Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 3 and 4 Visit to Trowbridge Museum

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  Year 3 and 4 Visit to Trowbridge Museum

   

  Year 3 and 4 children visited Trowbridge Museum this week to continue their learning about the Stone Age. They took part in different Stone Age themed activities, such as role play, dancing, music, cave painting and how to be an archaeologist! Thank you to Trowbridge Museum for allowing us to visit and for the fantastic activities!

   

  

• The John of Gaunt Science Fair

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  The John of Gaunt Science Fair

   

  Congratulations to Lulu, Trinity, Charlie, Adam and Archie for presenting their Science research on Ants at the John of Gaunt Science Fair last week as part of the national Science week. They were ambassadors for our school and their presentation skills were outstanding. We are very proud of their hard work and great Scientific research. They even set up their own ant farm to watch the development of an ant colony. 

   

  

• Friday Toy/Book Sales

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  Friday Toy/Book Sales

   

  We have been holding weekly toy sales this term on Fridays. The money raised will go to the Save The Children and CAFOD Appeal Fund to support children in the Ukraine.

  Today we raised £62.10

  Total to date: £186.30

   

  

• Mid-Somerset Festival - Tuesday 15th March 2022

  Fri 18 Mar 2022

  On Tuesday this week 13 children from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Speech & Drama competitions as part of this year’s Mid-Somerset    Festival. The children travelled to Bath to compete against many       children from local schools in Somerset. Their task was to recite a    well-known poem from memory to an adult who was judging them on different aspects of performance like voice clarity and facial expressions. They did this solo – meaning on their own. All the children performed either one of two poems selected by the Festival organisers beforehand. The children have been practising since before January at home and at school. Each child received a certificate and some were highly commended by the judges. The children were: 

  Class 11: Harry W, Amelie M, Elizabeth O, Lulu K, Megan B and Trinity C.

  Class 10: Toby W.

  Class 9: Hannah H, Hannah W, Lucrezia C, Tafara C, Amelia B and   Lorretta I.

  Although all the children must be celebrated for taking part in such a challenging competition, some of the children made it into the top three places. Considering the groups had up to 18 children performing this was not an easy achievement.  

  Amelie M came third in the Primary Verse Speaking Class 6B. Toby W came joint third in the Primary Verse Speaking Class 5A. Lorretta I came joint second in the Primary Verse Speaking Class 5B.

   

  

• Year 4 Trip to Skern

  Fri 11 Mar 2022

  Year 4 Trip to Skern

   

  We keep the children in Year 4 who have gone on their first residential to Skern in our thoughts and prayers over this weekend. We can't wait to hear about their exciting adventures! Thank you again to the members of the staff team who have enabled this experience to happen.    

   

   

• Toy/Book Sale

  Fri 11 Mar 2022

  Toy/Book Sale

   

  Sadly we are all aware of the devastating events occurring in Ukraine. We have been keeping the people and in particular the children affected by this crisis in our prayers. The children were keen to help in some small way and have decided to organise a weekly toy/book sale in their classes during Term 4. Each child is invited to bring in a toy or book they would like to donate to the appeal and if they wish can  purchase a toy/book for a coin donation. The money raised will go directly to Save the Children and CAFOD Appeal Fund.

  Thank you for your support. 

   

• St John of God Feast Day

  Fri 11 Mar 2022

  St. John of God Feast Day

   

  We were delighted to celebrate our Feast Day on Tuesday 8^th March which allowed us to reflect on the life of St John of God and to enjoy an extended play time! Year 5 and 6 led our Mass in the Church whilst other members of the school family joined via Teams. Many thanks to Fr Tom and to our Year 6 singers and readers who were fantastic ambassadors of our school. 

   

• Launching Lent

  Fri 04 Mar 2022

  Launching Lent

   

  We are very aware that over the past two years many of the children have missed some of their learning focussed on the season of Lent due to COVID and national lockdowns. So this year we started of the season with a whole school LAUNCHING LENT day on Shrove Tuesday! The focus was to prepare ourselves for the spiritual journey that Lent provides and reflecting on the changes we can make over the next 40 days and beyond! It was a magnificent day together and of course we had to make time for a pancake race! A full write up of the day will be provided by the Chapel Champions and added to the school website. Throughout the day the whole school took part in pancake races in the playground. Great fun was had by all.      

   

  Class 8 wrote their prayers of Peace on doves to reflect on the events in the Ukraine and the words of Pope Francis and made some promises for Lent and put them on display so that they could follow their progress through the six weeks of Lent. The children all really enjoyed eating their pancake.

   

  On Ash Wednesday we were pleased to welcome Fr Tom to school who led us in a whole school Ash Wednesday Mass and pupils and staff received the ashes. KS1 joined Fr Tom in the hall while the rest of the school joined by Teams.