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...
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...