Welcome Back!

Don’t forget that Monday 2nd September is an inset day. We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Tuesday 3rd September.

First Day Back gathering together

Today we gathered together to welcome all staff and children back for our new school year. Mr Wilson led Prayer and Liturgy giving everyone the opportunity to reflect on what they are excited about for the year ahead!

Y3 Art – Alexander Calder

The children have been researching the work of the artist, Alexander Calder.

Year 6 Science

Today in Science, Y6 have been investigating the impact of exercise on their heart rate by measuring their pulse before and after 5 minutes of exercise in the glorious sunshine.

Maths in Year 2

We have been using different maths resources to represent numbers.

Joan Miro

In Art, Year 5 have started researching the Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miro. They discovered that his artistic talents were evident from a young age although his family did not agree with his passion for the subject. He developed his love for surrealist art in his adult years when he became an inspiration to other artists.

Reception’s first week

Reception have had a fabulous first week in school. The children have been exploring the different areas within the classroom and the outdoor area.

Tag Netball

This term, Year 6 will be focusing on ball skills in PE. Today, we have been developing our reaction and response in a game of tag netball.

Year 1 English

In Year 1 the children have been practising new words by writing them in the sand and making them using magnetic letters.

Reception Read Write Inc parent meeting

Reception parents were invited into class to read with their child. Parents then had the opportunity to meet with Mrs Wilkinson to find out about our phonics scheme ‘Read Write inc’. During the meeting, parents were given a reading pack to help with their child’s reading and writing at home.

Music

Y3 used the chime bars to make up their own rhythm patterns.

Y1- Maths

In Maths this week, we have been learning to find one more. We used the 10s frame and linking cubes to represent what one more than our number would be.

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to this week’s achievers!

Computing

What is a computer? We learned that a computer uses electricity and needs an input to produce an output. We worked out if an object was a computer or not.

Y6 Geography

Y6 were using atlases to find the location of different mountain ranges from around the world, particularly the Himalaya which is what we will be learning about this term.

All About Me Biscuits

Our topic this autumn is All About Me. We can all identify the parts of our face. We decorated some biscuits and spoke about how everyone is different and how out biscuits are different too.

Prayer and Liturgy

This week Year 1 celebrated Prayer and Liturgy in our Spiritual Garden. We listened to the sounds in the world around us and thanked God for all that he created for us.

Prayer and Liturgy with Year 1 and Year 2

Our Prayer and Liturgy this week reminded us that God will provide us with everything we need so we don’t need to worry. If we do have worries, like the bubbles, they will eventually disappear.

Drawing Club

Preschool Drawing Club

This week preschool have begun Drawing club. Our first text is, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

Prayer and Liturgy

This week Year 3 celebrated Prayer and Liturgy in our Spiritual Garden. We listened to the creation story and discussed our duties as Christian stewards in protecting our special world.

Achievers Assembly 20.9.24

Here are this week’s achievers. Well done everyone!

Music – An Intro to Jazz

In Year 5 Music, we have started listening to Jazz and had a go at playing along on the chime bars.

Science – Air Resistance Experiment

In Science, Year 5 have been observing the effects of air resistance on parachutes. They have been investigating to find the relationship between the surface area of the parachute and the resulting air resistance; measuring this by seeing the time it takes for them to reach the ground when dropped.

Our Senses

The children in Reception have been learning about their senses. They had the opportunity to taste different foods. they tasted foods that are salty, bitter, sour and sweet.

Year 1 Maths

This week in Year 1 we have been comparing amounts using symbols. We used cubes to prove that our number sentences were correct.

Magic Breakfast

🥯 Don’t forget that we serve hot breakfast items each morning at the front of school, from around 8.40am.

Crumpets with jam, buttered bagel halves and honey bagel bites are our specialty!

❗️Allergen information is available from the school office.

Science Enquiry

We measured the handspan of children from different classes. Even Mr Parry was part of the enquiry. We looked at the observations made and recorded what we found out.

CAFOD Visit

On Monday 23rd CAFOD visited our school to tell us all about how their World Gifts scheme has developed and how Catholic Social Teaching principles remind us how to live together, supporting everyone.

PE

Year 3 have been practising their footwork skills and developing their co ordination skills.

