St John Fisher RC Primary School, Stanycliffe Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2PB

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St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale

Love Jesus, love learning, inspiring each other to be the best that we can be.

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  • Year 4 had beautiful music lesson this morning with Mrs Walsh. We have started playing and singing Christmas songs!
  • For Inter-Faith Week, Year 3 have been learning about how art is an expression of beliefs in many religions. We learned that in Islam, mehndi patterns are used for celebrations such as weddings and Eid.
  • Inter Faith Week with Year 2
  • This week the whole of Year 1 received an award in our achievement assembly for being amazing
  • EYFS/Reception Class - Art and DT Topic Hot and Cold Places, here is Cold Places
  • Well done to all of this weeks award winners.
  • Year 6 had a great day learning about World Religions today. As part of our RE Super Learning Day, we focused on Hinduism and the importance of Rangoli patterns to that faith. Have a look at the patterns we have been inspired to create.
  • Year 6 looked at the artwork of Darrell Wakelam and created some amazing 3D pictures today. Thank you so much for our visiting artist, Belinda John, for guiding us through the process
  • Congratulations to all our award winners this week.
  • Reception are working very hard to blend sounds together to make words.
  • Star books in Year 2
  • Year 1 have been creating super art work today with the artist Belinda John in the style of the artist Peter Thorpe.
  • Year 4 loved the STEM Workshop they attended virtually today. They are learning lots of information about rainforests!
  • Year 3 have been learning about the reasons Catholics choose to have their children baptised. They interviewed some staff members and asked them why they chose (or will choose) to baptise their child and how they support them on their faith journey.
  • Year 6 had a great time at the recycling centre in Trafford today. We learnt about why we need to recycle as part of our Climate Change topic.
  • Year 6 learnt about the importance of how to stay safe around large vehicles this afternoon. Thank you to Martin Broker Trucks and out local Community Support Officers for helping us to understand about blind spots.
  • Year 3 had a great trip to Lytham St Anne’s despite the rain. They learned about how different sea defences protect the human features of the coastline. They also cared for our common home by collecting plastic and other litter.
  • Year 2 children loved playing recorders again. They are definitely improving
  • In Maths Year 1 have been subitising and recognising numbers to 100 by playing snakes and ladders
  • Year 5 took some time to get closer to God with a meditation session.
  • Year 4 - Maths Children are working very hard during their TTRS session! Keep it up
  • Thank you to everyone who came to our Reception Class Stay and Play this morning. Your support is appreciated.
  • Year 6 have been thinking about the importance of mental health. As part of World Mental Health Day, we have been reflecting on what makes us happy and how we can manage our negative feelings
  • Year 5 celebrated World Mental Health day today.
  • Lovely silent reading in Year 4
  • Well done to our wonderful Year 3 award winners
  • Year 2 award winners
  • It has been Year 1 charity day today. We raised lots of money for The Christie, thank you for all your support and generous donations
  • Reception Class are working non stop!
  • Year 6 visited the Crucial Crew this afternoon. We learnt about the importance of staying safe on public transport and how we need to look after our physical and mental health.
  • Year 1 Stay and Pray morning …
  • EYFS/Reception Class - Stay and Pray. Thank you to those parents that were able to attend.
  • Year 5 Stay and Pray
  • Geography super learning day in Year 3 - using maps and atlases to locate countries and counties.
  • Year 4 - English Children are working really hard during their grammar lessons. Well done.
  • Year 2 used their Computing skills to enhance their Geography learning.
  • Reception enjoyed their walk around school as part of the Geography super learning morning yesterday. Today they will be mapping some of the things they saw.
  • Year 1 and Year 6 went on a walk of our local area as part of our geography super learning morning .
  • Today in Maths Year 1 have been comparing groups by matching!
  • As part of our Topic, Year 5 went to Whit Brook River. The children identified the different features of the river and used ipads to take photographs. The children will use these to label the features of a river and to inform their ark work.
  • Congratulations to our Year 6 award winners
  • Super Math learning in Year 5
  • A huge well done to Year 4! They had their first swimming lesson today and they were fantastic!!! We can’t wait to continue our swimming journey. Well done everybody
  • In Year 1 we have been learning all about Shape
  • We had a fantastic walk to Rochdale Canal in Boarshaw this afternoon; well done Year 2!
  • Reception are enjoying eating their lunch together in the hall.
