St Adrian's Catholic Primary School
To learn, to love, to live
On Wednesday, the children celebrated a liturgy with Father Francis. The focus of the liturgy was thanksgiving and the children enjoyed planning prayers, readings and hymns that they would use within the liturgy. It was a joyous occasion and the children prayed thoughtfully and sang with gusto!
In the event of school closure, I am hoping to provide activities via the Google classroom. It might be worth checking that your child is able to access this in case we are instructed by the Government to close in the coming weeks. Further details can be found below.
To access Google classroom, children will need to sign in using their school Google account.
Visit google.com and click ‘Sign in’ in the top-right of the webpage.
If you, or someone using the same device, already has a Google account, you will need to add your child’s school account and switch between them before accessing the Classroom.
How to add Google accounts
Once you have, set up your child’s Google account. You may need to switch between accounts for them to access the Google Classroom.
How to switch between Google accounts
Accessing the Google Classroom
Visit classroom.google.com
GOLD SCHOOL GAMES MARK
St Adrian’s has been awarded a prestigious Gold Award Rating by School Games .
At St Adrian’s we will strive to ensure that all pupils:
Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities, build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.
Whilst the National Curriculum, in its entirety, will provide the framework around which the Physical Education Curriculum at St Adrian’s will be structured, it is our intent to offer a curriculum that makes provision for:
Key documents
National curriculum for Physical Education
Topics at a glance
| Nursery | Fun Movement | Send and Receive | Ball Skills | Gym | Simple Cricket | Athletics |
| Reception | Body Manage- ment | Gymnastics | Dance | movement | Fun Games | Teamwork |
| Year 1 | Movement | Dance – All about me | Dodgeball | Rounders | Swimming | Swimming |
| Year 1 | Basketball | Movement | Football | Dance – Space | Cricket | Athletics |
| Year 2 | Swimming | Swimming | Swimming | Swimming | Dance – Country | Athletics |
| Year 2 | Gym skills – Ropes | Send & receive – net game | Football | Basketball | Hockey | Striking fielding |
| Year 3 | Swimming | Swimming | Swimming | Swimming | Dance – Sand dance | Athletics |
| Year 3 | Tennis | Baketball | Volleyball | Gymnastics | Hockey | Cricket |
| Year 4 | Swimming | Swimming | Swimming | Swimming | Dance – Maypole | Athletics |
| Year 4 | Basketball | Gymnastics | Football | Volleyball | Rounders | Tennis |
| Year 5 | Netball | Gaelic Football | Gymnastics | Orienteering | Swimming | Swimming |
| Year 5 | Dodgeball | Gymnastics | Hockey | Danish Longball | Kwik Cricket | Athletics |
| Year 6 | Tennis | Football | Circuit training | Dance | Outdoor activities | Rounders/ Fun Games |
| Year 6 | Netball | Gymnastics | Hockey | Basketball | Cricket | Athletics |
This week in nursery we talked about People who help us. We explored different occupations like fire fighter, police man, doctor, nurse. After a short discussion the children voted and now they have lots of fun in our new role play area – Police station.
They looked for clues in and outside using magnifier glasses and wearing special clothes and helmets.
We also talked about a special number 999.
Inside the Police station the children were busy answering the phone, filling report forms, making their own badges.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Solakova
It was lovely to see you this morning and I hope those of you who came to the meeting found it useful. I appreciate that some parents were unable to attend to due to work commitments etc. To this end, I am placing a copy of the powerpoint presentation below which should have all the information.
Sadly, we live in a digital age and protecting ourselves from all manner of danger posed by the internet and social media is of high importance and this is especially true of our children who are most at risk and vulnerable. The last few slides provide some pretty stark warnings and dangers associated with Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat and TikTok (formerly Musical.ly).
Many of your children may have these apps on mobile phones ( or have friends with access to them on their phones). I urge you to use the slides to enable you and your children to make informed choices regarding these apps.
Mr King has also sent out information regarding e-safety.
We will be teaching your children about being safe on line through the year and intend to be hosting a workshop/ information evening for parents on this this subject . You will be sent details of this when they are available.
