A Visit from Author Sam Copeland
Today, we received an exciting visit from the children’s author Sam Copeland. He explained what initially inspired him to become an author and discussed his love of animals which he has chosen to include in his stories. The first book, ‘Charlie Changes into a Chicken’...
School Council ‘Book in a Box’ Challenge
School Council launched a new reading challenge called ‘Book in a Box’. Children bought a chapter of their favourite book to life by putting objects and artwork together in a box to retell the story. Take a look at the wonderful creations! Back to Events...
Remembrance
“Lest we forget…” At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns fell silent on the Western Front to bring an end to the fighting in World War I. As a mark of respect, at 11am St Gerard’s School fell silent for two minutes to remember and...
World Science Day
World Science Day takes place on 10th November. It was started as a way of opening up the world of scientific research and discovery to engage everybody in scientific issues and developments. Science is all around us and part of our everyday lives. To promote this,...
Wear It Pink!
Breast Cancer Now’s ‘Wear It Pink’ day is one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK. Taking place during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, thousands of amazing people wear it pink in their communities, schools or work places for the UK’s largest breast cancer...
Harvest
We celebrated the Feast Day of our School Patron, St Gerard. Children from the Spiritual Council prepared and led a whole school Mass. They wrote their own bidding prayers and selected the hymns, which were sang beautifully, making it a wonderful celebration! We are...
Sports Day
Inspired by the forthcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games, St Gerard’s enjoyed an exciting Sports Day which included an obstacle relay, rob the nest game, tennis ball relay and an egg and spoon race. The children were split into their house groups to compete against...
Spanish Day
We held our Spanish Day at St Gerard’s. Celebrating a Spanish Day gives our children the opportunity to explore the culture and customs of other Spanish speaking countries in the world. We all tried some delicious churros with chocolate and dulce de leche (toffee...