The NSPCC and their mascot Buddy visited the whole school on Tuesday 10th December, explaining about abuse, worries that children might have, bullying and how to deal with these situations when they occur. In this workshop we learned the key message: “Speak Out, Stay Safe.” We learned fun actions to help us remember Childline’s phone …
Wiltshire Air Ambulance Visit Our School
Wiltshire Air Ambulance came to visit the whole school on the 11th December. We learnt what to do in an emergency, how to do CPR, how to use an automatic emergency defibrillator (AED), how to put someone in the recovery position and what do to if someone is choking. We spent a lot of time …
St Katharine’s sing in Hope for Homes concert
On Saturday 14th December a group of singers from Chestnut Class met at Marlborough College Chapel to sing in the Hope for Homes fundraising concert. The children joined with children from Burbage Primary and Oare Primary to sing three carols supported by Principal of Oare Primary, Mrs Gudrun Osbourne. The children’s voices were beautiful and all that attended …
Conservation Projects
Both Chestnut and Sycamore Classes have worked with Ramsbury Estates on the first part of two different conservation projects. Chestnut Class have planted over 100 cowslips which they will now leave to germinate and begin to grow before planting them at a conservation area near Ramsbury in the spring. Cowslips are a favourite food and …
St Katharine’s win the DDMIX Dance Festival for South West Region
We continue to take part in lots of extra-curricular activities that we hope add a rich dimension to the subjects already taught in school. Those of you with children in Chestnut Class will know that they entered a dance competition a little while ago the first round of which was to be judged by none …
Forest School Year 2
We are entering our second year of running forest school sessions for all the children. Last year every class had a block of forest school learning with Mrs Arnold of approximately 6 weeks (on a Thursday afternoon). This year we are running the same model, starting with Oak Class. Alongside Mrs Arnold will be your …
Welcome to your New Website!
As a parent of two boys at the school, I was delighted to be asked to re-design the St Katharine’s website which had become difficult-to-update, was not mobile responsive and therefore had a very dated look and feel that was not in keeping with current trends. As with every website project we undertake at Callia …
