This year the Harvest Assembly was led by Primary 6. They spoke about how we can all care for our world by thinking about what we are doing. There were also contributions from Primary 2. Primary 5 shared their memories of the recent Bushcraft trip which they recently went on with Primary 6.

This week in Pre-School we have been exploring our Santa’s Workshop role-play, decorated Christmas trees on our funky fingers table, practised forming numbers in Christmas messy play and posted the letters that we have written to Santa at the North Pole!

On Friday 22nd November, students from Years 9, 10 and 11 took a trip to the Stoke Repertory Theatre to watch a fantastic performance of the literary classic, ‘A Christmas Carol’.

On Wednesday 6th November, the whole school met in the Priory hall to have an assembly presented by the house captains. We were all very excited and sat eagerly awaiting to find out which was going to be the winning house so far. Would it be, Newman, Teresa or Romero?

A confirmation enrolment mass was held on Saturday evening at the Immaculate Conception and St. Dominic’s Stone, for Year 6 children from St. Dominic’s Priory School and St. Dominic’s Catholic Primary school who are preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

At the end of October, GCSE Geography students visited Cannock Chase accompanied by Mrs Longmore. We visited Cannock Chase to complete an investigation on the characteristics of the Sherbrook river and how this may influence flood risk.

Primary 1 had a fabulous day at the Museum of Childhood. They had the opportunity to explore a huge variety of toys and what they were made of. The most exciting part of the day was climbing up a chimney to see what it was like for children in the past who were chimney sweeps.

We also had a quick visit to see what life was like in the Victorian schoolroom.

Primary 4 did some measuring in Maths today when weighing out their ingredients to make delicious smarties cookies - the best way to learn!

Year 8 and 9 Students enjoyed a visit to Newcastle under Lyme college on Monday 25th November. They were welcomed by college staff who gave an interesting talk on further education choices and showed a video on the facilities at both of the Newcastle and Stafford college sites.

Mrs Payne wanted to showcase Year 9 after they did some super work on enlargements this week!

Will recently attended Barlaston Cricket Club’s presentation evening. Will has been playing for Barlaston for two seasons and despite having disappointment with his batting this season his bowling has gone from strength to strength. At the presentation evening Will was presented with three trophies, the Under 13’s Bowling Award, an award for his first Six Wicket haul and also the prestigious Outstanding Achievement/Performance Award for the whole of Barlaston C.C. Junior Section. Very well done, Will!

Year 9 completed their study of vocation to married life this week, by hosting a wedding fair in the RE room. Today the average cost of a wedding in the UK is £20,000, with money spent lavishly on outfits, venue and catering.