Gala Class had a fantastic ‘Sports Day’ this morning! Great running, balancing, jumping, dribbling and rolling. Super team work everyone!

Walnut class enjoyed their races and their ice cold treat!

Gala Class had a visit from ‘FAB first aid’ today and learnt lots about how to look after people who are unwell. They were very good at practising CPR and enjoyed learning the rhyme.

This afternoon, Damson Class tested out their chairs for Baby Bear, some great successes and I think Baby Bear will be happy!

Gala class have been having fun in their last few days in Reception. They achieved their ‘secret student’ marbles so enjoyed an ice lolly this afternoon and a watch of a Julia Donaldson animated story. They voted for Stick Man, a Christmas story, even though it is summer! 😁

What great resilience we showed by Walnut class! We all managed to climb through the hoop and pass it around the circle…even Mrs Wright!

Thank you to all those that came to support our first Macmillan Coffee morning. A great time was had by all eating delicious cakes donated, drinking coffee and raising money for a very worthy cause.

Almond Class were pattern seeking in Science this afternoon. They measured each others legs to find out if people with longer legs could jump further.

Gala class have enjoyed listening to Goldilocks and the three bears, sequencing the pictures and retelling the story. We also began to talk about simple maps and had fun making a big map on the floor.

Walnut class have enjoyed exploring shapes and creating sequences on the apparatus in gymnastics this week.

Thank you for all the support this week with our Macmillan Coffee mornings run by Year 5 and also our cake sale at the end today. Well done St Katherine’s Community!

Gala class have been working together to build houses for the 3 bears using various construction. Great team work! They have also enjoyed making their own story maps.

What a great start to the week - African Drumming and Dance Assembly and Workshops!

Exploring Scratch in Coding Club tonight. “It was great fun making the sprites move and play sounds.” Theo Yr 4

Celebrating Poetry Week at Mylo’s Book Club!

Gala Class have celebrated ‘National Poetry Day’ by performing the nursery rhyme ‘12345 Once I caught a fish alive!’

Year 3 enjoyed their visit from Maidstone Museum today. They were excited to hold Stone Age artefacts, some of which were over 8,000 years old. We thought our Stone Age names were great too!

Gala class have been learning about the importance of harvest this week, including naming and sorting various foods. Today we had fun experimenting with printing, using a selection of fruit and vegetables.