Once again, The Politics Project created a sense of excitement in the Year 6 classrooms at St Fidelis Catholic Primary School in Erith, Kent. The children were passionate about the questions they asked and really valued the experience of talking with a local councillor. As a school, they do The […]
Yearly archives: 2025
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St. Mary’s Catholic Federation in Carshalton celebrated the month of May, a dedicated month to Our Lady, ‘Crowning of Mary’. They created displays throughout the school. Infant School Junior School
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School celebrated the Jubilee Year of Hope by welcoming the Pilgrim of Hope candle. They marked this occasion by St Christopher’s class working with Made in Merton to design and print bunting in the theme of pilgrims of hope. They did this using a […]
St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School in Tunbridge Wells celebrated World day for cultural diversity. It was an amazing day where super brave children performed dancing and singing in assembly. St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School had a beautiful Jubliee Filipino song from their amazing year six pupil and traditional dancing from […]
Students and staff from Laleham Lea School in Purley were delighted to welcome Father Roshy from John The Baptist on Wednesday for our Crowning of Mary service and procession. Children processed in the playground before offering flowers to Mary and ending with a special crowning ceremony at her statue.
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Eltham recently visited Sparrows Lane for a training session with Charlton’s 2018/19 play-off-winning captain Jason Pearce. The Eltham-based school will contest the final of the Utilita Kids Cup at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, May 25th, with their match kicking off ahead of the men’s first-team’s […]
Today St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Tunbridge Wells welcomed Jolene from Country style recycling. She lead an informative assembly on recycling and sustainability. Pupils and staff were all encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle more and learnt about what happens to our rubbish. The school council then went on a […]
Headteacher, Mrs Grainne Parsons at St Edmund’s Catholic School in Dover has been named Headteacher of the Year for the Dover District at the Kent Teacher of the Year Awards 2025! Set in the stunning Ashford International Hotel, the evening was truly A Night to Remember—a celebration of passion, dedication, and the transformative power […]
St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Tunbridge Wells have set up a rosary prayer area for children, and adults to pray the rosary. It has been lovely to watch children approach the prayer area to pray and bring flowers.Mrs De Guzman is leading the rosary during our collective worship time with […]
On Friday 2nd May 2025 Liam Conlon, MP for Beckenham and Penge opened St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School in Penge’s new playground. The school received a generous donation worth over £100,000 from Eike and Marie. Liam Conlon said ” St Anthony’s is a wonderful school with new leadership that is […]
On Monday 6th May 2025, St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Tunbridge Wells, were honoured to welcome the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership (KCSP) Jubilee Year of Hope candle. Accompanied by Annemarie Whittle, KCSP CEO, and Joanne Burford, KCSP SIP, the candle is currently travelling around all the schools within the trust […]
On the 2nd April 2025 all St Oscar Romero schools came together at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, in order to celebrate “Walking the Way of the Cross”. At the heart of the Trust is their witness of faith and there is nothing more important to them than to be able […]
Members of the Richard Challoner School community are delighted that the school’s excellent outcomes, once again, have been recognised by SSAT (Schools’, Students’ and Teachers’ Network) in this year’s Educational Outcomes Awards. This prestigious award recognises that our school is among the highest performing secondary schools in the country, based […]
Award winning fashion designer Emile Vidal Carr has been working with the pupils at St Fidelis Catholic Primary School in Erith, on a fashion design course. It has given the pupils an opportunity to design and create their own designs. Watch the video to see the London designers of the […]
Christ the King Sixth Forms has been honoured with the Oscar Romero Award at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark. Christ the King Sixth Forms (CTK) is delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Oscar Romero Award at Participator Level in recognition of our commitment to Catholic Social Teaching, social […]
On Monday 17th March 2025 St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Broadstairs took part in the CAFOD Big Lent Walk. The children exceeded 200 kilometres walking and running laps of the school playground. The local CAFOD Representative John Darby who presented an assembly, had the children enthralled with the super […]
On Saturday 22nd March 2025, St Fidelis Catholic Primary School in Bexley, had its annual Big Lent Walk attended by over 72 children and their families, ex pupils, staff and dogs too! We are so proud of how our community gave up their time for this event raising £490 together. It […]
On Wednesday 19th March 2025, ten Catholic schools in Wandsworth came together at St George’s Cathedral to celebrate the Jubilee Year, Pilgrims of Hope. The schools that participated are: The beautiful Mass was celebrated by Canon Victor Darlington, and the Year 4 children from all the schools led the liturgy. […]
By putting Eucharistic adoration at the heart of his ministry, Father Mark Wharton has helped students encounter Christ in daily life. Shortly after he was ordained in 2022, Father Mark Wharton was asked to be the Catholic Chaplain at the University of Kent. When he arrived, the number of students […]
