Empathy Day
On Thursday 6th June we celebrated Empathy Day which is an important part of our curriculum. The children learned through story, discussion and action the importance of understanding the feelings of others. The three elements to empathy were READ, ACT, CONNECT....
The Book Project
We hosted A Pop up Bookshop for all our children with amazing donations from the charity The Book Project. Every child had the opportunity to choose books to take home to share and read. The books were generously donated by The Book Project and all the books were...
The Stringcredibles
On Thursday 23rd May we welcomed the amazing and talented Stringcredibles to school who performed The Butterfly Lands which took us on the journey of migration in our city and the beauty of celebrating diversity through language, clothes, food, faith and music. They...
Father Hudson’s Care Good Shepherd Mass
This week a group of children were chosen to represent Holy Family at the Good Shepherd Mass. They did us proud! Archbishop Bernard Longley celebrated the Mass with Catholic schools from all over Birmingham at St Chad’s Cathedral. Each school presented the collections...
Peace on Earth Project
We enjoyed a fantastic performance sharing our drama work linked to Peace on Earth. Charis from The Rep, Birmingham has been working with the children in Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 through drama, performance and oracy work creating images from the...
Florence Nightingale Workshop
On International Women’s Day, the children in Years 1 and 2 took part in a wonderful workshop about the life of Florence Nightingale. They learned about her life, handled artefacts and learned about why she is still important today, The children explored her...
A Visit from Author David Litchfield
On Monday 26th February the whole school enjoyed a wonderful online visit from David Litchfield, an author and illustrator. David is the illustrator of Peace on Earth and was keen to work with the children of Holy Family School having seen all our work on Twitter (X)....
Higaonon Tree Growing Project: Seeds of Change
As a school we are part of a collaborative project between the Higaonon indigenous people on the island of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and the Columban Missionaries. At Holy Family we are becoming more aware and involved with climate change. This project will...