Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Reading Event with Nick Sharratt

Reading Event with Nick Sharratt

Children in Years 1 and 2 joined the amazing author Nick Sharratt for his wonderful sharing of Ketchup on your Reindeer. He shared his new flip book and the children enjoyed hilarious match ups including Ketchup on your Reindeer! We enjoyed a masterclass art session...
Year 2 Advent Liturgy

Year 2 Advent Liturgy

On Friday 3rd December Year 2 shared their Advent Liturgy with school. The theme of their liturgy was The Annunciation.They shared their understanding of Advent and lit the purple candle of Hope.They acted out the story of The Annunciation and explained why Mary was...
Year 6 Alton Castle Residential

Year 6 Alton Castle Residential

Year 6 children took part in a three-day retreat to Alton Castle. On our retreat we took part in a variety of outdoor activities which allowed us to experience new things that we had never done before. The activities challenged us, put our team work to the test and...
Year 4 Mass

Year 4 Mass

We gathered today as God’s family to celebrate Mass for All Saints and The Holy Souls. We remembered the saints, our family members and the soldiers who have gone to heaven to be with God. Fr Fretch talked about how we should remember them and be happy for those...
Feast Day of St John Henry Newman

Feast Day of St John Henry Newman

Year 5 celebrated the feast day of St John Henry Newman. We started our celebration with a whole school Mass led by Father Fretch. At the end of Mass, we lit a candle for St John Henry Newman and said some prayers around it. In the afternoon, we had a class party to...
Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi

Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi

Year 1 celebrated the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, our class saint. We all prayed and reflected on his great love and respect for animals and our environment. We also thought about his devotion to helping the poor and vulnerable. We all want to follow his...
Feast Day of St Teresa of Calcutta

Feast Day of St Teresa of Calcutta

Last week, Year 3 learnt all about our class saint, Mother Teresa of Calcutta. We learnt about her life, her vocation  and what made her so special for her to be canonised on the 5th September 2016. We took part in collective worship and used our artistic talents to...
KS1 Meet Author Abie Longstaff

KS1 Meet Author Abie Longstaff

The children in Years 1 and 2 enjoyed meeting the wonderful author Abie Longstaff to listen to her read her latest book Story Soup. The children thoroughly enjoyed this funpacked story especially the yellow bananas! The children also had the opportunity to ask Abie...