Library visit, by Miss Dobie

Date: 6th Feb 2017 @ 9:31pm

The children visited to new and exciting school library. The children were able to explore a variety of books and select a book they would like to read as part of their free reading in guided reading. 

CSI workshop, by Miss Dobie

Date: 6th Feb 2017 @ 9:26pm

The children took part in a workshop as part of their Science learning. The children had to solve a variety of problems to find out who broke into the safe. This involved their understanding of DNA, fingerprints and working as a team.

Manchester City , by Miss Handrick

Date: 3rd Feb 2017 @ 4:48pm

Bernard Halford, from Manchester City, brought along 3 trophies for the children to see. Bernard gave the children lots on information about football and other sports. Every class had their photographs taken with the trophies. 

Chinese New Year in the Nursery, by Mrs Hall

Date: 1st Feb 2017 @ 12:07am

The Nursery enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year.  They had a Lion Dance workshop, tried calligraphy, enjoyed trying Chinese food, making dragon puppets and painting lucky blossom pictures.

They also enjoyed finding out how Chinese New Year is celebrated, about the "Great Race" story and singing songs and also took part in a. dragon dance and played musical instruments.

Thank you to our Cook, Mrs Doyle and her team for the wonderful Chinese Banquet lunch.

Nursery Celebrations - Baptism, by Mrs Hall

Date: 31st Jan 2017 @ 11:18pm

The Nursery have been looking at "Celebrations" and enjoyed role playing a Baptism ceremony to

welcome a new child into the family of God.

The children continue to enjoy playing with our Church celebration props.

Chinese New Year, by Miss Waldron

Date: 27th Jan 2017 @ 2:42pm

This week in school we have been celebrating Chinese New Year. We have been lucky enough to have taken part in workshops on Chinese dance, acrobatics and much more. On Thursday, we had a delicious lunch of Chinese noodles, Sweet and Sour chicken and even spring rolls! In class, we have been making our very own Chinese dragons. Take a look at our wonderful work...

EYFS Christmas Nativity (Dress Rehearsal), by Mrs Smith

Date: 27th Jan 2017 @ 11:05am

Beowulf, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 19th Jan 2017 @ 8:04pm

We are currently working on Beowuld in English.  Today, we acted out the story as a comic strip.

Nursery 'Celebrations', by Mrs Smith

Date: 17th Jan 2017 @ 8:47am

Our RE topic this half term is about celebrating different events, we have celebrated Jesus' birth at Christmas, we have celebrated childrens birthdays, we have talked about other family celebrations that the children have taken part in.

Mrs Hall and Mrs Smith brought in their wedding albums for the children to look at and they spoke about their own wedding day. We then held our own wedding (through role play) which the children enjoyed. 

Christmas fair: Enterprise topic, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 1:12pm

All children worked hard to create tags, cards and treats for the Christmas fair.  They also worked hard to create newspaper articles about homelessness, persuasive posters and leaflets about our chosen charity.  Thank you to all the support that was shown at the fair; we were able to raise a lot of money for The Booth Centre who support rough sleepers in Manchester.

Problem Solving, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 1:07pm

Problem Solving, Reasoning and Fluency are central to the new primary curriculum.  We spent the last week before Christmas taking part in activities designed to promote these skills and worked in groups.  These skills are something that we look at in every lesson but these hands on challenges helped us to develop our ability to use Maths talk and reflect on what we are doing to become successful and independent mathematical learners.

CITC, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 1:02pm

We have been working with CITC in our P.E. lessons.  As a result of this, we were asked to help decide where their charity donations would be delivered to.  We were able to choose between local and international projects.  All projects will receive some of the £400,000 donation but our votes will help determine what proportion each charity will receive. 

Game designers, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 12:56pm

We designed games where the users need to navigate through a maze.  We explored how we could use Scratch to create series and scenes as well as coding to move our sprites.  We used this experience to programme a game using Purple Mash software.  We have played each other's games and will go back to correct any bugs that we found.  As soon as we have done this, the games will be shared on the website!

Just Youth: Advent, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 12:52pm

Just Youth helped us to create a class Advent calendar that contained daily actions to help us make a positive impact during Advent and to celebrate joyfully.  We also acted out the nativity story.

