Events Gallery
Enjoy some of the special events and activities that go on at our school.
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...
Years 5/6 present ‘Precious Emily’
Precious McKenzie became a weightlifting legend when, after an extraordinary childhood in apartheid blighted South Africa, he emigrated to England and won four consecutive Gold Medals in the Commonwealth Gold Medals. Fifty years later, Emily Campbell steps onto the...
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.
First Holy Communion
Year 3 continued their journey of faith as they received the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist for the first time in front of their families. Through prayer and discussion, the children came to realise that every Mass is a celebration of Jesus’ death and resurrection....
Year 6 visit Oscott College
On Tuesday 14th June, Year 6 visited St Mary’s College, Oscott. We spent the day with some of the 65 seminarians, including Peter, who has spent time in our school helping with liturgies, prayer services and altar server training. They took us on a tour of the...
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...
Year 2 at the Botanical Gardens
As part of our Science lessons, we explored the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, which contain over 7,000 different plants from all around the world. We took a trip through the stunning glasshouses and explored ways that plants have adapted to survive and thrive in...
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...