Welcome to Zion Class

Miss Davids & Mrs Griffin

"Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever" Psalm 125:1

Our Beautiful RE Work

Take a look at some of our beautiful work from our RE sessions this half term.

Winmarleigh 2025

We've had the best time at Winmarleigh on our annual residential.  We've taken part in canoeing, vertical challenges, climbing, orienteering, archery tag, obstacle courses, a camp fire, balloon splash and much more!  We have pushed ourselves out of our comfort zone and we've made some special memories that we will treasure!  For more Winmarleigh pictures, take a look at the Winmarleigh star for the full range!

Worship in Reception

Thank you to Gabby and Penelope for sharing a beautiful worship session in reception class this morning.  The children were engaged and responded beautifully to your words. 

Life Education 

During our life education session today, we learnt all about decisions.  We discussed what types of decisions we might be faced with in the future and we also spoke about how to deal with situations that we are faced with.

Mini Cops Application Process

Today, Jo came to speak to us about an exciting opportunity - the opportunity to become a mini cop!  The mini cops course allows the children to apply for the role of mini cop and then throughout the course, they get the opportunity to develop their teamwork, confidence and resilience through many different tasks!  We are already on with our applications...we can't wait to see who she chooses!

Creepy Crawly Assembly

During assembly today, we had a visit from some creepy crawlies!  During the assembly, we listened carefully to how these animals adapt and survive, what they eat and where we might find them!  We even got the chance to hold some!

Evolution

In Science, we have been learning about evolution and natural selection.  We have learnt about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution as well as studying the Galapagos Islands and all the beautiful animals that reside on the Island.

A Walk Through the Bible

We've thoroughly enjoyed our Walk through the Bible sessions - thank you to Helen for leading our sessions.  We've had so much fun learning about Jesus and the Gospels of the Bible.  

Praying the Rosary 

October is the month of the Rosary.  As part of our worship today, we prayed the rosary together and spoke about who we would like to pray for.

Harvest Mass

Thank you to the children who read beautifully during our Harvest Mass - you were amazing!  A huge thank you to everyone who supported our food bank collection.

Jesus needs YOU!

In RE, we came up with our own job description for a new Christian.  We thought about all the things we needed the candidate to do in order to love God and others.

September Walk to School

Congratulations to everyone who earned a badge for walking to school this month!  We are proud of you!  Keep up the good work.

National Poetry Week

During English this week, we have created our own 'Friendship' poems.  Because we're reading the book wonder (which has a strong theme of friendship and kindness) we decided to think about our own friendships and what makes a wonderful friend.  We planned our poems, discussed our ideas and even managed to make them rhyme. 

Multi Skills Festival

Well done to our fabulous sports men and women for taking part in Cardinal Allen's sports festival.  You worked very hard and did yourselves and school proud - we even came home with a WIN!

Sports Captains & Values Ambassadors 

Congratulations and well done to our new sports captains and values ambassadors.  Thank you for delivering beautiful speeches; your peers are also very proud of you.

Sports Leader & Values Ambassador Speeches

Thank you to everyone who had the courage to stand in front of everyone and deliver their values ambassador and sports leader speeches this week - you spoke clearly and proudly and we thank you for having the courage to stand and present.  Well done!  We can't wait to find out who our new leaders are in assembly on Friday!  Good Luck everyone!

A Visit from the Author Stephanie Selby

Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Stephanie Selby, a local author who has self published her very own book called Witchdaft.  She came to speak to us about her love of writing, who and what inspired her and how we ourselves can get into writing our own books.  She even spent time reading the first two chapters of her book which was wonderful!

Head Boy & Head Girl - Jacob & Daisy

Congratulations to our new Head Boy and our new Head Girl.  We have every faith that you will represent school beautifully this year.  

Centenary Mass

Thank you to everyone who attended the special Centenary Mass in Ansdell.  Thank you for reading and representing school beautifully.

Head Boy & Head Girl Speeches 2025

Today, we took part in our head girl and head boy speeches.  We’ve spent a couple of weeks planning and editing our speeches as well as practicing our public speaking in English.  We then took part in a democratic vote to determine who would be the new leaders of our school.  Thank you to all of our year 6 students who took part and thank you to the year 5 children for helping on the voting station.  We are proud of you!

Being Assertive

In PSHE, we've been talking about how we can be assertive in certain situations.  We practised our techniques through role play and performed them to each other.

The Compassion Project

As part of becoming a school of sanctuary, we had a visit today from two people who spoke to us about refugees and how we can support their integration into our little community.  We listened carefully to Vic, who is a refugee herself.  Thank you for supporting our PSHE and our transition to becoming a school of sanctuary.  

Our First Class Mass

Thank you to all of the children who read beautifully at our first class Mass.  We are so proud of you for representing yourselves and school perfectly. 

A Walk Through the Bible

Today was our first session of 'Walk Through the Bible' where we discussed books of the New Testament.

Solving the Friendship Issues in PSHE

In PSHE, we have discussed issues that may arise from our friendships.  We spoke about solutions to these problems and talked about what we would do if we were in those situations.  

Teamwork makes the Dreamwork!

In PSHE, we worked as a team to send the hoop around the circle.  We needed to use our teamwork, communication, cooperation and listening skills to do this successfully!

Bikeability

What a fabulous time we've had completing our Bikeability course - even if it did rain most of the time!  We've learnt how to look after and check our bikes as well as staying safe on the roads.  Thank you so much to our instructors for their support and guidance.  We appreciate you!

Zion Class 2025.26

Welcome to our wonderful Zion class members.  We look forward to watching you grow and progress throughout the year.  You all look beautifully smart and you are definitely ready to learn!

Our Classroom for 2025.26

Welcome back Zion Class - we are looking forward to a wonderful year with you.  We can't wait to watch you grow and show us your beautiful qualities.