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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?

Friendship

 

This morning Father Michael led our collective worship. He helped us think  about our school motto ‘life in all its fullness’ in terms of friendship. He told us the story of how Jesus healed the paralysed man. The man was unable to move but his friends helped him to see Jesus. Father Michael also shared an acrostic poem. 

What does friendship mean to you?

Please write your own Friendship Acrostic. Mrs Scott will share some of the poems during collective worship, they will be posted on this blog and put in a book to be kept in the entrance hall.

Thank you for taking the time to write a poem.

 

Beauty and the Beast Jr

Beauty and the Beast Jr

Year 6 finished their year with a remarkable production of Beauty and the Beast. Their dedication, talent and professionalism made the musical a tremendous success and a fitting end to the year.

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Summer Reading

The summer holidays is the ideal chance for children to enjoy reading new texts.   To support with this, we have put together some recommended reading lists to help you and your child choose the books they would like to read.

The book lists can be downloaded below.  We are always looking to expand and improve our lists so, if you or your child can recommend a book that is not on the list, please leave a recommendation in the comments section of the Blog post and we can add the book to our list.

For younger children we would recommend trying a wide range of authors such as, Mike Inkpen, Julia Donaldson, Allan Allberg, Lauren Child, Jill Murphy, Anthony Browne, John Burningham, Rod Campbell, Eric Carle, Lynley Dodd, Shirley Hughes, Oliver Jeffers, Judith Kerr, David McKee, Helen Oxenbury and Raymond Briggs.

Enjoy a lovely summer of reading!

Reading list Years 1 and 2

Reading list Years 3 and 4

Reading list Years 4 and 5

Reading list Years 5 and 6