I’m glad to report a less eventful week at St. John’s Primary but the classroom have been as busy as usual with lots of learning taking place.

We celebrated St. John’s Feast day, by attending Mass on Wednesday. Father Rooney was impressed by the children’s knowledge of our school patron. Primary 5 have been developing their creative skills this week as they have begun their music instruction with Ms Cunningham; I look forward to hearing their musical talents in the future. We have also launched our Spanish phrase of the week and Mrs Wong has displayed this throughout the school. The children can earn House points by using the phrase in school and at home! Our phrase this week is ‘Que tiempo hace?’  (What’s the weather like?) I’m sure there are a wide variety of answers but I would say  ‘Hace frio’!

In the classes this week:

Primary 1/2

The children continue to hone their creative skills by creating collages of macaws for their classroom rainforest display. They also learned about Robert Burns on Monday and wrote a poem on the theme of ‘Tae a Moose’. In R.E. the children have been learning about other world religions and have been finding out about  Judaism, in particular the Torah and the synagogue.

Primary 3/4/5

The class have opened up their paper exchange stall where pupils bring in old books and magazines to trade with one another. Staff have got involved too and I will certainly be visiting to pick up some light reading for the midterm break!

Primary 5/6/7

As part of the Robert Burns celebrations, the pupils enjoyed baking their own shortbread and eating it! Mrs Kelly tells me it was delicious and there were certainly mouthwatering smells emanating from the kitchen that day! The children also created a beautiful art display of shields using the symbols of the Holy Spirit, as part of their Confirmation preparation.

Finally, our school was represented at Our Lady and St. John’s Church this weekend as it is the beginning of Catholic Education Week. Niamh and Oliver took part in the offertory procession and Ania, Jan, Noah and Caitlyn read the bidding prayers. We were also joined by senior pupils and staff from Holy Cross High School. The children, in full school uniform, were as always, a credit to everyone. We look forward to continuing the theme of ‘Learning to be Merciful’ this week in school.

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