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NEWS & EVENTS BLOG
A Magical Moment in Nursery
After weeks of careful watching and lots of patience, our Nursery class was thrilled to finally see their caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies. The children have been checking each day to see what changes had happened. This week, the excitement reached its peak as butterflies emerged in the classroom. We talked about their lifecycle and celebrated this special moment together. We then carefully released the butterflies back into nature, hoping they are now enjoyi
5 days ago1 min read
Year 3 - The Mystery of Tutankhamun
Year 3 had a great time performing ‘The Mystery of Tutankhamun’ for their class assembly. The play told the story of the boy king Tutankhamun, from his rule as pharaoh in Ancient Egypt to the discovery of his tomb. This showcased what the children had learnt about Ancient Egypt in History and Art. The performance also helped the children develop their oracy skills, focusing on speaking and listening.
5 days ago1 min read
School Council helps plant Tree of Hope
t was a moment rooted in history, when pupils from St Lawrence’s Catholic Primary took part in a special tree-planting ceremony at The Lighthouse Project. Twelve of our children attended the event, where one of 49 Sycamore Gap saplings was planted as part of the National Trust’s Trees of Hope scheme, following the illegal 2023 felling of the Sycamore Gap ‘Robin Hood’ tree at Hadrian’s Wall, which was thought to have been growing there for 120 years or more. “The Lighthouse Pr
Apr 281 min read
Nursery Class Butterfly Assembly
This week, our nursery children treated their families to a wonderful assembly all about the life cycle of a butterfly. The children have been learning how a tiny egg becomes a caterpillar, then a chrysalis, and finally a beautiful butterfly — and they couldn’t wait to share their knowledge with everyone! During the assembly, the children proudly held up their pictures, used actions to show each stage, and even sang a special butterfly song. Their singing voices were beautifu
Apr 21 min read
Year 1 Get Creative with Sentences: Exploring the Word ‘And’!
The children have explored the word 'and' and how to use it in a sentence. They had a go at building their own sentences by choosing 2 nouns and using 'and' to enjoy them together. We spoke about the sentence structure and the children created some brilliant and funny 'and' sentences.
Mar 231 min read
Young Scientists at Work: Year 1 Test Materials to Find the Best Waterproof Boat!
In science, the children have explored what waterproof is and were tasked with an investigation to find out what material would be best to make a waterproof boat for the three little pigs. We tested the different material in water amd decided which ones were waterproof and which ones were not. As a class we wrote up our findings and the children enjoyed being scientists.
Mar 231 min read
Year 5 Take Maths Outdoors: Exploring Decimals in the Spring Sunshine!
Year 5 have been doing maths outside in this glorious spring weather. We were each given a digit ( some of us were also a decimal point) and had to meet up with 2 other peers to become a decimal point number. We then had to find another group and decide which number was biggest or smallest. We then made a giant number line across the yard with our numbers.
Mar 231 min read
Watching Our Seeds Begin Their Journey in Nursery!
The children have loved getting their hands messy as they carefully planted their seeds into pots. We talked about what all plants need to grow — sunlight, water, soil, and time — and the children have already shown fantastic care and responsibility when looking after them.
Mar 231 min read
Book poster competition winners
To finish off our World Book Day celebrations, all children were invited to create posters which promote reading in school. After lots of excellent entries from across the school, one winner was chosen from each class. There was then an overall winner who's poster will be displayed in all classrooms and libraries. Each class winner won a brand new book and a special book tote bag to take it home in. Our overall winner also won a £20 book token!
Mar 91 min read
World Book Day
World Book Day became ‘Wild Book Day’, when St Lawrence’s Catholic Primary gave the annual celebration of reading a novel twist. Pupils from Nursery to Year 6 at our school took part in the international event, with activities all themed around a particular story. “This year, the whole school was reading Wild Book Day by Karl Newson and James Brown,” explained our Head of School, Mrs Robson. In it, books come to life when children aren’t looking at them, and they get up to lo
Mar 91 min read
Stay and Play in Nursery Class
We had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day with a very successful Stay and Play session. The children were thrilled to welcome their families into school and proudly showed them all the things they enjoy playing with each day. It was lovely to see everyone exploring the activities together, sharing stories, and joining in with the fun. The children really enjoyed having the chance to play alongside their grown‑ups and talk about their favourite toys and games. Thank y
Mar 91 min read
Caterpillars arrive Nursery
This week brought some very exciting news to nursery — our caterpillars have arrived! The children were full of curiosity as they gathered round to take a closer look. They were fascinated by their tiny movements and enjoyed talking about what they could see. We can’t wait to watch them grow and change over the next few weeks. The children are already asking lots of questions, and we’re looking forward to learning more together about the life cycle of a caterpillar.
Mar 91 min read
Year 5 - Trip to the cinema to see the new movie GOAT!
Year 5 won the whole school attendance prize again this month, so had another trip to the cinema to see the new movie GOAT! The competition is on for this month's highest attendees in school- we'll definitely be trying hard to win again, these monthly cinema trips are very fun!
Mar 41 min read
Year 6 - Art - Georgia O'Keeffe
Year 6 have completed their projects based on the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. These wonderful pictures were produced in groups of 2 and three - really taking on board the ideas of the famous American artist. They aimed to embrace her love of flowers, colour, size and the ability to immediately draw the attention of an audience. Pupils sketched out the flowers before using vivid pastel colours to create some remarkable pieces.
Mar 41 min read
Year 1 - Clarice Cliff inspired Art
This term in art year 1 have been learning what the primary colours are and how we can colour mix to make the secondary colours. The children used their knowledge to create painted plates inspired by Clarice Cliff. They were only given the primary colours and had to colour mix if they wanted a different colour on their plate.
Feb 231 min read
Year 1 - George Stephenson Museum Trip
To consolidate our history learning, we went on a trip to the George Stephenson Railway Museum. Here the children could see real life trains from different time periods including a train that George Stephenson built himself! There was a real excitement and joy from the children on this trip.
Feb 231 min read
Year 4 DT- The Lighthouse Project
Year 4 recently went over to the lighthouse project to complete a DT cooking project. We planned out our recipes and measured all of our own ingredients. We worked in our groups of 3 to make delicious cookies.
Feb 51 min read
Year 4 painting Winter Scenes
On Friday as part of our Art lesson. Year 4 created winter scenes using colours associated with winter. We linked our paintings into our new book, Narnia. We created pictures based on what we think Narnia looks like.
Feb 51 min read
Y5 DT project, "Farm to Fork",
Last week, Y5 were at the Lighthouse project cooking Spaghetti Bolognese for our DT project, "Farm to Fork", we have investigated how food begins in farms and fields then ends up on our plates. The children chose and cut all of their ingredients, cooked it and ate it! We had so much fun and Mrs Chiru has even had pictures from home where children have shown their parents what we did and cooked a whole family meal!!
Feb 51 min read
Year 2 Interview Mr Moore
We invited Mr Moore into our classroom and asked him questions about the different books that are used at Mass. He talked to us about the hymn book, the Bible, the lectionar
Feb 21 min read
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