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This week we absolutely loved our experience playing Wheelchair Basketball! We honed our skills of teamwork, throwing and catching, whilst also trying to manoeuvre the wheelchairs (with some speed too!) across the court.

Year 2 have marked the launch of the Jubilee Year of Hope by coming to school dressed in their favourite colours. The children began the day by taking part in a prayer and liturgy based on the Jubilee Year of Hope and sang the ‘Pilgrim Calypso’ to praise God and celebrate the Jubilee. They learned…

Year 3 had great fun manoeuvring the wheelchairs, throwing and scoring today. It was much trickier than it looked. They did a great job and the games were highly competitive. An amazing experience.

Year 2 enjoyed taking part in a wheelchair basketball session. The session began with them learning how to manoeuvre their wheelchairs so they could play a short game. The children were very competitive and worked well as a team to score points in the opposition’s net. What a wonderful experience…

Reception enjoyed a wheelchair basketball session, learning how to move the chairs, go backwards and forwards and move around the hall. They even had a turn at using a ball to shoot it into a net. They had lots of fun when they learnt how they could move faster by using their hands on the wheels. 
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Today we launched the Year of Jubilee, which is themed "Pilgrims of Hope." We reflected on Pope Francis's words about demonstrating our status as pilgrims of hope through our actions and words, showing patience, courage, and forgiveness. We revisited the parable of the Prodigal Son and…

Year 5 had a blast with wheelchair basketball today! They started with a game of tag to get the hang of it and then moved on to competitive basketball matches. The instructor was impressed by how quickly they picked it up and how well they worked together as a team.

Year 3 celebrated the launch of the Jubilee Year, as announced by Pope Francis. We learned about what it meant, prayed and wore bright clothes to mark the day. We also learnt about the logo and considered what we could do to help our local communities.

Year 6 had a fabulous time experiencing Wheelchair Basketball today. They had to use many skills and coordinate these in a different way in order to navigate the wheelchair and play the game. 

In DT we have moved on to our Textiles block where we are trying to solve the problem ‘How do you keep a tea towel from slipping off a hook?’

First, we identified the problem and researched the different types of fastenings. Then, we practiced using running stitch to attach fastenings (we chose…

Year 3 children thought about the events within the liturgical calendar, feast days and themes in the weekly Gospel readings. They used this to plan their own prayer and liturgy for Friday. They worked as a group of 2/3, gained help from the internet, bibles and each other. They worked so hard to…

Our Year 3 children have been perfecting their animal dances. They had some great moves. The Sports Values were shown and recognised in Cameron, Ella, Adalyn and Mia.