Kind regards,
Kevin Creaton
The children have made a very happy start to Year 2 and we are all having a wonderful time as we get to know each other and start our new topics.
It was lovely to see so many Year 2 parents on Monday 9th September. Notes from the meeting can be found below:
Date for your diary: KS1 Christmas play on 12th December at 7pm
I have enjoyed receiving all of your child’s postcards this week and I am looking forward to welcoming the Year Two children into their new classroom on Wednesday. If your child has completed the reading challenge over the holiday, please send in their certificate so that their achievement can be celebrated in class.
Gentle reminder
Children should bring in a coat, full drinks bottle and school book bag with them every day.
Please ensure that all PE kit and school uniform is clearly labelled with your child’s name so that mislaid items can be returned easily.
The Summer Reading Challenge 2019 theme is Space Chase, an out-of-this-world adventure inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Children taking part in the Challenge will join our super space family, The Rockets, for a thrilling mission to track down books nabbed by mischievous aliens!
Space Chase will feature bespoke artwork from top children’s illustrator, Adam Stower, and will celebrate adventure, exploration, reading and fun!
Illustrations © Adam Stower 2019 for The Reading Agency
The Summer Reading Challenge is aimed at children aged four to eleven and it is run in almost all libraries in the UK.
Visit your local library during the summer holidays to sign up – the sooner you go, the longer your child will have to read six books!
Staff will register your child for the Challenge and give them some fun materials to get them started.
Many libraries will also offer pre-school activities suitable for under-fours, including specially designed Summer Reading Challenge materials. Visit your local branch to find out more.
The Summer Reading Challenge is the UK’s biggest free reading for pleasure event for children. It is run by the national charity The Reading Agency in partnership with the UK public library network.
The aim of the Challenge is to encourage children to read any six books of their choice from their library during the summer holidays.
Children receive special rewards each time they finish a book and there’s a certificate for everyone who completes the Challenge.
The sun shone for us this week when we visited the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Sophie takes up the story…
On Tuesday the 21st May, Year 4 went on their school trip to Kew Gardens. Year 4 had a fantastic time even though we didn’t see all of Kew.
Year 4 were delighted when we got tickets to go to the children garden.
When we got to Kew, half of the children went to the Palm house and the other half went to the Temperate house. The Palm house was very hot and steamy while the Temperate house was a much more relaxed temperature.
A while later, we all met near King William’s Temple. The children were exhausted and hungry but were determined to go to the Treetop walk.
The children kept screaming because the bridge they were walking on was very wobbly! Apart from that they loved the treetop views.
After the Treetop walk, we had lunch. The children cheered with relief.
After lunch, we went to the new children’s garden. The children were so unhappy when we had to go. They still had a lovely time.
Thank you for all the parents who helped.
Thanks, Sophie, and I would echo your thanks to Mrs Miller and Mrs Watson for their help throughout the day. Here are some more of our photos.
Tuesday Evening
Just as some meals look really delicious but taste bland, the sea looked l as calm and inviting as a tropical lagoon but was freezing! However, our children are made of stern stuff and were determined to not let the opportunity pass.
Wednesday Morning
Not a boy was awake at 7am when they received the early morning call and there was a similar story with the girls. Breakfast soon put things right and we headed off for Black Gang Chine.
When we arrived, some of the children spied the silhouette of the Cliffhanger (roller coaster) and felt that the occasion was ripe for some bravado: ( (loud voices) “Is that it?” and :“I’ve been on much more scary rides on my (all-inclusive) holiday last year” – the boys in the party had suddenly developed a swaggering gait. However, the children were soon to learn that talk is cheap and once on board: the squealing began; their voices went from baritone to falsetto;the swagger replaced with a wobble. It was a similar story at the water slide- “Plughole”.
There was much for the children to do and it was great seeing them enjoy the simpler pleasures of mazes, adventure parks and slides – some of us even forsook extra time in the gift shop for a visit to fairyland.
We’ve worn them out again but, just in case there are any children out there planning to keep the adults and others awake tonight, its off to the beach again after supper.