Y6 throw tennis

This week, the children in Year 6 were developing their reactions in PE and then applied this to a game of throw tennis.

English – a mysterious morning

Today Year 1 discovered a mysterious object in the school hall. After some exploration we then found yellow footprints. Thankfully Mr Wilson caught it all on school camera. An alien has come into our school and landed it’s spaceship so we have decided to ask it some questions.

Water Play

Both indoors and outdoors, Reception children have been exploring the water areas. Allowing children to explore water safely helps children to develop and strengthen their gross and fine motor skills, as well as improving their hand-eye coordination. They have enjoyed finding different ways to make the water travel.

Year 4 – Ukulele

Children are doing extremely well with our ukulele unit this term!

Achievers Assembly

Well done to all our achievers this week.

Year 5 PE – Endball and Spatial Control Skills

In PE we have been practising our ball control skills and using these to improve our Endball gameplay.

Assembly Achievers

Well done to this week’s achievers!

Y6 Music

This week Year 6 worked with Carmel from the Wigan Music Service to identify and play rhythm patterns using ½ beat (quavers) , 1 beat (crotchets), 2 beat (minims), 4 beat (semibreve) notes.

PE in Y1

This week in PE, Y1 were focusing on their balancing skills and transferring from one leg to the other without falling.

Y1 Computing

In our computing lesson this week, we were practising our mouse dragging skills. We created marks on the page and created our own pictures.

Y3 Art

The children used pipe cleaners to sculpt their own animals like the artist Alexander Calder.

Book Fair

Thank you to everyone who has come along to support our school book fair so far! A lot of books have been sold already but there’s still one last chance to come along tomorrow and pick up an exciting new book to enjoy!

Y1 Popping pirates PE

This week in PE, Y1 have been practicing their balancing skills. We worked in pairs to balance as many pieces of ‘treasure’ onto our pirate partner as we could. They then had to balance on one leg, trying to keep as many pirate ‘treasures’ in place as possible to gain the most points.

Y6 Art

Year 6 have been making abstract sculptures out of clay to represent the natural world. Their designs have been inspired by the work of Barbara Hepworth and Zaha Hadid.

Assembly Achievers

Well done to all our achievers this week!

Tesco Stronger Starts

🍏🥝🍓🍑Exciting News! 🍉🍊🍐🍎
From tomorrow, each morning we will have a selection of fruit and vegetables available alongside our breakfast offering of bagels and crumpets. If children wish, they may take one piece of fruit to save for their snack at break time.
This new fruit and vegetable scheme is being funded by ‘Tesco Stronger Starts’.

Looking after our teeth

In Reception we have been learning about people who help us, we looked at the job of a dentist. We then talked about how we can keep our teeth healthy. The children had a chance to practise their teeth brushing skills.

Harvest Thanksgiving Mass

Today Canon McNally led our Harvest Mass in thanksgiving for all that we have. We also welcomed a visitor from the Community Grocery to explain how our food donations would help those in need in our local community.

Mixing Colours

This week Year 1 have been exploring colour in Art and Design. We mixed primary colours to make secondary colours.

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to all of our achievers this week!

Y3’s final art work

The children used wire to make their own animal sculpture

Learning about The Annunciation

Today Y1 heard the story of the Annunciation. Children enjoyed hearing the story from the Bible, the Golden Box and then retelling it themselves.

Buddies Assembly

Year 6 welcomed their buddies from Reception to St Jude’s Catholic Primary School during assembly.

Clay hedgehogs in preschool. 🦔

In preschool we have been learning all about hedgehogs. We had an amazing idea to make our own clay hedgehogs. We used our fine motor skills to model and mould our clay. When we had made our hedgehog shapes, we then added our eyes, nose and the very important spikes. Well done preschool.

Story time with Mr Wilson. 📚 🐻 ❤️

Mr Wilson came to preschool and he brought one of his favourite stories with him, We’re Going On a Bear Hunt 🐻. The children were so excited, we thought we need to document this special moment in our floor book. ❤️

Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins 🎃 🖼

In art preschool have been learning all about Yayoi Kusaman, and how she painted spots on pumpkins. We got our own pumpkins together and set off to work, we worked together to make our spotty pumpkins, we was showing amazing sharing and turn taking skills. Well done preschool. 🧡🎃

Looking for signs of autumn 🍂

Preschool went for a walk in our school grounds, and we have been looking for signs of autumn. 🍁 We went to the spiritual garden to observe the leaves changing on our trees. 🌳

Assembly Achievers

Well done to all our achievers this week!

