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Pupils from Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic time in Neath today as they took part in an exciting Urdd Jambori celebration. The children sang Welsh songs with enthusiasm, danced with joy, and most importantly, had lots of fun! It was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Welsh culture and language together.
Today, Image Theatre visited our school to perform a lively and interactive version of The Jungle Book. The children were captivated by the colourful costumes, catchy songs and exciting storytelling. Some pupils even had the chance to join in and act alongside the cast on stage!
10 of our pupils and 3 children from St. Benedict's and Sacred Heart parishes made their First Holy Communion on Saturday 10th May. It ws a glorious day and all the children were fantastic. A huge thank you to Father Saji for such a lovely mass, Mrs Brannigan and Mrs Walker for preparing the children so well and the children for making us so proud. We hope they continue to receive the Eucharist regularly and continue their spiritual journey.
We had a brilliant day on Friday 9th May celebrating VE Day (a day later for more fun). Pupils and staff dressed up in 1940's clothing or red, white and blue and learnt about the end of WW2. In the afternoon, we all went into the yard for our 'street parties' with lots of treats. We were also joined by veteran, and serving members, of the armed forces who praised the children for their questions and curtesy. A huge thank you to local veteran Steven Cook who organised the visits, helped with our display resources and arranged a grant from Clydach Community Council for us to have so many lovely treats. Everyone enjoyed and the sun shone for us.
We had a lovely Mass at St Benedict’s on Thursday for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker. All classes from Reception to Year 6 processed over to the church with two Yr 6 pupils carrying our new statue of St Joseph. The statue was kindly donated by Joyal George’s family and Father Saji blessed it for us to bring back to school to display in our foyer.
Here is the last Lenten reflection from our Mini Vinnies. A huge thank you to all of their and Ms Torrance's hard work, guiding us through our Lenten preparations for Easter.
Llion from Menter Iaith visited to deliver Welsh Language Awareness sessions in Years 5 & 6. Both classes created posters about 'The Importance of learning some Welsh' and here are our winners.
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day 'VE Day' we will be having a special day. In the morning we will have a special assembly and all classes will learn about an aspect of World War 2 and consider what life was like in the UK in the years immediately after World War Two. For example, stepping into the shoes of a young evacuee or a conscripted soldier looking forward to returning home.
Then, in the afternoon we will have a ‘street party’ with 1940s music and dancing.
Everyone is encouraged to dress up and there are ideas below. Please do not feel obliged to buy an expensive costume. You could wear a bit of red, white and blue!
A big thank you to the Friends of St Joseph's who organised an Easter egg hunt for all classes. The sun came out to celebrate! All pupils had an Easter treat and there were some golden egg winners too.
Bug thanks again to ur mini Vinnies and led by Ms Torrance for their fifth week of Lenten reflections.
Mr Maddock has collated the school's journey with Gaelic Football. There are also reflections by past pupils etc. on how much they have enjoyed learning and playing Gaelic Football and how it has helped them grow.
The 4th Week of Lenten reflections led by our Mini Vinnies.