Chocolate Santas

The children had great fun decorating chocolate Santas, Reindeers and Snowmen.

Barlow Advent Assembly

During the season of Advent each class in Key Stage 1 and Reception presented an Assembly on the theme of Advent. Barlow Class did the third week of Advent when the pink canle depicting joy is lit. The children and Mr Walton had worked very hard putting a video together, learning plain chant.prayer icons. Clitherow Class did the Annunciation and Arrowsmith intorduced the Advent Wreath.

Friendship Assembly

The children have been working on all the different aspects of friendship for the past half term. They came together to share their ideas with their peers and parents at assembly. There were pictures.poems and role play depicting the different aspects of friendship.

Year 6 Open the CO-OP Store in Lancaster

The children were invited by the new C0-OP Store in Lancaster to perform the opening ceremony and cut the ribbon. The children have been invited to carry out a number of activities in the store related to Fair Trade. Each of the children were given a goody bag and there was also one for Miss Goddard the Headteacher who accompanied them. The school received a generous donation of £200 from the CO-OP to school funds.

Pupils Parliament

Two children from Year 5 attended a day at Lancaster House with children from other schools. They looked at and discussed their local areas and what they would like to see change.

Science Workshop

A theatre company came into school and performed a play and workshop on Science.

Shelter Building

Year 6 have been building shelters as part of their Design and Technology work.

Baptism Assembly

Bishop Michael Campbell joined us to celebrate the anniversary of the children who were baptised in November. Bishop Campbell blessed some water and salt which will be used throughout the coming year at future Baptism Assemblies.

Operation Christmas Child

The children have been busy putting together Shoeboxes which will be sent to children in Bosnia in time for Christmas. The school council put boxes together with contributions from the people of the parish. 60 shoesboxes were collected on Friday 26th November to begin their long journey to Bosnia.

Winmarleigh Hall

Year 6 had a wonderful week at Winmarleigh Hall . They tried lots of new activities and challenges learning to work as a team.

Bishop Michael Campbell

Bishop Michael is pictured here with the Head Boy and Head Girl and their deputies.

Bishop Michael Campbell

Bishop Michael Campbell came to school to hand out commerative coins to each child celebrating the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in September. He shared with us his meeting the Pope and having lunch with him.

Harvest Boxes

There was a wonderful collection of boxes and we delivered 100 boxes. We have received many thank you cards expessing delight at the gifts and that the child have thought about them and will continue to remember them in their prayers.

Harvest Assembly

Harvest Assembly was held in the Cathedral and was well attended by parents. The children in year 6 then delivered parcels to the housebound of the parish and elderly residents in the local community.

Zoo Animals visit Clitherow Class

Zoo Lab came to visit Clitherow class one afternoon to show them animals that live in the Rainforest. The children had the opportunity to hold some of the animals.

There were schools from all over the Diocese of Lancaster.

The Big Assembly

Four children from year 6 were very lucky to go to the Big Assembly to see Pope Benedict XVI. It was a marvellous occassion and I am sure they will remember the day for years to come.

The Cathedral Dog

James took the dog to Sweden where he went shopping and visited places of interest.

The Cathedral Mouse and Dog.

The Cathedral Mouse went travelling with Elena to Tenerefe. He went to the beach, built sandcastles and had a wonderful time.

Events During June and July

There have been many events during June and July. Here are some pictures showing the activities of the children.

The Dairy Bus visited and the children had the opportunity to milk a mechanical cow.

More Class tasted a variety of Indian Food.

Father Stewart visited the school for the first time. He was shown round by the children and was presented with a cheque for £200 raised from cake sales towards heating for the Cathedral.

Year 6 took in a day of drama related to transition to secondary school and presented the play to the rest of the school at the end of the day.

Rachael in Year 5 went camping and climbed Scarfell.

Teddy Bears Picnic

Clitherow Class went to Williamson Park and had a Teddy Bears Picnic. All the children took a teddy and played games in the park.

Making a Healthy Sandwich

Year 3 have been covering the topic of Healthy Eating and designed their own sandwiches with a wide range of ingredients. There were some very interesting combinations and the sandwiches were sent home for their parents to eat.

Paralympic World Cup

Year 5 , Headboy and Headgirl with deputies went to Manchester to see the Paralympic World Cup Athletics. The children were very interested to see how the people had adapted to their disabilities and were able to compete in a variety of events.

Puppets in Year 2

The children in Barlow class each made a puppet using a variety of techniques from sewing to attaching features using a number of different stitches and medium.

Dance Festival

Year 4 took part in a Dance Festival at Our Lady's with other Catholic Primary Schools. It was a very enjoyable afternoon and the parents enjoyed the performance at the end of the day. There are many talented children in our schools.

Cross Country Running

Children for year 5 and 6 were invited to take part in a mile run in the grounds of Lancaster and Morecambe College with other primary schools from the area. There were two girls from year5, 3 boys from year 5 and 3 girls from year 6. They all did themselves proud especially Yvette who came second in the year 6 girls race.

Year 3 Roman Visit

Year 3 went to the City Museum for a Roman afternoon. They had the opportunity to talk to a Roman Soldier, to dress up in clothes and armour, to experience the weapons , pottery and money that was used at that time. They also had the opportunity to dig for artefacts and identify them using symbols and keys.