Y6 balancing and counter balancing in PE.

Year 6 have been working together to solve physical challenges using a variety of balancing techniques.

Making potions 🧪❤️⭐️

This morning in preschool we have been reading one of our termly stories “Meg and Mog” and in the story they made a potion, so preschool decided what an amazing idea it would be to make our own potion. We worked together to mix, pour and stir our amazing potion. We will keep checking our potion to see how it changes from a liquid to a solid. We look forward to updating you with our marvellous creations. ❤️

Reception class 2024 open evening. 🌈

🌟 📚 Do you have a child due to start Reception Class in September 2025?
Applications have opened on the Wigan Council website and will close on 25th January 2025. Between now and the closing date is your opportunity to visit local primary schools and choose the right school for your child. ❤️

📚 To give prospective families a closer look at our fantastic reception class and the experiences we offer, we invite you to our Open Evening on Wednesday, 27th November from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.

🍎 Join us to tour school, meet our dedicated staff and discover all that St. Jude’s has to offer. It’s a perfect opportunity to ask questions and see firsthand how we create a supportive and stimulating environment for our youngest learners.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of our nurturing, vibrant school community! We can’t wait to welcome you and your child.

⭐️ For more information and to apply, visit the Wigan Council website today! https://www.wigan.gov.uk/resident/education/schools/school-admissions/primary-schools.aspx

StJudesschool #Reception2025 #OpenEvening #WiganCouncil #EarlyYearsEducation #FutureofEducation

Preschool potions 🧪⭐️🕷

Our amazing potions are ready! ⭐️

We went to collect them from the kitchen, and we noticed they weren’t like water anymore. One child said “it’s wobbly!” ❤️

We then enjoyed our wonderful creation together for an afternoon snack. 💛

Well done preschool! 🧪🥰

Y3 Geography

The children have been using atlases to find out which country New York is in.

Year 5 – The Solar System

In Science, we have learned about orbits and the 8 planets in our solar system. We all wrote our own quirky mnemonic to help us remember the order of the planets from the sun.

Meg and mog 🕷🧪🍂

In preschool this morning we have been continuing our ‘Meg and Mog’ story. We went into the school grounds with our nature wands, and made some nature potions. 🧪❤️

Bonfire night 🔥🎆🍂❤️

We have been learning all about bonfire night today. ❤️
We have made some salt art fire work pictures. 🎆 We have watched about what we need to do to stay safe on bonfire night. 🔥 And we have celebrated our learning in our floor book. 😊

Year 5 – DT

In DT, Year 5 were looking at different times of beams and pillars when building bridges and the structural benefits and weaknesses of different types of bridge.

Showing love in preschool. ❤️

In our RE topic this week we have been looking and learning all about how God loves everyone and how Mary loved Jesus. To celebrate this we made a collage heart to hang in our RE area. ❤️🙏

Learning about number two. 🌈

Our focus this week in maths is all about the number two. ⭐️🌈🥰

Autumn

In Reception, the children have been learning about the season of Autumn. They had the opportunity to go on an Autumn walk around the school grounds to look for signs of Autumn. The children also rolled conkers in paint to create some fantastic pieces of art.

Bonfire Night

Reception about the story of ‘The Gunpowder Plot’. The children also had a discussion about keeping safe during Bonfire Night. They then had the opportunity to make some edible sparklers and created some firework artwork.

❤️🌈⭐️ Fun Friday in Early Years ⭐️🌈❤️

What a lovely morning we have had in our early years department this morning. ⭐️
We have been using our water play equipment, we have been pouring, mixing and strengthening our developing gross and fine motor skills.

Achievers Assembly

Here are this week’s assembly achievers. Well done everyone!

Y3 RE

The children have been exploring the Bible. They have been finding out where different scripture are located for example, The creation story, is in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament.

