We marked Ash Wednesday today with a liturgy led by Father Michael, Father John and our Pupil Chaplaincy Team. Around school, the prayer tables were covered in purple. Everyone in school received the mark of…
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SSAS supports NSPCC Number Day!
As part of SSAS Maths Week, our children were raising money for the NSPCC, culminating in our “Dress Up for Digits” Day on Thursday. We learned about the crucial work of the NSPCC to help…
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Year 1 had so much fun today! Firstly, the children had so much fun dressing up in numbers, shapes and digits. We had some incredible costumes coming through the classroom doors!!! Our Maths learning was…
Read MoreAdvent Fundraising!
Gaza/Israel Appeal Well done to our Mini Vinnies for leading our fundraiser for The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. This was part of St Albans-wide campaign aimed at helping people who…
Read MoreWelcome back – Year 4
All the children in Year 4 have settled back in well after the Christmas holidays and have been working hard! In Science, we started a new topic all about sound. We investigated how different instruments…
Read MoreEpiphany of the Lord & Catholic Social Teaching
Welcome back! The children have been so excited to share their Christmas Holiday news with each other this week. In RE we enjoyed learning about the Epiphany of the Lord and we created some beautiful…
Read MoreKS1-It’s Time to spread the joy!
This term has been filled with lots of excitement and experiences. We have finally finished the autumn term with a brilliant Nativity. KS1 put on three performances of their Christmas play ‘The Inn Crowd’, which was…
Read MoreWhat a wonderful final week in 2023!
The KS1 Nativity was AMAZING!!! The children sung and performed brilliantly. Many thanks to our parents for all the costumes that you provided. We hope you enjoyed the show which shared a special message of…
Read MoreLiving out our Catholic Social Teaching
During Advent, we have reflected on how we can support the poor and vulnerable in our community. This fitted into our Catholic Social Teaching theme – Option for the Poor. We thought about how we…
Read MoreYear 6 – Benin, Bulbs and Basketballs
This week in Year 6 we finished our work on the Kingdom of Benin. We considered the future of artefacts that were taken by the Victorians and explored how and why the empire fell apart….
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