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...
School Council Extreme Reading Challenge
Where is the most extreme place you have ever read a book? The School Council set a competition to read a book in an unusual place. Here are a selection of some of the entries. Back to Events...
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
On Friday 27th May, St Gerard’s celebrated Her Majesty’s Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee with a fun packed day of royal celebrations. We all dressed up in the Union Jack colours of red, white and blue to honour The Queen, who has become the first British Monarch to...
Perry the Bull
Today, we met the official mascot of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Perry the multi-coloured bull. Perry explained that the Games are for everyone across the 72 countries and territories of the Commonwealth. As the host city, Birmingham is perfectly...
Zoolab
Dominique from Zoolab visited our school to show us her amazing menagerie of insects, amphibians and arachnids. We had the opportunity to learn many interesting facts about their bodies, habitats and diets. Afterwards, we were able to carefully hold the animals and...
Earth Day
This year, our school is celebrating the wonderful earth that we live on. World Earth Day encourages us to think about the impact that we have on our planet. As part of the Paris Agreement, we need to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century to keep the...
A Visit from Emily Campbell
We received a visit from the Olympic Silver Medalist, Emily Campbell. She spoke to us about her inspiring journey, which resulted in her becoming the first British female to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting at the Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. Later, she went on...