Y6 Science investigating shadows.

This week, Y6 have been investigating shadows as part of our light topic.

Remembrance Day

Today, at 11 o’clock, we all gathered outside in our Spiritual Garden to observe a 2 minutes silence to remember all those who have fought for peace.

⭐️❤️🥰 Open Evening 🥰❤️⭐️

🌟 📚 Do you have a child due to start Reception Class in September 2025?
Applications have opened on the Wigan Council website and will close on 25th January 2025. Between now and the closing date is your opportunity to visit local primary schools and choose the right school for your child. ❤️

📚 To give prospective families a closer look at our fantastic reception class and the experiences we offer, we invite you to our Open Evening on Wednesday, 27th November from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.

🍎 Join us to tour school, meet our dedicated staff and discover all that St. Jude’s has to offer. It’s a perfect opportunity to ask questions and see firsthand how we create a supportive and stimulating environment for our youngest learners.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of our nurturing, vibrant school community! We can’t wait to welcome you and your child.

⭐️ For more information and to apply, visit the Wigan Council website today! https://www.wigan.gov.uk/resident/education/schools/school-admissions/primary-schools.aspx

StJudesschool #Reception2025 #OpenEvening #WiganCouncil #EarlyYearsEducation #FutureofEducation

🧦 Odd socks day in preschool 🧦

Today in preschool we all wore our odd socks to support anti bullying week. ❤️

Year 1 Making pinch pots

Year 1 have been making clay pinch pots and painting them in the style of Dale Chihuly. Their work reflects the Macchia series which Dale Chihuly created using over 300 colours.

🌎❤️ World Kindness Day ❤️ 🌎

In preschool today we decided to show people in our school environment how much we care about them. 🥰 We made some lovely cards and brought some delicious chocolates. Then we went around school showing random acts of kindness to others. 🥰

🐻❤️ Children in Need ❤️🐻

This morning in preschool we are celebrating children in need by making some of our own Pudsey ears. ❤️🐻⭐️

❤️💛 Making patterns 💛❤️

Today in preschool we used linking cubes to make patterns. ❤️💛

Assembly Achievers

Well done to this week’s achievers!

Y6 Fairground Rides

This term, Year 6 will be learning to make mechanical fairground rounds in Design and Technology. They have been exploring everyday objects and fairground rides that rotate and have been investigating how motors are used in a circuit. This week they have had a go at creating strong structures and framework for a fairground ride.

Y3 Science

In science the children have been exploring magnets and how they attract and repel. We talked about the north and south poles and how the same poles repel but the opposites attract.

Y3 Prayer and Liturgy

The children worked together to plan their own prayer and liturgy. They chose how they wanted everyone to gather and wrote their own response prayer.

Open evening ❤️🌈⭐️

🌟 📚 Do you have a child due to start Reception Class in September 2025?
Applications have opened on the Wigan Council website and will close on 25th January 2025. Between now and the closing date is your opportunity to visit local primary schools and choose the right school for your child. ❤️

📚 To give prospective families a closer look at our fantastic reception class and the experiences we offer, we invite you to our Open Evening on Wednesday, 27th November from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.

🍎 Join us to tour school, meet our dedicated staff and discover all that St. Jude’s has to offer. It’s a perfect opportunity to ask questions and see firsthand how we create a supportive and stimulating environment for our youngest learners.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of our nurturing, vibrant school community! We can’t wait to welcome you and your child.

⭐️ For more information and to apply, visit the Wigan Council website today! https://www.wigan.gov.uk/resident/education/schools/school-admissions/primary-schools.aspx

StJudesschool #Reception2025 #OpenEvening #WiganCouncil #EarlyYearsEducation #FutureofEducation

Year 5 – English – Mary Jackson Court Case Roleplay

We have been studying the ‘Hidden Figures’ book in English, about the Civil Rights Movement and the inspirational black women of NACA and NASA during the 20th century. During this lesson, we created a roleplay script between Mary Jackson and a judge at the local court, as she asked to be given an equal education to others. A great chance to practice using a formal and official tone with our writing! Once created, children acted out the moment.

