Preparing our hearts and minds to celebrate the Good News of Jesus’ birth is such an important part of our school and liturgical year. We very much look forward to bringing our school together during the season of Advent as follows:

Our Chamber Choir were delighted to accept the invitation to sing at the Carols of Comfort and Joy at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 25th November. The concert brought together all the primary schools involved in the Westminster Schools Singing Programme this year and it was lovely that so many family members were able to come along to the Cathedral to enjoy the performance. Our chour will be singing three of their carols at our fothcoming Key Stage 2 Carol Service on Wednesday 6th December. Thank you to Miss Murphy, our choir leader, and all the choir members who sang on the day. 

Last Wednesday, our violin and cello students performed a concert for KS2. All students played their pieces beautifully, showcasing the skills they have been taught this year. We were also lucky to have our violin and cello teachers, as well as our music teacher Ms Diamond, perform some christmas songs for us to sing along to. There will be further opportunities for instrumental students to showcase their talents later in the year, which parents will be invited to.

Last week we celebrated Anti-Bullying Week at St. Mary of the Angels. The theme this year was ‘Make A Noise About Bullying’. Our school’s ‘STOP’ acronym continues to support pupils, staff and parents/carers in identifying and preventing/stopping bullying.

We started the week off by inviting everyone from Nursery to Year 6 to wear odd socks to celebrate our uniqueness and to remind us to love and respect everyone for their differences.

Thank you to Ms Jacobs from QPR who delivered a wonderful assembly and worked with our Year 5 and Year 6 classes in order to shine a spotlight on bullying and to encourage children, teachers and parents to take action against bullying throughout the year.

Remember to ask your child about what they have learnt this year during our Anti-Bullying Awareness Week!  

This week Mrs Waine led us in a special whole school assembly all about Judaism. Mrs Waine reflected and taught the children all about her Jewish faith and family. Mrs Waine discussed our school values and throughout the assembly, community cohesion and unity was emphasised.

We thank Mrs Waine for leading such an immersive assembly whereby the children were able see authentic Jewish artefacts and learn all about The Torah, Shabbat, Festivals and the Synagogue.

Remember to ask your child all about what they have learnt this week in our special assembly and in class.

To find out more about our RE Curriculum please click here or visit the Catholic Life of the school by clicking here.

Wednesday 1st November was the Feast of All Saints and we were delighted that children and staff in Years 1 to 6 were able to attend a Mass celebrated by Mgr. Keith Barltrop in our parish church. 

We now look forward joining parishioners to celebrate Mass for The Solemnity Immaculate Conception on Friday 8th December at St. Mary of the Angels Church @11am. Parents and carers are most welcome to join us.

Thank you to all the pupils who took part in our wear yellow campaign at school, in order to raise awareness for World Mental Health Day which was celebrated at school on Tuesday 10^th October. All funds raised will go towards supporting the Young Minds charity.

Families and pupils were asked to bring in £1 to go towards this fantastic cause and we are pleased to say that we raised £160.25. 

We thank you so much for your fantastic fundraising efforts.

We have had a number of events to celebrate and give thanks for all our Year 6 pupils have contributed to our school starting with the Leavers’ disco last on Friday 14th July which was enjoyed by all. This was followed by a dress rehearsal of their end of year production of ‘Aladdin Trouble’ for pupils and staff on Monday 17th, with the performance proper for parents and family members on the evening of Tuesday 18th July. Both performances were amazing, but the evening performance was an absolute triumph which ended with a well-deserved standing ovation. Congratulations to everyone involved and to Miss Hulands and Miss Fahss in particular for all their hard work which ensured that everyone had a part to play and an opportunity to shine.  The narration, acting, singing, costumes, props and staging were brilliant and, while there were many stellar individual performances, it was a true ensemble piece which the children clearly enjoyed performing …. so much so that it was hard to get them off the stage at the end! Thank you to the audience too who engaged in the booing and hissing as directed and laughed in all the right places. The final formal celebration was our Leavers’ Mass in the parish church on Wednesday 19th, celebrated by Fr. Keith, which was followed by a drinks reception after school. Throughout all the events, our Year 6 pupils have shown great maturity and camaraderie which is a sign that they are ready for the next stage of their learning and faith journey although they will be greatly missed by all.