End of Term & Christingle
On the day we break up for Christmas we hold our glorious Christingle service at St Giles Church. Every child at St Giles has made a christingle and we want to share the highlights of the service with you. Our Christingle service really encompasses the true meaning of Christmas. What is the meaning behind the Christingle? Christingle means ‘Christ’s Light’ and it is a symbol of the Christian faith. Lots of churches hold Christingle services around Christmas time. The custom o
Christmas time is here!
It has been a very busy few weeks but we are very proud of what our School has achieved. We have raised an amazing amount of money for school funds during the last week. This is broken down as follows: Christmas Cheer Fund raiser - £267.11 Secret Santa - £96 Christmas Performance (Raffle & Tickets) £384.85 GRAND TOTAL £747.96 Mrs Forster said, “Thank you to everyone who helped out in any way and to all who came and supported our school. This money will benefit every child thr
Advent
Father Mark led our collective worship on Wednesday and told us about the Advent wreath. We all have our Advent calendars and opened them on the 1st December and will continue to do so until the 25th December. Behind each door is a surprise but have you ever wondered what Advent is about? Father Mark came to tell us. Advent marks the start of the Christian year. It is the four weeks before Christmas, beginning on November 30 or the nearest Sunday to it. This is the Church's N
Learning Walk - Look at what we've been doing!
With Christmas fast approaching we are taking you on a Learning Walk to look at all our hard work over this half term. We have had many memorable experiences this half term in our lessons and want to show you a small snapshot of some of our amazing work. Class 1 & 2 Bright Light, big city We had tea with the Queen. We know the capital of England is London and took a virtual Tour of Buckingham Palace. We stepped back in time to discover what happened in The Great Fire of Londo
