St Thomas' CE Primary Academy

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Reading afternoons... kick started by Y6...

You may have noticed something intriguing on the school calendar this year... amongst the non-uniform days, class worships and events, we have some fantastic opportunities for families to come into school and to enjoy our beautiful library during our reading afternoons. 

Year 6 held theirs first and it was... a success! Parents flocked to the hall and pupils nested, settled down and relaxed while reading!

Check your calendar dates to see when it will be your year group's chance to have this fantastic opportunity to read for pleasure.

Reported By: The Blog Squad 05/10/11

Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

 

During the period of mourning, our school community came together to reflect on Her Majesty's life.. here are some of our reflections to commemorate and to mourn...

 

Reported By: The Blog Squad 20/09/22

 

Our School's Vision... Launching the logo!

 

 

St Thomas’ Primary school have returned to learning this year with an exciting addition to the school- the brand, new logo featuring the St Thomas’ dove.

The school logo itself was carefully deigned and chosen by the children who were led by the Church-School council. The selected a dove holding an olive branch to be the focus of the logo so that it would reflect the school’s vision of, ‘Encouraging each other, overflowing with hope.’

The launch of the new logo led to a very exciting event afterschool – the real-life St Thomas’ dove came to visit the school! The school community and the wider community gathered together to celebrate the new logo and to share the vision together. The school’s choir sang and the Church-School council led the people gathered in prayers and shared the journey of the logo.

The event came to a climax when the dove was released out into the world to spread encouragement and hope. One child reflected on the event, saying: ‘It was amazing to see the real St Thomas’ dove go out into the community. I hope this helps us to make a difference to people in school and in the community too.

The school is continuing to celebrate its new feathery friend and hopes that the children’s ownership of the logo will help them to live out their vision of encouraging each other, overflowing with hope.

 

Reported By: The Blog Squad 15/09/22

Celebrating St Thomas' as we embark upon a new year (Chinese New Year of the Tiger)

 

Have you ever thought about how a stick of rock has the same message running all the way through it? At St Thomas' our school is just like this. Our school family is a stick of rock and the writing that you would see would be our school vision, 'Encouraging each other, overflowing with hope.'

Each class at St Thomas' has its own name - which represents the virtues that we want to encourage every child to show: Love, Joy, Kindness, Gentleness, Thankfulness, Gratitude, Honesty, Forgiveness, Courage, Hope, Tolerance, Diversity, Humility and Peace. During the time each of us has spent here, we have been encouraged to think of other people in the charity work we have done. In this new year of the Tiger, we are looking forward to all of the charity work that will happen within the next 12 months. When Chinese New Year celebrations occur, people give red envelopes of money; and the school will be raising money for Red Nose Day soon.

This time of Chinese New Year, has made some of the Blog squad think about the differences in race, religion, gender and appearance of all of the children in our school family because of the different cultural celebrations that take place. We have people in our classes - who follow different religions - that we make sure are included in all of our learning and times of worship too (where appropriate). Every one at St Thomas' will be accepted as part of our school family. In PSHE we even make sure that we learn all about diversity and acceptance - this has even inspired the names of our Year 5 Classes!

As it's Chinese New Year, we need to celebrate! One group of people need celebrating today and they would be our Teaching Assistants! These amazing people comfort pupils when they're hurt or feeling low: they keep us safe and secure. One of the secret missions they undertake during the day are interventions: they hear us read, boost our phonics and Maths and guide us to make better relationships and choices too. We would like to also celebrate their smiles (which light up the play grounds and classrooms) and say thank you to them for always encouraging the children but also Teachers too!

Dragons remind us of fierce and fiery exchanges - they make us think of bravery and strength too! If someone has had a disagreement, a tiff or a falling out, there is a very particular way we deal with this... we sit down together and try to restore the relationship. We talk about our feelings and emotions from the time of the falling out; sometimes we need a helpful adult (such as the Learning Mentors) to guide us to make things better. Most importantly, part of our Church school family is to show compassion and forgiveness. When we do this, we understand how each other feel and we then understand each other better. 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 25th January 2022

Celebrating our learning environments at St Thomas' Church of England Primary Academy

 

During our Blog Squad meeting tonight, we decided that we would like to Blog about the achievements that are quietly celebrated in the classrooms and corridors of our school building - something that often goes undetected by the wider school community online. Our spectacular classrooms and corridors - that celebrate our learning and act as a second teacher to us - prompt us to retrieve our knowledge when we are problem-solving and they fill us with joy when we see our work displayed around the school. 

As Year Six pupils, we have bloomed with pride at the learning we have seen on display around the school; we have also been able to reminisce and recall memories of our time in different year groups. To us, the classroom displays are not just a second teacher but they are a story that is written upon the walls. Each classroom tells a different story - as if it were a chapter in a book of our Primary Education. 

Our time walking the corridors and celebrating the fantastic learning has made us proud to be part of the St Thomas' School family. 

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