Reception, Year 1 and 2 from St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Tunbridge Wells embarked on a Pilgrimage of Hope today as part of the Jubilee year. Pupils walked to St Gregory’s school Chapel. They were met by the pupil Chaplains of St Gregory’s and their School Chaplain. There they had […]
Primary school children join the Archbishop of Southwark, John Wilson, in prayer at St George’s Cathedral Over 100 children from primary schools in South London were led by Archbishop John Wilson in Eucharistic adoration at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark. Eucharistic adoration is a practice of worship in the Catholic Church before […]
Donhead Prep School in Wimbledon is enjoying the celebrations for the Jubilee 2025. The theme of Pilgrims of Hope was launched in our whole school assembly and have since pupils have taken part in a Walks of Hope, as the houses of Xavier, Loyola and Campion, raising money for Jesuit […]
Each class in St Mary’s Catholic Federation, Carshalton, made door garlands for around the school. These beautiful creations launched the Jubilee Year of Pilgrims of Hope. The designs ranged from replicating the colours and symbols of the Jubilee logo, whilst others celebrated the joy of living in Gods world with flowers, […]
In the Autumn Term, the children at Saint Joseph’s Primary School, The Borough entered an art competition held by CAFOD. Pupils had to create a piece of art that they felt showed the theme of ‘Climate Justice’. They had many wonderfully creative entries and four pupils won the CAFOD Climate […]
Students, staff and governors from Notre Dame Catholic Girls’ School in Southwark recently participated in an international seminar on ‘Faith that does Justice’ led by Rev. Professor Jim Wallis of Georgetown University. The event, held in partnership with the London Jesuit Centre, Catholics for Labour and the Universities of Birmingham, […]
Pupils from St Francis RC Primary School have been making waves with their creativity and commitment to caring for the environment. Before Christmas, our Mini Vinnies took part in a unique eco-project, transforming waste collected from the Thames River bank into beautiful Christmas decorations. This initiative was led by Flora from @washedupcards, who guided the children in […]
The children at The Federation of St Bede’s and St Bernadette Catholic Schools in Clapham Park are excited this Jubilee year. The Federation of St Bede’s and St Bernadette Catholic Schools launched the Jubilee year with an assembly. Pupils have also written their hope prayers on footprints and these have […]
On Tuesday CAFOD delivered a workshop to year R, 1 and 2 at St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School in Tunbridge Wells. The workshop was on the Pilgrim of Hope. The session was very interesting and informative.
It was an absolute privilege for St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Gomm Road, to have The Most Reverend Archbishop John Wilson celebrate Mass with their school community on Friday 31st January 2025 in honour of their 125th Year Anniversary. They were deeply thankful for his presence and inspiring words and it made […]
To celebrate the beginning of the Jubilee Year, all of St William of York Catholic Primary Schools pupils in Key Stage 2 classes went on a pilgrimage to and around St George’s Cathedral, Southwark. Years 6 and 4 pupils went on Monday 27th January 2025 and were the first people through […]
There was a real buzz in the air today as we launched our Jubliee of Hope year. We gathered as a school and embarked on a shared journey to mark this Holy year. Our school have been working on a display board of pledges of Hope. Our scripture today was […]
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Deal marked a significant milestone with the grand opening of its new building on 28th January 2024. The event was attended by students, parents, staff and community members. Beginning with a Mass led by Archbishop John Wilson in the Church of St John the […]
As part of the Jubilee Launch on Friday 24th January 2025, Christ the King Sixth Form, Aquinas had their students decorate their chaplaincy display board for the Jubilee Year of Hope. The displays will be on running throughout the year in the Chaplaincy area of the school. In this Jubilee […]
On Thursday 17th January, Ursuline Sixth Form hosted an inspiring Sixth Form Conference on Democracy and Truth in a World of AI and Social Media! We welcomed students, and staff from six other schools (City of London Academy, Raynes Park High, Ricards Lodge, Rutlish, Wimbledon College, and Ursuline Academy Ilford). […]
The children at St James the Great Catholic Primary School were thrilled to learn they had secured the Summer Reading Challenge Trophy for the second consecutive year. Organised by Southwark Libraries, this event encourages children to read at least six books during the summer break. The school provided the highest […]
It was a busy December at St Fidelis Catholic Primary School in Erith, Kent. 62 children from Years 5 and 6 attended a Homeless Sleepover where they learnt about homelessness and gave up their bed for the night, sleeping in the school hall. The children also took part in Christmas […]
As we lit the first candle of the Advent wreathe, the candle of hope, the community of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Sixth Form College observed Hope Week, in preparation for being Pilgrims of Hope during the Jubilee Year. In doing so we supported three charities, firstly we collected food for […]
At St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School in Canterbury, we have been busy in the lead up to Christmas with many different events. Our whole school took part in the Nativity which was held at our parish church, St Thomas of Canterbury, which has become a tradition. The children enjoyed performing […]
St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Tunbridge Wells have been busy preparing for Christmas. Children delivered the message of Jesus birth beautifully with a wonderful heartfelt nativity. The whole school has embarked on the call from the a parish to make Christmas cards. These cards will be given to the lonely, […]