Last week the whole school took part in a beautiful Advent morning, where each class made some Advent craft and then presented them in an Advent Service with Fr. Benedict.

On Monday this week we observed a 2 minute silence on the playground for Remembrance Day. The children were respectful throughout and quite a few members of staff told me afterwards how touching the silence was. In assemblies this week we have focused on Remembrance of the dead. Mrs Mancari-Rees has opened a remembrance book on our assembly prayer table and it has been wonderful to see children quietly breaking away from their lunch to write in the book and pray for loved ones who have died.

Here we are at the end of a successful 8 week term! It has been a wonderful first half term at school, with the children achieving so much already.

Another wonderful couple of weeks have passed by in school. The children completed assessments in class this week and did so with great effort and perseverance.

It has been a very productive couple of weeks in school. Although very wet and with building work happening in school, the children have shown great resilience in adapting to slightly different routines for a short time.

Welcome to a new academic year at St Aloysius. It has been a really positive start to the term with every child settling back into routine.