Events Gallery
Enjoy some of the special events and activities that go on at our school.
Advent Mass
Year 4 led this year's Advent Mass. We remembered that Advent is a time of preparation in love Hope for Jesus' arrival. Father Fretch reminded us that Advent is also season of giving and reflection.
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
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...
Parliament Week
This week has been UK Parliament Week across the UK and the children at Holy Family School have been taking part. We have learned about democracy and the importance of making decisions and fairness. As part of our learning our wonderful School Council organised a...
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
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
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
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...
New Library Books for KS2
This week every class in Key Stage 2 received a fabulous set of books for their class library from Booktrust. Happy Here is an exciting new book published by Knights Of for primary school aged children featuring inspiring stories from emerging and established black...