Walk to School Week
School Council have launched ‘Walk to School Week’ as part of National Walking Month. Schools across the country, including children and school staff are encouraged to travel to and from school in a sustainable, healthy way! Each morning, School Council have taken a...
World Earth Day
World Earth Day is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness of the challenges facing our environment and planet. Over 193 countries celebrate Earth Day around the world, with more people getting involved every year. During the day, we focussed on important...
World Book Day
Happy World Book Day St Gerard’s! What a fantastic day we all had. This year children could dress as a book character or a word. The costumes were extremely creative and everyone looked amazing. World Book Day also marked the deadline for the Paper Plate Competition....
The Big Lent Walk
“Small acts of love make big things happen.” As part of our Lenten fundraising activities, we are raising money to support various worthwhile charities. The GIFT Team voted to support CAFOD as they are part of one of the largest aid networks in the world. During the...
Vocations Week
‘Vocare’ is the Latin word meaning, ‘to call’ and as a Catholic school we believe the biggest calling we hear is from God. We are called to be holy, called to follow God in our lives, and called to use our gifts at work. This week was ‘Vocations week’ and we...
NSPCC Number Day
We celebrated NSPCC Number Day. The children came to school dressed up as a number ready for a fun-filled day of Maths activities. The aim of the day was for the children to see, think and do Maths in a range of contexts and to show that everyone is a mathematician...
RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch
School Council and Cafod Club participated in a national scheme called the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch. The survey helps to build a picture of garden wildlife across the U.K. Last year thousands of schools all over the country took part. Using binoculars, we viewed...
Nativity: One Starry Night
We celebrated the nativity with a fantastic performance by children from EYFS and KS1. They sang beautifully and eloquently portrayed the true meaning of the Christmas season. We hope that you enjoyed the performance and we wish you a happy and Holy Christmas....