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Canon Leanne visited the school today and did a wonderful assembly on the season of Advent and how we can shine as lights in the world.

Here are the slides from her assembly including the ‘Nativity at night’ by Geertgen tot Sint Jans

Year 6 have just returned from a very exciting few days of challenge, adventure and, above all, fun at the annual outdoor residential at Marchants Hill, Surrey.

The children were, as ever, incredibly well behaved and a credit to the school.

Thanks to Miss Fullana, Mr Scott, Mrs Rees and Sara for giving up their own free time last week and making it another very successful school journey. The right balance of fun, challenge and encouragement is so important on these trips, and the children further develop persistence and independence, as well as a host of skills with each of the 20+ activities. To keep 25 children happy, laughing and engaged for 5 long days, which for many was their first time away from home, takes skill and dedication from the attending teachers.

It is something which the children will remember for a long time. The photos are on the Class 6 Blog.

And, of course, the PGL leader said we were her best group ever!

The photographs are back from the last night of Cathedral School’s Production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. – from putting on make-up to the final bows. They are a lovely collection of memories taken by a professional photographer.

A huge amount of work and dedication, not to mention talent, went into the show over 6 weeks, and one former headteacher, who now assists the Local Authority, said it was the best school show she had ever seen. A view that was shared by many of the audience.

There are approximately 100 pictures in this new slideshow below. In September, there will be a DVD and a CD of all 230 photos to purchase from reception.

It was a terrific end to a great year at Cathedral School. We wish Year 6 well at their new schools and all the best for the future.

Year 6, supported by Year 5, have finished their first performance of Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.

They performed brilliantly and the audience loved it. Please leave a comment if you were there! Pictures to follow later this week.

Here’s a video we made with footage from rehearsals.

The Summer Fete, organised by the Parents’ Forum, was a great success . Thank you to everybody involved in making the afternoon so special.

What was your favourite stall or activity and why?

The deadline for Science Projects has been extended to Monday 14th July (the last Monday of term).

We look forward to seeing all the projects then!

Further to the letter that was sent home, we would appreciate your feedback on how the school reports to you on the parents’ evening sheets and the end of year reports.

Please click here for more details.

The school has received national recognition for the value it adds to its pupils’ high achievement in the key stage 2 tests.

A recent in-depth analysis of official Department for Education data on all state-funded schools in England by SSAT, the national schools’ membership organisation for improvement and collaboration, identified The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy’s success.

The school has qualified for two SSAT Educational Outcomes Awards by being in the top 20% of primary schools nationally their pupils’ high attainment, and in the top 20% for progress made by pupils between their key stage 1 tests, taken at age seven, and their key stage 2 tests, taken at age 11.

The school has been invited to receive their award at a regional celebration ceremony hosted by SSAT at The St Marylebone CE School in London on 06 May.

Sue Williamson, Chief Executive of SSAT said:

‘The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy should be congratulated for their exceptional achievement. They have proved themselves to be leading the field in improving outcomes for their pupils. There is so much good practice that this school could share, and I hope many schools will join us at the celebration ceremony for the chance to network and share strategies with award-winning schools.

‘These results are testament to the commitment and hard work of the students, teachers and leadership team at The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy, and show what can be achieved when skilled teachers have high expectations and ambition for every child. I am proud that this school is a member of the SSAT network.’

The school was honoured to be chosen by The Royal British Legion to plant poppy seeds in the rose garden at 10 Downing St. today as part of the Centenary Poppy Campaign.

Children this morning went to the Prime Minister’s London residence and planted poppy seeds with David Cameron to promote the nationwide appeal to cover the UK with poppies during the centenary period in commemoration of all those who lost their lives in the First World War.

The school’s representatives were confident and assured as they spoke to the Prime Minister and the assembled media about the first World War. Mr Cameron commented that the children were very knowledgeable and ‘knew their dates’, while Number 10’s digital press officer was impressed the children’s confidence and articulacy.

What made the day even more exciting was the children had no idea who they were going to meet until they turned up at the famous black door. They were taken up the grand staircase, passing pictures of every past Prime Minister, and enjoyed refreshments until the Prime Minister was scheduled to meet us.

As well as planting some seeds in the rose garden itself, we also planted some in troughs which we brought back to school to grow here.

The school would like to thank Helen and Becky from The Royal British Legion for giving us this wonderful opportunity and to the staff of Number 10 for making the children feel very welcome in such as special building. We hope we helped to heighten awareness of the campaign.

ITV covered the event: http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2014-04-28/pm-sows-poppy-seeds-with-pupils-in-downing-street/

Shrove Tuesday is a day of celebration as well as penitence, because it’s the last day before Lent. Throughout the United Kingdom, and in other countries too, people indulge themselves on foods that traditionally aren’t allowed during Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.

During our assembly, Mr Rojas reminded us about the origins of Shrove Tuesday and we discussed things we could give up or start doing while Sara cooked a pancake from scratch, with the help of pupils.

The pancake was flipped in front of the whole school and lucky Miss Godsell ate it with a special caramel sauce from Argentina known as “Dulce de leche salsa”!

How will you be observing lent this year?