Year 5 – RE – Commitment Cards

At the end of our topic ‘Belonging’ in RE – we have looked at the concepts of fidelity, commitment and responsibility with a focus on service to God and Christianity. As a celebration, we have made ‘Commitment Cards’ to take home and show our love for others by promising to serve them in our own chosen way.

Fun in the Snow

After the snow fall over night, Reception had lots of fun playing and exploring outside.

🔴🟡Children in Need 🟢🔵

Thank you to everyone who participated and donated to our Children in Need non-uniform day last Friday. We raised £107 which we have today sent to Children in Need. Well done everyone ☺️

Y6 Computing

Y6 have been coding with Edublocks to create patterns using different algorithms. Children have inputted loops and conditionals while experimenting with RGB colour selections to complete their work.

Assembly Achievers

Well done to all our assembly achievers this week!

Y6 Science

Year 6 have been investigating the angle of reflected light using mirrors to create a human ‘periscope’.

Assembly Achievers

Here are this week’s assembly achievers. Well done everyone!

Elmer- All are welcome!

In PSHE, we have been learning about how to celebrate our differences like Elmer.

3D Shapes

In Y1, we have been learning about 3D shapes. We have learnt their names and sorted them into different groups.

Science- Animals

Today in Y1, we have been learning about animals diets. We have been sorting different animals into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores using a venn diagram.

Art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

The children in Reception looked at and discussed photographs of Andy Goldsworthy’s artwork and sculptures. They then create their own pieces of art in the style of And Goldsworthy.

Shadows

In Reception we have been exploring light and dark. The children enjoyed making shadow and finger puppets in class.

Y3 Science

The children were investigating different magnets to see which one was the strongest. They used a ruler to measure when each of the magnets attracted the paper clip. They found that it didn’t matter on the size of the magnet.

Consultation on Proposed Changes to our Admissions Policy 2026/27

The School Admissions Code 2021 requires an admission authority to consult each time it proposes to make significant changes to its admission arrangements or if it has not consulted on its admission arrangements for seven years. With this in mind, a consultation period will run from 2nd December 2024 to 31st January 2025 where parents, other schools, other admission authorities, local authorities and other interested stakeholders are invited to raise comments or concerns about the proposed arrangements.

Should you wish to submit comments or concerns, these can be made in writing to: The Archdiocese of Liverpool, Education Department, St Margaret Clitherow Centre, Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, L17 1AA. Alternatively, you may wish to email admissions@rcaol.org.uk . Comments should also be copied to the Chair of Governing Body at our school address or via email enquiries@saintjudes.wigan.sch.uk .

The proposed 26/27 admissions policy and proposed supplementary information document is published on our admissions webpage – https://www.saintjudes.wigan.sch.uk/admissions/

Year 5 – DT Suspension Bridges

We have been working as groups to create bridges in class that have been able to hold the weight of toy cars.

Year 5 – PE – Coordination & Counterbalancing

In PE, we have been focusing on our coordination skills with our footwork; walking forwards and backwards along a line in different ways using balancing skills to assist us. Alongside this, we have been working with a partner to practise using our weight to counterbalance them in different shapes and forms.

Spreading Christmas Cheer

🎼🎅During this festive season, our St. Jude’s School Choir have been spreading Christmas cheer throughout the community.

🎤❄The children were invited to perform at St Jude’s Social Club during their weekly ‘Wednesday Warm and Cosy’, where the choir sang a variety of songs they have been preparing for their upcoming concert in March, as well as Christmas carols. They also visited the local retirement home, St. Clements Court, and performed Christmas songs for the residents, who generously gave the children a selection box as a gift. 🎄

Year 1 RE

This week Y1 learnt about the angels visiting the shepherds on the hillside. We then made a host of angels to celebrate the words from The Gloria.

Year 5 – Science – The Earth’s Rotation and Revolution

In Science, we have been learning about how the Earth spins on its axis every 24 hours, which causes our night and day time. We have also been studying the effects of the Earth’s axis on seasons in the Northern and Southern hemispheres as the Earth orbits the Sun.

Christmas Cards for the Community

As the choir were going to sing at the local retirement home, Year 6 made Christmas cards to give to the residents. The people of St Clements Court were very grateful for the kind gesture.

