St Pius X Catholic Primary School

As we approach the Easter break, and continue our journey through Lent towards Holy Week, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what has been another event filled and successful term at St Pius X.  We've had an exciting and busy few weeks with our Easter Production led by Years 3 and 4, our Annunciation of the Lord Mass, and our Stations of the Cross service this week.  Today the children paraded the school with their Easter bonnets and as always, the staff were impressed at the effort and creativeness. This term, the children have been reminded of the importance of preparation for Easter, preparing both our minds and hearts to grow closer to God.   In my weekly whole-school liturgies, I’ve been encouraging the children to reflect on how they can grow and change for the better through prayer, penance, and love. As we head into the Easter break, we are looking forward to celebrating the season of renewal with a Whole School Easter Mass upon our return on Tuesday 22n...

  Today marked our final celebration assembly before the Easter break, and what a wonderful way to end the term!  The children took part in a fantastic Easter bonnet parade, enjoying the sunshine and music as they proudly showcased their creative designs. Each teacher had the difficult task of selecting a winner for their class, and we were amazed by the effort and imagination on display. Alongside the bonnet competition, we also announced the winners of the St Pius X PA fundraiser. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed - funds will be used to purchase school equipment.  Wishing all our families a joyful and restful Easter break! 🌷🐰✨

As part of our Easter celebrations in connection with DT we have been developing our sewing skills.  To begin we began playing with larger needles and threading them with wool. This was fiddly for us but we were all able to thread the needle. We then used wool to thread over the cross images to make some beautiful Easter gifts for our family.  We then went further with our DT skills and learn some more intricate stitch skills. We looked at how to complete a running stitch and a back stitch.  'I really liked doing sewing, now when I get home I want to do more.' - Anna  'It was fun doing something that I had never done before.' - Lisandra  The children were given a sewing grid to practise their stitch types. They were set the challenge to use the running stitch and back stitch to design a beautiful pattern using different threads.  'I enjoyed it even though I made a lot of mistakes.' - Noel 'My favourite stitch we learned was the back stitch as it has a reall...

Amazingly, all ten caterpillars have grown and now attached to the lids, creating their cocoon. In the next few days they will be transferred to the butterfly habitat (net) to complete their transformation. Hopefully the children will be able to see the butterflies when we return after Easter, before we release them!

Today we studied Van Gogh 's famous ' Starry Night' painting. We used observational skills, looking closely at the picture before comparing it to other artist's versions: "I can see buildings," - Jayan "The tree is big because it's closer and the buildings are further away so they are smaller!" - Ajooni "The sky looks like waves," - Alex "There is blue, white and yellow....there are different blues in the sky," - Olivia "There are dashes, " - Jessie "I can see a bit of green, " - Norah "I like the reflections," - Aisling "The houses are like pumpkins, they are glowing," - Cassius Then we experimented and practised using Van Gogh's trademark patterns, mixing blues, yellow and white. Look out for our masterpieces after Easter!

Mini Vinnies Meeting Today we had a very busy meeting. We wrote to Marie Goldman MP asking her if she would raise the issue of the temporary measure of government support given to refugees of 56 days to find permanent accommodation. We, as part of the SVP, have said that we would like to see this made permanent to give all refugees a hope of a brighter future, one that is safe and secure in knowing that they will not end up homeless. These are our ‘door hangers of hope.’   We sent these with our letter to our MP, they include some of our own promises on how we can bring hope to others. We have been in touch with a local nursing home and homeless charity and we will be meeting with them soon to see where we can help in our community with acts of kindness.  We will keep you posted!! In our next meeting we will be bringing our fundraising ideas!    We have a lot of great ideas so watch this space! Hannah Communications Officer

Wonderful Wisdom Club  Yesterday, Year 3 had a visit to our friends at The Wisdom Club, a local community club.  Over the years we have often visited the club and in that time we have made many friends. Year 3 had a wonderful visit, they sang some of their Easter Production songs to the members and then had a lovely time sharing some of their favourite work, such as Art, English, Maths and Science. There was lots of laughter and fabulous conversations between the different generations.   The Wisdom Club made the children so welcome and a great time was had by everyone!!  The children enjoyed the biscuits, drinks and sweets also!! We can't wait to visit again! The children said of their visit:; 'I found out one of the members was my First Holy Communion teacher,' said Ambrose. 'I liked talking to lots of different people and I really like singing.  When I showed a lady a picture of the earth in my book she pointed to where she used to live.'  (Florence)...