St Pius X Catholic Primary School

Welcome back to Year 1! It has been wonderful to see everyone’s smiley faces each morning and to watch the children settle into their new classroom so brilliantly. This week we have been busy exploring all the exciting toys and provision areas and learning our new routines. We have also been talking about our big feelings and how we can manage them in positive ways.  'I was a bit worried coming back to school but I am having a great day. I am feeling happy!' - Theodor 'I am feeling calm because I like to be at school' - Joelle Together we used the Zones of Regulation to think about different feelings we might have during the day and worked as a team to come up with some great ideas for how to feel calm and ready to learn. 'When I feel happy, I like to play calmly with my family' - Elysia ' I f we feeling like the red monster  we could do some deep breaths or five finger breathing .'  -  Nyle We also learnt about how our brains help us to learn new thing...

  Reception class have had a great start this week in school. We have been exploring all the areas in the classroom and in the garden. The children have shown excellent sharing and have started to make some great friendships. It's lovely to see their confidence growing and we can't wait for the final few children to join us next week!  "I love balancing with Henry"- Jeevan  "The bikes are fun with my friend"- Gideon "I love playing with my new friends"

 This week, Year 3 started their new topic Brainwave , all about how we learn and grow. To begin, the children became teachers themselves, sharing their own skills with one another. We had mini-sessions on everything from origami and drawing to football tricks and math's tips. It was wonderful to see the children explaining clearly, encouraging their friends, and having a go at something new. The class quickly discovered that learning isn’t just about knowledge, but also about curiosity, resilience, and teamwork. A brilliant start to our Brainwave journey! Norah taught me how to do a drawing, it was fun Blessed

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Today, Year 6 put their personalised Zones of Regulation toolkits into action in a fun and engaging way. The class worked as a team to explore how we can recognise our feelings and choose the right strategies to manage them. Using drama, the children re-enacted real-life scenarios and demonstrated how their toolkit could help them move from the red zone (feeling angry, upset, or out of control) back into the green zone (feeling calm, focused, and ready to learn). The Zones of Regulation is a framework designed to help children understand and manage their emotions. There are four colour zones: Blue Zone : when we feel sad, tired, or lacking energy. Green Zone : when we feel calm, focused, and ready to learn. Yellow Zone : when we feel a bit silly, excited, or nervous – our emotions are heightened but still manageable. Red Zone : when we feel very angry, upset, or overwhelmed and may need support to calm down. Each child has developed their own toolkit filled with strategies that wo...

 We’ve had a brilliant start to the year in Year 4! It’s been wonderful to welcome everyone back. To start the year, we've been learning all about exploring how we learn best. We talked about the different ways people learn and what helps us in our enviroments. It’s been exciting to see everyone start to take ownership of their learning already! We looked at how making connections is an important part of learning and so we played the wool game to illustrated how the brian makes connections.  We also began learning about the Zones of Regulation . These zones help us to understand our feelings and give us strategies to manage them. We explored the four zones: Blue (sad, tired, sick) Green (happy, calm, ready to learn) Yellow (worried, silly, frustrated) Red (angry, out of control) We talked about how it's normal to feel all of these emotions sometimes, and that recognising them is the first step to managing them in a healthy way. To help us remember the Zon...

It was truly heartwarming to come together as a school community this week to celebrate the Feast Day of St Pius X, our school’s patron saint. After the summer break, there was something especially meaningful about beginning our new academic year with a shared celebration of faith and togetherness. The Mass was a beautiful occasion, filled with reverence, joy, and the spirit of unity. A heartfelt thank you goes to Father Paul for leading us in such a thoughtful and inspiring service. His words helped us reflect not only on the life and legacy of St Pius X, but also on how we can carry his example of kindness, humility, and faith into our daily lives. We would also like to express our sincere thanks to our altar servers and singers, who carried out their roles with such maturity and grace. Their service helped to make the Mass even more special, and we are very proud of them. As we look forward to the term ahead, we do so grounded in faith and grateful to be reunited as a school family...

To start our maths learning this term we are focusing on Place Value. The children all worked hard in pairs to create large numbers using the physical resources we had. They made numbers using deins and place value counters.  They then tested their partner's knowledge of place value by asking questions such as 'How many thousands are in your number? or Can you make a number 100 more than this one?'  The children showed excellent reciprocity skills when working together and supporting each other in this practical maths lesson.  'This lesson was fun because we could use the counters. I had 12 100 counters and I needed to replace 10 of them with a 1000 counter.' - Tyler  'We learned how to make big numbers using the resources.' - Yana