Y6 Homework Projects

This term, Y6 were asked to make a model of a mountain or a mountain range. We had an incredible display of homework projects to show off at our coffee afternoon. Don’t they look spectacular! 🏔️👏🏻

A Christmas to Remember

The children were invited by the Wigan Music Service to watch a special Christmas production of The Snowman with the Wigan Youth Orchestra. The children loved listening to the brilliant ensemble along with recognising songs from different Christmas films. It was a pleasure to watch the talent children we have in Wigan.

Pattern

The children in Reception have been learning about pattern. They explored making patterns such as spiral, zig zag, lines and dots. They then went on to make AB patterns with their bodies and coloured objects.

Wigan Library Services

Reception had a visitor from Wigan Library Services, they learned about what the local libraries have to offer and found out how to become a member of a library. The children also enjoyed joining in with fun, interactive stories.

Year 3 DT

The children have been learning about pneumatic systems and made their own moving monster using a pneumatic system. They used a syringe, tube and balloon. When they syringe was pressed, air passed through the tube and inflated the balloon, this then made the mouth to open.

Year 1 RE craft sale

Year 1 looked at how Christmas is celebrated in Poland. We made crafts and sold them to our families. To entice parents to our stalls we re-enacted the Christmas story. We raised £28 and bought Christmas World Gifts from CAFOD to bring love, joy, hope and peace to our global family this Christmas.

Christmas Buddies

Reception and Year 6 have enjoyed spending some time together with their buddies, sharing Christmas cards that they have made for each other and eating lunch together.

Making numbers

Today Year 1 were using Maths apparatus to make numbers between 10 and 20.

Winter

In Reception, the children have been learning about winter. They had chance to spot scenes of winter on a wonderful walk around the school grounds, they learnt about wearing appropriate clothes in winter to keep warm. They had the opportunity to explore freezing and melting with real life snow. They also painted some beautiful winter scenes.

Candlemas

Year 1 have been learning about Candlemas when candles are brought to the church to be blessed. We lit a candle for everyone in Y1 today and thought about how God’s loves all of us.

Year 3 – Spanish

In Spanish, we have been practising greeting each other and asking and answering the question, ‘¿cómo estás?

Y5 Science – Properties of Materials

In Science, the children have been investigating mixing materials with a liquid to discover if they are soluble or insoluble

Achievers Assembly

Well done to all of our achievers this week!

Y6 Prayer and Liturgy

Some pupils from Y6 took an active role in our class prayer and liturgy on the baptism of Jesus.

Y1 Coding

Today Year 1 were moving blocks to create code and make the sprite move North, South, East and West. We even explored using a repeater block.

Partitioning five

In Reception, the children have been exploring ways to partition 5 into different parts. They have been singing five little speckled frogs and they have also been hiding the frogs into the pool to find different way to partition 5.

Computing

We have been learning about different computers and drew them using a paint package.

RE

We made Christmas cards and delivered them to the local Residential Home.

Exploring wheels and axles

We looked at the different ways that wheels and axles work before deciding how the wheels will work on our own vehicles.

Programming using Scratch Jr

We had lots of fun choosing a Sprite and a background. We then chose blocks to create a code to make our Sprite move across the screen.

Nativity 2024

Memories to look back on. Our Key Stage 1 children worked so hard. We were so proud of them all.

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to all of our achievers this week!

Our Mission Statement

Last week we celebrated the renewal of our Mission Statement by inviting all of the St. Jude’s community to a very special Prayer and Liturgy led by our CAFOD Club. A very joyous occasion for St. Jude’s and one that we will all remember. ‘Together, we will learn, love and grow with Jesus.’

Chinese New Year

The children in Reception have been learning about Chinese New Year, they learned about the celebrations and traditions that take place. The children enjoyed tasting some delicious, Chinese food and made some fabulous decorations.

Y3 computing

The children have been using the microbits to input their own codes to make it work.

Y6 Electricity

Year 6 have been investigating how different voltages affect the way that components work in a circuit.

Y1 Candlemas Prayer & Liturgy

We celebrated Candlemas with a special Prayer and Liturgy. We invited our families in to celebrate with us and everyone was asked to think about how they can shine their light on others.

