We are very proud of our children whose article, about their pictures for refugees at the Kent Detention Centre, has been published in several national newspapers this morning.
@BrumSchOfSanc
@BirminghamCoS
Year 2 are finishing
#WorldMentalHealthDay
with
#Take10ToRead
. As a class, they have loved reading The Creakers by
@TomFletcher
. N said “it helps our mental health because we can escape to another world”. Together, we took 10 minutes to read it as a class to end a wonderful day.
Today we say goodbye to our Headteacher, Cathie Buck, and thank her for her 22 years of dedicated service to Catholic education. Wishing you a happy and healthy retirement from us all at St Gerard’s.
@BhamDES
@RCBirmingham
Miss Crowley wanted to give a shout out to the amazing staff of St. Gerard’s on ‘thank a teacher day’! Thank you so much for working hard each day in providing the best Catholic Education to all, we are blessed to have you 🩷
#ThankATeacherDay
@BhamDES
@BCPP__
#StGerCL
A fabulous send off for our amazing Year 6 class today! The whole school formed a guard of honour and gave them all the special send off they deserved. Lots of love, luck and happiness from all at St Gerard’s.
@BCPP__
#Leavers2023
#Year6
Miss Crowley is so impressed with all of the hard work and dedication, shown by all of the children through the season of Lent, she asked the Easter Bunny if he would drop off a special treat for every child.
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
#CST
@CadburyUK
All staff here at St Gerard’s have had a brilliant day, and they all look great standing here with our very own “King Charles”. We hope all of our pupils and families have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the extra day off. Stay safe and God bless.
Thank you to everyone from the St Gerard’s community for joining us this morning. On behalf of our School and Parish Community, we wish you a peaceful and Holy Christmas. 🙏🏼
#StGerCL
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
#Advent
#Prepare
St Gerard’s would like to thank the parish and school community for your kind donations this morning, totalling £64 which will be donated to local charities.
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
#StGerRE
#StGerCST
Nursery held a long awaited and very special celebration this morning! We made top hats and tiaras for the happy occasion. The bride and groom promised to love each other for ever and ever and exchanged sweet jelly rings!
@BhamDES
@BCPP__
School Council would like to thank everyone who has taken part in their ‘Extreme Reading Challenge’. They have received over 50 entries! Mr Crehan is going to have a difficult time judging the winners.
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
#welovereading
📚
Huge congratulations to Miss Bluck, who leaves us today after 31 years of dedicated service to St Gerard’s School and Catholic Education. We wish her health and happiness in retirement.
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
This afternoon,Cafod Club enjoyed harvesting raspberries as well as refurbishing the Bug Hotel. Some of the children were adventurous by trying fresh food from the planters after a quick rinse.
@CAFODSchools
#StGerCL
@BCPP__
Year 2 have finished their class read ‘The Creakers’ by
@TomFletcher
and they have loved it. Lots of children got it for Christmas as well as other books by him. They’re excited to start our new book by
@leahcwilliamson
, which links to our history topic.
@BCPP__
#StGerReading
After the wedding we role played the story of Jesus’ first miracle! We were in awe as the water turned into special juice! What a wonderful time we had! We know that just as Jesus helped at the wedding, he will help us to love each other too!
@BhamDES
@BCPP__
This afternoon, the whole school joined together for our sponsored ‘
@CAFOD
Big Lent Walk’. We put our faith into action and joined the walk to fight poverty, to stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world.
@BCPP__
#StGerCST
#StGerCL
#BigLentWalk2024
Cafod Club came together to celebrate their achievements with an end of year party.A well deserved treat after working in all weathers, which resulted in a very successful plant sale. With your support we raised an amazing £131 !
@CAFODSchools
@livesimply
#StGerCST
Reception are learning how to perform a poem. They’ve listened carefully and can now recite ‘Fall’ by Brian Bilston off by heart.
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
Reception Class had a wonderful first day at ‘BIG’ school, reuniting with old friends from Nursery and meeting new friends too!
@BhamDES
@BCPP__
What a beautiful way to start our Advent retreat day with
@danonelifemusic
. A sea of purple singing and praying together as we think about how we are going to prepare for the birth of our Lord
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
#StGerCL
Congratulations to Miss Crowley, who will become Mrs Bannister in the Easter holidays. We wish her every happiness as she begins this next exciting chapter.
@BCPP__
#marriage
#love
Today, we held a whole school outdoor assembly to celebrate the end of the school year and the start of summer! We wish you all a happy, restful and safe summer.
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
#summer
St Gerard's are very proud to have become the 13th School in Birmingham to achieve the Live Simply Award. Our children and staff have demonstrated their commitment to becoming better global citizens.
@CAFODSchools
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
As part of UK Parliament Week, School Council members discussed the upcoming General Election and voted on a School Council motto of their own. Results will be announced soon.
#UKPW
@YourUKParl
Today, we welcomed the Reception children and new staff to our St Gerard’s School Community. Year 6 led a Whole School Mass which was a wonderful start to our academic year.
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
#welcome
#newstart
#wholeschoolmass
This afternoon, Year 6 performed their final Leavers’ Assembly to all the parents and the school community. We wish them well for the future in all that they do!
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
#Year62023
Well done to all of our Year 6 class, who put on a wonderful production of ‘Our Primary Years’ for their parents this evening!
@BCPP__
@stanscafe
#Year6
#proud
What a wonderful celebration we had today to mark Mr Crehan’s special birthday. We even had a visit from the ice cream man!
#specialbirthday
#summer
#fun
Today in Year 6, we used our senses to tune into the world. We drew what we could see, and wrote thoughtful, reflective poems depicting this.
#whatawonderfulworld
@clpe1
@OliverJeffers
A glorious first day! Orienteering and abseiling this afternoon, some free time to explore the games room and outdoor area! On to our evening activity now! 🤍
#makingmemories
#StGerCL
As part of our Multiplication and Division unit, Year One have been sharing into equal groups and writing the repeated addition number sentences to match our pictorial representations.
#StGerMaths
@BCPP__
@WhiteRoseEd
Thank you to the amazing staff of St. Gerard's who went above and beyond in providing exciting and inspiring learning experiences today! We love books!
#grateful
@BhamDES
@BCPP__
@theliteracytree
In Year 6, we have been exploring religious pieces of art, depicting the story of ‘Doubting Thomas’. We then created our own pieces of art work and showcased them within the class.
@BhamDES
@BCPP__
@BM_AG
What a wonderful afternoon! Sam Copeland visited years 3 & 4 to discuss the inspiration for his fantastic books. We learnt some very interesting facts about animals, such as the turkey vulture, pygmy whales and the common fly
@stubbleagent
@BCPP__
@_Reading_Rocks_
@OpenUni_RfP
Reception Class are enjoying learning a new song called ‘God made me, God made you’ as part of their RHE lessons.
@danonelifemusic
@BCPP__
@BhamDES
Look at our colourful display in Nursery inspired by our whole school text ‘What We’ll Build’ by Oliver Jeffers! We built models, number lines, our names, book characters and new friendships!
@BhamDES
@BCPP13
@clpe1
Congratulations to the Year 4 children who received the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist. Fr Mathew reminded us that we now carry Jesus in our hearts forever. 🙏🏼
@BhamDES
@BCPP__