Just Youth, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 12:49pm

Just Youth came in to work with children across the school to help children prepare for Advent and Christmas.

Poppies, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 12:46pm

Across school, children worked on a poppy projects and work was displayed in the hall as a celebration of all the fantastic work produced.

Local walk, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 12:44pm

We went on a walk of the local area as part of our work on the British Values.  We carried out surveys to understand more about the issues concerning our local community.  As a result, we have written letters to our local MP.

Interview with John, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 12:40pm

In Year 5 and 6, we have spent a lot of time looking at homelessness in our English and Topic work.  We were able to interview "John" (a local homeless man) in order to gain a better understanding of what life is like for rough sleepers.  All children were very empathetic and showed real concern and care for all people in this situation. 

Remembrance , by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 12:10pm

Pas part of our work on Remembrance Day, we looked at different WW2 poetry in our English work.  We analysed their meaning and features and performed them to the class.  We hope you enjoyed our class assembly.

Forces, by Mrs Rudd

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 12:07pm

As an introduction to our Forces topic in Science, we played games with plasticine.  We tried to create different animals using different forces.

Nursery enjoy Christmas Lunch!, by Mrs Hall

Date: 2nd Jan 2017 @ 11:18pm

The Nursery enjoyed eating their traditional Christmas Lunch of turkey and all the trimmings.

They loved pulling their Christmas crackers and wearing their party hats too.

Thank you to our cook, Mrs Doyle and all the staff!

Santa came to visit the Nursery!, by Mrs Hall

Date: 2nd Jan 2017 @ 10:06pm

The Nursery childen had a special surprise visit from Santa.

Thank you Santa for the lovely gifts!

Nursery Visit to the Convent at Christmas, by Mrs Hall

Date: 2nd Jan 2017 @ 9:17pm

The Nursery children were delighted to visit the Presentation Sisters at the Convent Chapel at Christmas.

The children loved the lovely crib and manger with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus and the shepherds and Wise Men.

They  said some prayers and sang Christmas Carols too,

Christmas Carols and Mince Pies Afternoon, by Miss Jackson

Date: 19th Dec 2016 @ 3:39pm

The choir sang a variety of carols and Christmas songs followed by mince pies, Christmas biscuits and drinks. 

Advent Promises by the Nursery Children, by Mrs Hall

Date: 3rd Dec 2016 @ 3:52pm

During the first week of Advent, the Nursery children found out about preparing for Christmas,

how purple is the liturgical colour used and how we pray using an Advent wreath.

We lit the first purple candle on our wreath and asked Jesus and peace into our hearts.

We made promises to share and be more kind, and our messages  are now placed on our special Christmas tree.

You can see how we said prayers,  sang carols and made our special promises.

The Church teaches us that Advent marks the beginning of the Church’s year.

The word ADVENT comes from the Latin word ‘adventus’ which means ‘a drawing near’. The event that is drawing near is Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus. The four Sundays before Christmas Day are known as the four Sundays of Advent.

This is a time of waiting in joyful hope for the coming of Jesus into the world.

The symbols, prayers and readings of the season help us to reflect on God’s love which is made known in the the wonderful gift of Jesus.

ADVENT SYMBOLS

Each Sunday one candle is lit on the Advent Wreath to mark the time of waiting for Christ’s birthday. The purple candles are a sign that this is a penitential season, when people make an extra effort to be more faithful in prayer and more loving by doing something practical for others, especially those in need.

• Candle one (purple) represents hope. It is often called the prophets' candle.
• Candle two (purple) represents peace. It is often called the angels' candle.
• Candle three (pink) represents joy. It is often called the shepherds' candle.
• Candle four (purple) represents love. It is often called the Bethlehem candle.

Many advent wreaths also include a white Christ candle in the middle of the wreath.

ADVENT PACKS

Thank you for taking turns to share the special Advent prayer packs prepared by Miss Handrick, and for returnng them so promptly.  They are a memorable way to begin this festive season.

Let us pray;

Dear God,

we thank you for giving us Jesus to be the light in our darkness.

Bless us as we gather in his name and bless this wreath as a sign of his light among us.

We ask this blessing through Jesus our Lord.

Amen.

from A Book of Blessings,

For further information and ideas, see 

http://catholicyouthwork.com/