Handa’s Surprise Food tasting

This week, Reception have been reading Handa’s surprise. They have had the opportunity to taste the delicious fruits from the story. Whilst doing so, the children described how the fruits felt, smelt and tasted.

Year 4 PE

Children have enjoyed learning about balance this week.

Year 4 Daily Mile

We made the most of the winter sun to do our daily mile today!

Year 4 History

Year 4 looked at maps today to see if they could find place names influenced by the Ango-Saxons.

Year 4 Computing

We have been designing and coding our own F1 games this week.

Year 4 NSPCC Number Day!

We have enjoyed taking part in NSPCC’s Number Day on TTRS today!

Number Day

Year 6 have been working on TTRS and solving interactive maths puzzles for Number Day.

Y3 are

We have listened to the story of the ‘parable of the Sower’ the children retold the story as a group through art.
They each chose a part of the story and drew a picture to represent it. We then talked about the message of the story and how it teaches us to trust, believe and follow God.

Y3 science

We have been experience with different rocks to find out which ones are permeable. The children tested the rocks by pouring water on them to see which rocks absorbed the water.

Achievers Assembly

Here are the achievers from last week. Well done everyone!

Achiever’s Assembly

Well done to this week’s achievers!

NSPCC Number Day

Reception enjoyed taking part in NSPCC number day.

Y6 Residential

Day 1 – After a safe arrival at the Anderton Centre, Year 6 went for a walk in the woods, built a shelter and engaged in an afternoon of fun activities. They had a go at archery, low ropes and high all aboard. In the evening, the children participated in some team games and visited the tuck shop.

CAFOD Club visit Year 1

Today CAFOD Club visited Year 1 and told them all about how they continue Jesus’ mission and help those most in need by donating to CAFOD World Gifts. They shared their reasons for what they had bought and inspired Year 1 to follow in their footsteps.

Jubilee Year of Hope launch

At St. Jude’s we have officially launched the Jubilee Year of Hope. During this Jubilee Year Pope Francis has called us all to bring hope to those most vulnerable in society. At St. Jude’s we are excited to take on this challenge and give back to our local and global community.

Colour Mixing

Reception have been exploring mixing primary colours together.

Artwork in Reception

Reception have been creating art in the style of Kandinsky.

Achiever’s Assembly

Well done to all our achievers this week!

Y6 Residential

Day 2 – Another active day! In the morning, the children spent time climbing trees followed by an afternoon adventure in canoes across the reservoir to explore Liverpool castle. After their evening meal, the children then took part in a bushcraft activity with a fire, hot chocolate, toasted marshmallows and stories 🌳🚣🏼‍♀️🔥

Y6 Residential

Day 3 – The children ended their time at The Anderton Centre on the XL paddleboards. They worked together as a team to complete some fun games and then took a dip in the very cold reservoir. After lunch, the children returned to school and enjoyed sharing their adventures with the families 🏄🏻‍♂️💦🦆

Beebots- Y1 27.02.25

Our computing topic this half term is using the beebots. Today, we followed instructions of forwards, backwards, left and right. Then we input these directions into the beebots, giving them instructions for where we wanted them to go.

Year 4 PE

Year 4 have been thinking about different parts of the body and how they move when comparing movements and skills.

Achievers 28.2.25

Our amazing achievers this week!

Preschool

Investigating forces

Preschool have been investigating magnets around class.

Shrove Tuesday

The children in Reception learnt about Shrove Tuesday. They then had the opportunity to choose and add toppings to their pancakes.

Floating and Sinking

This week in Reception, the children have been exploring floating and sinking in our outdoor water area. They found different objects from inside and outside of the classroom to investigate whether they float or whether they sink.

Ash Wednesday

Yesterday we all attended Ash Wednesday mass at Church where we received ashes and took time to reflect upon how we can make a new start during Lent to get closer to God.

Preschool outdoor learning

Preschool have been enjoying playing in our mud kitchen and planting some herbs in our planting patch.

Y1 World Book Day

A wonderful day in Y1 celebrating World Book Day. We enjoyed talking about our favourite books and redesigning a new front cover for them.

Year 4 World Book Day 📚❤️

Look at our fabulous costumes from World Book Day this year!

Achiever’s Assembly

A huge well done to all our achievers this week!

