December 2022 | St Lawrence's RC Primary School

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KS2 Choir Performance at St Nicholas’ Cathedral!

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

Our fabulous KS2 Choir enjoyed performing a selection of Christmas songs and carols at St Nicholas’ Cathedral on Tuesday 20th December. We have been rehearsing since the end of October to bring some Christmas cheer through music over the festive period. We traveled by metro and walked through Newcastle town centre – all children were wonderfully behaved and we even received some compliments from members of the public. Choir is bigger than ever this year, with children from Year 3,4, 5 and 6 involved. We rehearse every Monday or Tuesday lunchtime with Mrs Garforth.

Advent Liturgical Prayer in Year 4

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Year 4 concluded our Advent unit in RE with a lovely liturgical prayer we had planned together. Our theme has been ‘gift’, so we gathered by bringing a gift that can’t be seen – such as friendship, kindness, or our talents – to the prayer area. For our scripture we read the story from the… Continue Reading

Christmas in Key Stage 1

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Mrs R. Woodley • 0 Comments

We have had such a lovely week in school with lots of festive fun. We started the week with a delicious Christmas lunch wearing our Christmas jumpers. We then had a fabulous Christmas party with fun party games, food and lots of dancing!!!! We finished our week off wearing cosy PJs as we drank… Continue Reading

KS2 Choir and Orchestra Performance at St Joseph’s Retirement Home!

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

On Wednesday 21st December, we traveled by coach to perform for our friends at St Joseph’s Retirement Home. It was our first time back there since December 2019, sadly due to COVID. We normally perform for the residents three times a year, so it was wonderful to be back. KS2 Choir and Orchestra are bigger… Continue Reading

Now Press Play Nativity

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

This morning Year 2 retold the Nativity Story with drama using our Now Press Play headphones. We played all the parts in the Nativity – the donkey, the Angel Gabriel, the star, Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, the animals in the stable and the three Kings! What an interesting way to act out the Nativity story… Continue Reading

KS1 Orchestra and KS2 Composition Club Christmas Performance!

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

Today we were treated to a fantastic performance from KS1 Orchestra and the KS2 Composition Club. Both groups have only been running since the end of September and have worked extremely hard learning new skills such as playing the ukulele or glockenspiel, playing together as an orchestra and learning all about writing and composing music.… Continue Reading

First Confession 2022

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Today six of our Key Stage 2 children received the Sacrament of Reconciliation at St Lawrence’s Church. The children were joined by their class, School staff, Parishioners and their parents when they led a mass of Reconciliation. After the mass each of the six children received the Sacrament of Reconciliation individually. It was a lovely… Continue Reading

Come To The Manger with KS 1

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 1 and Year 2 showcased their fabulous Christmas Play yesterday! The play was well attended by the children’s families and later in the day by all of the children in school. The children really enjoyed performing, especially the singing! It has also been an important part of our preparations for Christmas in the season… Continue Reading

Music Appreciation in Year 3 – Film Music.

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

For our second music afternoon we have been finding out about the film composer Danny Elfman. We listened to ‘Ice Dance’ from Edward Scissorhands and ‘What’s This?’ from The Nightmare Before Christmas which Elfman also sings on. We discussed how the music made us felt and listened to the music firstly without the accompanying movie… Continue Reading

Open The Book at Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Our wonderful Open The Book team returned to school this week to act out the Christmas story. They dressed up and involved lots of boys and girls to retell the Nativity Story. It was an essential part of our Advent preparations for Christmas. Thank you and a very Merry Christmas to our Open The Book… Continue Reading