On Monday 11th March, Cardinal Newman school had a day of prayer and reconciliation with the Blessed Sacrament present as part of 24 hours for the Lord. For more photos click here.
Year 3 enjoyed celebrating Book Week this week. We shared reading with year 1, participated in a reading marathon where we heard 8 different teachers read to us in 24 minutes, dressed as our favourite characters, decorated potatoes and were involved in a poetry slam. What a busy week!! For mor...
In celebration of World Book Day, the year 3 children explored book cover illustrations as introductions to storytelling. They used pencil outlines to illustrate a book by Julia Donaldson, before sketching their own series of illustrations in the style of Axel Scheffler. For more photos click here...
Both Year 5 and 6 played away at Bell Farm on Tuesday this week. Year 5 won their friendly match 0-6 and year 6 played consistently well, but lost 2-0 largely due to some great defensive play from Bell Farm. League matches continued on Thursday with year 6 visiting Cleves. A slow first q...
Today we launched the Faith in Action award which is described on the website as:
The Faith in Action Award encourages young people through recognising, rewarding and celebrating their active faith lived out through service and reflection. The Award helps them connect their life and faith i...
Topaz Class had an excellent week learning about Fair Trade for their Mission week. We test tasted and compared fair trade bananas and chocolate, went to Mass at St Erconwalds and started a whole school audit with questionnaires. Our mission is to gain a Fair Aware Award from the Fair Trade Fo...
The children in Year 3 enjoyed a lesson of life drawing learning sketching techniques by seeking out strong shapes in the pose and finishing by applying a water colour wash in a single colour. For more photos click here.
The year 3 children enjoyed exploring Ancient Egyptian artwork during their art lesson this week, designing their own portrait in the style of an Egyptian profile.
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Well done to the team who competed in the Primary Panathlon today- you showed great enthusiasm and effort which resulted in a first-place victory! They are now through to the County Finals later on this year. For more photos, click here.
Today as part of our CAFOD family fast day, the Prayer Council led the children in the school in some prayer activities during Lent. It was lovely to see so many of our school community engaging in active prayer.
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