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Christmas with Cathedral Tots

Cathedral Tots, the playgroup for siblings and children whose parents have accepted a nursery place at the school, is now in its third year. The playgroup is a chance for children to socialise, make new friends, do craft activities, dress up and play in a safe, warm environment. Numbers have fluctuated but we’re delighted that this year, twelve families are making regular use of the playgroup. Parent feedback has been excellent. The children really do seem very happy to have their group and are getting to know the routine. They even help to tidy up! It’s been a lovely space for parents to get know each other and find out more about the school from members of staff including Ms Jinks,our SENCO, Mrs Leighton, Assistant Head and Debbie from Nursery, who pop in from time to time.
 
 
We are really pleased to see how well children who have attended the playgroup have settled into nursery in the last couple of years. It’s lovely to see the classes of 2018 and 2019 developing friendships already. It’s also heart-warming to see the Year 6 children engage with the little children when they come along at the end of the session to help with the clearing up. We’d like to thank our regular helpers!
 
This week we had our end of term Christmas celebration. The children made crowns and Christmas trees and enjoyed some little Christmas treats, finishing off by singing Happy Birthday to one of the children. We hope you enjoy the photographs.
 
If you have a child under the age of 4 and would like to find out more, please come along or contact Jo McEwan, Home School Liaison Officer, via the school office. Cathedral Tots runs every Wednesday in term time, hall-space permitting, from 9.30 to 10.15, resuming on 17th January 2018

Service of Light

Nine children from Cathedral School were invited to take part in a brief service of light yesterday at Southwark Cathedral. The special service took place in the choir and was attended by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.  The children led the prayers and lit candles.

The Prince and the Duchess were accompanied by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby.

We were so proud of the children who took part in the service and represented the school well.

If you were at the service yesterday please could you describe your experience.

Cathedral School Christmas Service

Congratulations to Year 5 who lead our Christmas worship this morning at Southwark Cathedral. Their performance of ‘Holy Joe’ was stunning and really brought the Christmas story to life. They were accompanied by the beautifully singing voices of Years 2, 3, 4 and 6. The congregation were also treated to a performance of ‘Baby Jesus is Born Tonight’ by Nursery, Reception and Year 1.

Spanish Day

Spanish Day

Today was Spanish Day at Cathedral School. It was wonderful to see so many of the children dressed up in traditional Spanish costumes and colours! We started the day by singing ‘Hola Amigos’ in our celebration assembly. The children then spent the morning learning Spanish phrases, listening to and translating Spanish stories and counting using Spanish numbers.

At lunchtime, traditional Spanish music was played in the hall while the children and staff enjoyed either Spanish chicken or stew followed by churros! 

This afternoon, a range of activities took place from flamenco dancing to creating Spanish holiday brochures to Gaudi inspired mosaics. All around the school it was lovely to hear the children practising their Spanish and see so much excitement about Spanish language and culture. One child was heard saying “It’s been so nice to learn so much that I didn’t know about Spain today!”

Finally, thank you very much to all of our parent readers who came and read a Spanish story to the children. It was such a great opportunity for the children to ask questions about Spanish culture and language and hear a story from a native Spanish speaker.

What did you enjoy most about Spanish Day?