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Year 3 had a great day, looked fantastic in non-uniform and raised money for the NSPCC. During Number Day today we did a Maths Challenge, played games and tested out estimates for how many activities we can do in 1 minute. Shuttles, burpees, lunges, squats, jumps and star jumps.

They were…

We have loved celebrating and supporting NSPCC Number Day in Nursery today! Our day was inspired by the Numberblocks. 

We came dressed with numbers on our clothes and enjoyed dancing to different number songs and hunting numbers outside.

We also decorated Numberblocks and were able to cut…

For Number Day in Reception the children dressed in their own clothes with a number on or number theme. We have been learning about higher and lower numbers and have been playing the game, ‘play your cards right’. We played the game first in teams and then we played boys versus girls. The children…

Our Year 2 children have spent some time exploring the numbers that are important to them in their lives. They wrote about these numbers and illustrated them. They had great fun comparing their numbers with their partners too.

Year 1 enjoyed celebrating Number Day to help raise money for the NSPCC.  We had great fun playing Snakes and Ladders with Year 6. We learnt to take turns and count the steps we rolled with the dice. We will definitely play more games together as it was such a success.
 

Year 1 enjoyed celebrating St. Bridget’s Day. We enjoyed going to Mass and then sharing the story of St. Bridget. We wrote about what makes St. Bridget special.  In the afternoon we made our own St. Bridget’s crosses using art straws, we used textiles to create a collage of St. Bridget’s cloak and…

Reception were learning about the life of St Bridget on her feast day. We learnt about the importance of the cross, which is represented on our school badge. The children then made their own version of the cross using peg boards and pegs. 
 

The children began the day by attending a whole school Mass at St Mary’s Church. Later in the day they learned about who St Bridget was and the story behind the St Bridget’s cross. The children found out about how the cross is hung on the doors of houses to protect them and the people who enter…

Today we celebrated the feast of our Patron St. Bridget by going to mass. We all sang a hymn dedicated to St.Bridget beautifully. Back in school we learnt all about St. Bridget’s life then wrote our own prayers to her. 

Year 5 had a fun packed afternoon at Forest School today.They learnt how to make a fire, made a den and enjoyed making snow angels in the bark. Some children learnt how to hammer nails safely into a piece of wood then decorated them. They also had to work together as a team and heave a log from…

Year 3 have been learning all about their Patron Saint Bridget. They attended church, learnt the St. Bridget hymn, listened to the story of St. Bridget’s cloak, did some fact finding and created their own storyboards, bookmarks and cloak pieces. A busy Bridget’s day.

We baked and decorated biscuits to celebrate St Bridget’s Day. We used red icing inspired by our burgundy coloured uniform and added sprinkles too. We talked about who St Bridget was, that she is our patron saint, and that our school is named St Bridget’s, which is why we are celebrating St…