St George's Catholic Primary School

This week, we have a bumper crop of Sports Award winners! Every class had additional sessions of P.E. in preparation for the many sports events that are coming up for all year groups this year. Here's to a great athletics season! #summersports

Last week St Bernadette and St Joseph classes led us in reflecting on Jesus' road to the cross. Today is Good Friday when Christians around the world commemorate this journey before Jesus' death on the cross.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our parents, families and children for making our Easter Bonnet Day such a joyful and memorable occasion. The creativity on display was truly amazing, with a wonderful array of colourful, imaginative bonnets that really captured the spirit of Easter. The children proudly paraded their creations for other classes, and it was lovely to see the excitement and smiles as everyone admired each other's designs. From bright spring flowers to cheerful chicks and bunnies, the bonnets were a perfect celebration of new life and the joy that Easter brings.

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year's Easter card competition – Darcie (Year 3) and Erin (Year 6). Well done to everyone who took part – the standard was incredibly high, and we were so impressed with all of the creativity on display. All of the children's artwork will be displayed at the church and in the school reception area, so please do take a look. Each child will also be bringing home a card featuring one of the designs on the front. Inside the card, you will find the Easter Mass times for St George's and St Gregory's churches.

Artist of the Month – April! Congratulations to Edie in St Elizabeth Class, whose creativity has truly shone this month! Edie produced two beautiful pieces of Easter art. First, she crafted a stunning clay Easter basket, carefully shaping coils of clay to form the pot and adding a perfectly sculpted handle. She then decorated it with bunnies, flowers and detailed patterns all painted with such care. Edie also created a wonderful sewn Easter card, using a range of stitches, felt flowers and buttons to finish her design. Well done, Edie your talent and hard work are amazing!

We've reached our final night by the campfire, bringing to a close a wonderful three days and nights. Lots of memories made to share with our families tomorrow.

We faced lots of challenges today; abseiling, caving, zip wire and low ropes. We're ready for dinner and a campfire before our last night together!

Year 6 didn't let the morning's success burn out in bushcraft! They worked brilliantly in teams to build some super solid densthough not quite up to the standard of their actual accommodation! They also all hit the mark in archery lots of focus and some great shots all round. Dinner time is coming up soon, followed by the tuck shop... definitely a highlight of the day!

We've had a busy morning with rafting and exploring the sensory trail it's been an oar-some adventure and the children have loved every moment!

Our choir have arrived at the Royal Albert Hall ready to rehearse for Prom Praise tonight. All very excited and looking forward to performing.

The children have hit the ground running this afternoon! They've already been busy taking on the crate stack and tackling the wheelchair obstacle course like pros. Still to come are the sumo suits and the gladiator climbplenty more fun ahead! They've also settled into their rooms, got their beds all made, and there are lots of smiley faces all around. A brilliant start!

And they're off! Year 6 have left for their residential trip to Skreens Park Activity Centre. They will be staying until Friday and we hope they all have a fabulous time!

We had lots of fun this week with a Mad March Hair Day. Everyone looked very colourful and we admired all the woonderful creativity at our assembly. Thank you to everyone who took part and to the mums, dads and other stylists who prepared the children.