St Francis and St Bernadette classes made pancakes with Mrs Rogers-Leggatt on Shrove Tuesday.   There was a lot of flour and eggs and milk and very eager cooks and the results, served with either sugar and lemon or with syrup, were delicious.

As part of Science Week, we will be having a series of exciting science workshops on Monday March 11th.  Each class will have a specific topic:

 

St Therese Class:  Chemical and physical reactions

St Martins Class:  Explosive science

St Anthony and St Francis Classes: The science of sweets

St Bernadette Class: Science experiments.

 

Classes will then focus on the British Science Week theme:  Journeys, for their science lesson later in the week.

We are introducing a new activity in St Bernadette's class to promote a love of reading:  Secret Reader! - and we would love as many of you as possible to take part.

At 2.45pm on Wednesdays a "secret reader" will come to class and read a book to the children.  It could be a book you choose yourself or one of the many books in class.

Anyone is welcome to take part and be the classes' next secret reader.

If you would like to take part and read to St Bernadette class on Wednesday afternoon please either see Mrs Bateman or contact the School Office.

Everyone is welcome to take part and the children will love the anticipation of who the next reader will be.

Congratulations to our February Special Mention Winners

We are very proud of our Rota Kids for hosting a brilliant Bake off event. They raised a massive £148.68 for The Oswestry Food Bank. Thank you to all the cake donations, entrants in our competition and to Mr & Mrs Soper from the Rotary Club for being our judges. They said all the cakes were delicious and it was a very tasty but very close competition. Congratulations to our 'Star Bakers': Eoin, Bea, Sammy and Mrs Bentley.

The week of the 4th  February has been another creative and interesting week in school with Eat Well week activities happening each day. Each morning our hall has been a hive of activity with so many children taking part in morning breakfast club and ‘wake up, shake up’. Endless rounds of toast were buttered,  cereal munched and juice drank even before our day began.

On Monday all classes enjoyed the ‘know your food quiz’ with children identifying a range of fruits and vegetables followed by taste testing.  I think we all tried something new that day. On Tuesday we all planted seeds to create our own kitchen garden at home. On Wednesday children looked at the eat well plate and how to make sugar swaps . Thursday was a full day of peeling and chopping, with classes working together to create Our Lady’s Signature vegetable soup, it was very tasty! To compliment our soup, on Friday children created their own bread cobs with a variety of fillings: cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, mixed fruit or just plain. Our week ended with a celebration assembly, sharing the children's best bits of the week,  announcing the recipe prize winners and drawing the food-diary raffle winners who all won a recipe book of their own. It was lovely that families were able to take part in our workshops also. Thank you to Mrs Bateman for coordinating this week so that the whole school community can take the time to focus on healthy minds and healthy bodies.

Congratulations to Jac and Oliver who have qualified for the Shropshire Cross Country Championships.  They came 6th and 4th respectively in their age categories and on March 5th will be competing with the best in Shropshire.   Good luck boys!!

On Wednesday February 13th David Cook, Wolverhampton Wanderer's Under 18 Education Manager and recently signed footballer Jackson Smith visited school.   They were here to present Marvin with the Premier League Young Academy Writer of the Year Age Group Winner Award.

Marvin had written about his own footballing successes and hurdles and his determination and achievements.  The children enjoyed hearing Jackson read Marvin's story and seeing him receiving his award along with a signed copy of Dan Freeman's new book.

Follow this link to read more:  https://www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/17429640.oswestry-primary-school-student-wins-premier-league-award/

Our Chaplaincy team welcomed Mary Deardon from the charity Missio visited school on Tuesday February 12th 2019.  

Since 1922 Missio has been the Catholic Church's official charity for overseas missions bringing the hope of the Gospel where there is turmoil, poverty and uncertainty in the world and where the Church is new, young or poor.

Missio empowers local people to form and sustain communities of faith.

Missio trains and nurtures future leaders so the vital Church work can take place.

The children have each got a red Missio Box and we hope families will use this and return it to school when they are ready.

 

We have been busy with our new Spring Term topics. 

St. Bernadette have been exploring their space topic through Forest School.

St. Francis went on a journey into space followed by a sensory space walk.

St. Anthony have been writing poems using 'Talk4Writing' techniques.

St. Therese have been learning all about Brazil and creating information leaflets.