  • Year 3 loved speaking to ex-pupil Riley about his job in the Army. They asked some brilliant questions!
  • This week the children in reception have been put in to house teams. They a have also earned lots of house points for their teams for super work.
  • Reception have settled well in to Reception.
  • Well done to Year 6. We celebrated the end of an amazing year by naming our head children, awarding each other certificates of achievement and looking back at our old Reception pics.
  • Year 6 celebrated their last Mass with school this morning.
  • Reception Class visited Sea Life in Manchester. They had a wonderful time interacting with all kinds of sea creatures.
  • EYFS/Reception Class - Stay and Play Session.
  • Year 5 are getting ready for life in Year 6! They met their new teacher today. Let the hard work being!!!
  • EYFS/Reception Class - Star Books session.
  • Welcome to Year 5! #sjfmoveupmorning #samebutdifferent
  • Our new Year 3s are looking very grown up on their first day in Key Stage 2! Mrs Davies is very impressed! #moveupmorning #year3
  • A lovely transition morning for our Year 3 children. They are certainly ready for Year 4 in September
  • Year 3 had a fabulous MFL Super learning day. They learned about the Olympic Games which will be taking place in Paris this summer. They watched the flag parade at the opening ceremony of a previous games and described the flags in French. Fantastique!
  • Year 6 have been learning about the Paris Olympics as part of our MFL Super Learning Day. We've been talking to each other in French about what sports we like or dislike and why
  • Year 6 had a special visitor today. A past pupil came to tell us about their career journey after leaving our school. Do you know what a dispatch officer does for the Greater Manchester Police?
  • A wonderful celebration with our children and families as we continue with them on their faith journey.
  • Year 6 are having a lovely afternoon after a very hard working week. SATs are over so let's have fun!!!
  • A letter to Year 6 in preparation for their KS2 SATs.
  • Year 6 had a great time learning about the Mayan city of Chichen Itza as part of our History Super Learning day.
  • A big congratulations to Year 5 who are all award winners this week! Well done
  • Great pictures of some of our award winners for this week. 19.4.24
  • EYFS/Reception Class - Maths
  • The focus for Super Maths learning is Measure. Year 1 have had a fun packed morning measuring lots of different objects using a variety of measuring equipment
  • Year 5 had a fantastic day at Quarry Bank Mill. Their behaviour was exceptional and they were a credit to our school.
  • Year 6 have been debating about the pros and cons of school uniforms.
  • As part of the Inspiring Aviation Campaign, in partnership with the Department for Transport's 'Reach for the Sky' initiative, Year 6 were invited to take part in a question and answer session via Zoom. We learnt about aviation careers among young people!
  • Thank you to our Year 6 chaplains for delivering the Wednesday Word to Year 4. We talked about Lent and following God’s way
  • Well done Year 1 for your generous donations to Francis House. Your gifts are much appreciated by all the poorly children at the hospice. Thank you
  • Today the volunteers have been out with the pupils from St. John Fisher RC Primary School. The pupils were helping us sow wildflowers on the patch of land near the school at the top of Stanycliffe Lane.
  • Some super paintings of the Houses of Parliament inspired by Monet.
  • The children had an amazing Enterprise Week.
  • Year 6 have had a great time thinking about future jobs and careers. We have interviewed people from different sectors to help us think about what jobs we might want to do.
  • Reception Class have had a super time this morning learning all about ‘People who help us’. They visited Little Play Town, a role play centre in Heywood.
  • The children had a great (and very noisy) time at the KS2 Disco tonight. Lots of treats and dancing!
  • The children have thoroughly enjoyed World Book Day. Bringing in their favourite books and dressing up in pyjamas. Well done children
  • Year 6 had a great day. We read our favourite books and created illustrations in the style of Quentin Blake. We then developed our own unique story characters.
  • @jasinbath and the talented illustrator @AFatimaharan Children created some fantastic alternative characters to familiar traditional tales
  • A wonderful celebration as we start the week ahead of World Book Day. Year 2 enjoyed taking part in the British Library event listening to amazing authors Michael Rosen and Jasbinder Bilan.
  • EYFS/Reception -P.E Spring Term 2 - Tennis
  • Year 5 - Music Children have been identifying high pitch and low pitch notes. They have worked extremely hard playing new notes. Keep up the good work children.
  • Year 5 - Career Related Learning HSBC delivered an informative workshop today discussing the importance of budgeting money. Children looked at different scenarios and thought about which option would be the best price and why.
  • We celebrated the beginning of Lent this morning with a lovely Ash Wednesday service.
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