Year 1 – St Francis of Assisi: News items

Christmas T-Shirt making

Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 2:55pm

This week we invited parents to come and join us to paint Christmas T-Shirts. The children have loved this and are excited to wear these on Thursday 19th December for the Christmas Celebration day. Thank you to those who joined us.

Newsletter - 9th December 2024

Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 11:43am

This weeks Newsletter is now available to read

Newsletter - 2nd December 2024

Date: 28th Nov 2024 @ 2:26pm

This weeks letter is now available to read.

Advent Prayer stations

Date: 27th Nov 2024 @ 9:53am

Today our children have engaged in our Advent Prayer Statios event.  During the day, the children completed short prayers and reflectipons about the events leading up to Christmas as we prepare fpr the coming of our Lord Jesus. Check year group Twitter pages to see more.

Health Champions

Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 9:22am

This week, our Health champions attended an event for Oldham primary schools with a focus on Healthy Lifestyles.

Our representatives learnt important messages to share with their peers and families. They are wearing their Health Champions badges with pride.

Autumn 2 Newsletter

Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 1:53pm

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Harvest Festival

Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 11:46am

Thank you for your kind donations for our Harvest Festival. We were inundated with donations and Mrs Dootson and 2 children from our Faith team felivered your donations to the Salvation Army food bank to help those who may find themselves in need of this service.

Bible stories Prayer Stations

Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 11:50am

This week we hosted one of our regular prayer stations. This half term, these were based around bible stories. This was a great way to engage children in much needed reflection time whilst engaging in quiet prayer.

Parent Lunch

Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 11:43am

Thank you to the parents of Year 3 & 4 who joined us for parent lunch. It was great to see the children enjoying time in school with their parents. We look forward to our next event which will take place in Spring Term.

Rosary Club

Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 4:18pm

During the month of October, as part of our Catholic faith, we celebrate and remember Mary our Mother.  As part of this celebration, we will be hosting a Rosary Club each morning at 8.30am in the school Chapel during the month of October, beginning on Tuesday 1st October..

If you would like your child to be part of this time of prayer and reflection please drop them off at their class room at 8.30am and they will be taken to the Chapel where they will be met by Mr. Drake.

 

Autumn 1 Newsletter 2024

Date: 17th Sep 2024 @ 1:13pm

Welcome Back - Please find attached our school Newsletter with information about the Autumn term and its events.

Remember to keep visitng the News and Events section to see some of the celebrations of these events as they happen.

Mrs Cavanagh

Art exhibition

Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 9:56am

Thank you to those who attended our Art exhibition.  We hope you enjoyed it.  

Feedback from both children and parents was hugely positive and the event was a real celebration of our children's creativity.  We look forward to repeating this again next year.  

Nation schools sports week

Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 2:09pm

What a week! Sport week has been a great success and thank you to those parents who joined us for sports day this morning. God has been looking down and sent us brilliant weather. The children have been full of life and thoroughly enjoyed it.

The week has been filled with football tournaments, yoga, Jiu Jitsu, laser, tag, dodgeball, and has ended with a brilliant sports day.

As part of sports day, our children created flags for the class seats. These represented their class logos. I’m sure you’ll agree they did a fantastic job

#lifetothefull #schoolsportsweek

Spelling Bee Update

Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 2:20pm

Well done to our 2 school Spelling Bee finalists. They attended the final today and were a credit to Holy Rosary. Well Done. #lifetothefull

National School Sports Week

Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 10:19am

We started our week this week with an assembly to explore the theme of National Schools Sports Week.  We talked to the children about not only using physical activities for our physical health but also to support our Mental health.  We then introduced our activities for the week and how these would support us in our Misson statement of living life to the full.

Holy Rosary Spelling Bee

Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 10:01am

On Thursday 11th June, Mr Handley co-ordinated our school Spelling Bee heats.  Here children across the school, competed against each other to be their class spelling Bee champion.  They then went on to compete against the winner of other classes and this gave us a final school winner and runner-up.

Our 1st place winner was  Olaf in Year 3  and Humayl in Year 6 was our runner-up.

Both children will be attending the Inter-school final on Wednesday 19th June at the Mayoral chambers, Oldham.

 

Well done to all who joined in and GOOD LUCK - we will keep you updated.

Father's day Coffee morning

Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 9:43am

After a hugely successful Holy Rosary Bake off, we hosted our Father's day coffee morning.  During the morning, we sang songs as a thank you to all our dads and those who take on similar roles.  Whilst we sang, parents, and most importantly dads, were able to relax and enjoy a coffee and a cake.

Thank you to those who helped organise this and also those who were able to join us.

Internation Children's Day

Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 3:24pm

Miss Warsap planned International Children’s day with a focus on children’s rights. Children focused their day around a picture book called “Every Child a Song”. This was followed up by engaging in activities in class. The children made birds as symbols from the story. If you get chance to come into school, look for the Children's Rights signs on display.

Mental Health Week

Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 3:32pm

The theme for Mental Health Week this year was “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”. The children had a great time and definitely made time to move. Mrs Green and our sports leader got the children outside to explore strategies they could use when they are finding things tough,