraising/st-marys-catholic-infant-school-page

 

As Easter is so late this year and we have another two weeks until we celebrate, we have made the decision to do our RE day after the holidays, in the first week back.

During that week the children will be visiting different classrooms and teachers to learn about the various parts of the Easter story                     

When the children visit Year 1 they will be learning about Palm Sunday. The time when Jesus rode through Jerusalem and palms were placed in his path.

When they go to Year 2 the children will be learning about the Last Super, where Jesus shared his last meal with his disciples and washed their feet.

When the children visit Reception, they will be learning about Good Friday. When Jesus died on the cross to sacrifice his own life so we can all be forgiven our sins.  

The children will be completing a range of learning throughout the day to embed the story and be able to retell the Easter Story, which is one of the most important dates in the Catholic calendar.