Easter is the most important celebration to our faith as we remember that Jesus gave us the most important gift of all – his life – before resurrecting and ascending into heaven. To celebrate this, all of the classes have been working together to re-enact the story of Easter leading up to Christ’s crucifixion. The children displayed a beautiful interpretation of the story which was captivating to witness. As a school and community, it gives us joy to celebrate Christ being reborn and we are pleased to see our children not only learning his story, but rejoicing in his name. 

Happy Easter to all! 

Today we celebrated Brain Tumour Awareness Day. To raise awareness of such a terrible disease, children and staff wore a hat of their choice to help thinking about those affected by brain tumours. Thank you to the parents for your continued support.

To help guide us through out Lenten journey, St Patrick’s pupils have been hosting Stay and Pray liturgies to appreciate the sacrifices that Jesus, and one another, all make for the good of others during lent. Parents were welcomed into our school to share this journey with us. Throughout the liturgy we reflected on what we can do to become more like Jesus by focussing on how we can bring the Frhttp://www.stpatricksthornaby.org.uk/wp-admin/plugin-editor.phpuits of the Spirit into each other’s lives. Thank you parents for your support through this Easter time and please feel free to join Stay and Prays in the future.

What an amazing outdoor experience St Patrick’s had today!

With the arrival of a climbing wall, fencing and archery equipment, we have had an amazing, fun-filled day. Classes 3-10 started their day with a nerve-wracking climb up the climbing wall with a few boys vs girl competitions to see how many could make it to the top. After the climbing wall the children ventured over to the archery: it seems we have a few Robin Hoods in the making judging by some of the shots. Finally the children blew off some steam with a brilliant fencing competition. All in all another brilliant day at St. Patrick’s.

En garde!

To celebrate World Down Syndrome Day we have been helping raise awareness for what Down Syndrome is and what we can do to help. To raise money and change attitudes, we as many different socks as we could; brightly coloured, long socks, printed socks or even 1 sock. The different socks showed how unique everyone on this Earth is, and that being different is worth celebrating. Thank you everyone for coming together to support this cause.

The Year 5s have had the experience of a lifetime as they jetted off to Claviere, Italy, to enjoy a brilliant week away skiing. Despite the uncomfortable ski boots and a few falls, our children were determined to make the most of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and get themselves back on their feet and persevere.

The hard work paid off! By the end of the week, all of the children made their way onto a scary ski lift which lifted them up to the peak of a mountain. How much their skiing ability developed was amazing, they ended up flying down blue and red slopes, one group even managed to brave a black (the hardest run you can do!).

When the days of skiing ended, the nights were filled with a range of brilliant activities; town trails, lantern lit walks, team quizzes, authentic Italian pizza nights, and even a snowmobile night trip back up the mountain to warm up with some lovely hot chocolate.

All in all, we could not have asked for a better trip. The children were not only brilliant at skiing, but their manners and behaviour was second to none. Thank you parents for raising such wonderful children which were a pleasure to take away for a week. We are glad we all came back in one piece.

After unfortunately having to close school for a few days, members of the school and community have rallied together to make sure the playground and walkways are safe for all children and family come Monday. Thank you to everyone who grabbed a shovel and helped!

Where to begin with our St Patrick’s Sporting Successes this month?!
First of all, a massive congratulations is due to past pupil Lucy Staines who has been selected to train with England Football Team – an amazing achievement and we wish you all the best of luck in your future. Another past pupil, Harvey Fairburn, has been extremely successful by getting through to the final trials of Northern Rugby Team Yorkshire Carnegie – well done Harvey! Now on to our current students Annisa Crossan and Issabella Waldy by who have finished their Irish Dancing competition, the Kelly Hendry Feis, in Newcastle in the top 10 – congratulations girls!