Pizza making 🍕❤️

In preschool today we have been making pizza, we used all different toppings to show it is ok for everyone to like different things. ❤️🍕⭐️

World Book Day

The children in Reception dressed up as a character from their favourite story book. The children had a brilliant day celebrating books. During the day their year 6 buddies came to class to share a story with their Reception buddy.

Investigating 7

In Reception, the children played a game to investigate ways of making 7 with two parts.

Y1 visit Martin Mere

Y1 had a fantastic day out at Martin Mere. We learnt all about the wetlands and the animals who live there. We made nests, learnt and copied bird sounds and hunted for mini beasts. We even visited the park. A wonderful day out for everyone!

Prayer and Liturgy at Martin Mere

Y1 and Y2 were lucky enough to get the opportunity to celebrate Prayer and Liturgy at Martin Mere on our school trip. Whilst we were in quiet reflection, thanking God for our wonderful world, a flock of ducks flew over our heads and reminded us of all that God created!

Year 4 went to Martin Mere

We had such an incredible day at Martin Mere. We loved learning about the wetlands and following Ava’s clues on the treasure hunt. It was great to learn about the wildlife that call Martin Mere their home.

World Book Day

Children across school enjoyed celebrating World Book Day on 6th March, dressing up as famous characters from a range of books.

Y6 Big Lent Walk

Year 6 took part in a class prayer and liturgy in our school spiritual garden before going on a walk around the local area to observe signs of spring linked to the creation story.

Achievers 14.03.25

Congratulations to this week’s achievers. Well done, everyone!

Year 4 Computing

Year 4 have loved creating their own green screen movies!

Road Safety

The children in Reception have been learning about how to keep safe on the roads, they learned all about how to cross the road safely. They enjoyed taking part in different activities related to road safety.

Composition to 5

This morning in preschool we have been looking at different ways to make 5.

PE – Stance and Footwork

In PE the children were practising different types of movement and stance when in-control-of and passing a variety of objects around.

Y1 Big Lent Walk

For our Lent Walk this week, Y1 went on a Spring walk around the school grounds to observe the changes that occur when Spring arrives. We saw blue skies, new bulbs and even some birds nests. We talked to Mr Keen about the changes Spring brings and why he has covered up the vegetables and bulbs that have just been planted.

Number Doubles

Reception have been doubling numbers within 10 using their fingers, dice and objects. They also had a go at writing the number sentence.

Reception RE – The Last Supper

Reception retold the story of The Last Supper together. They then shared some bread and a drink. They passed it around and reenacted the story of Jesus’ meal with his friends.

Y4 Big Lent Walk

Year 4 loved our Big Lent Walk today. We decided to try and look for the colours of the rainbow in nature, which is one of our Generation Wild badge tasks. We talked about how grateful we are for these special gifts from God. 🌸 🌼

Y3 PE

Year 3 have been working on their balancing skills and working with a partner to balance in different ways.

Y3 Lent walk

Y3 did their lent walk around the school field.

Year 1 remember The Last Supper

Today we recreated the scene of The Last Supper using artwork to inspire us. Then we celebrated Prayer and Liturgy thinking about how God gave Jesus strength and courage to keep spreading the good news, even at difficult times. We prayed to God and asked for courage so we could continue to make the right choice, even if it is a difficult one,

The Big Lent Walk

Reception went on their Big Lent Walk around the school grounds.

Reception Maths – Capacity

in Maths this week, Reception have been learning about capacity. They have been exploring filling containers using whilst using the vocabulary ”full, nearly full, empty, nearly empty’.

Homework afternoon

It was fantastic to welcome our families in to see all the wonderful projects children have worked so hard on at home. We are all so proud of the fabulous work that was displayed around our school hall. Have a look!

Y3 Easter Raffle

As part of our RE topic, Year 3 was asked to come up with an action to show how they live in God’s image. Year 3 decided to raise money for charity to show this. They discussed different ways they could raise money and decided to make their own Easter hamper and sell raffle tickets. They agreed to donate the money to the Good shepherd.

Year 3 have raised an amazing £231.

Mother’s Day 💕

A fabulous Prayer and Liturgy to celebrate all of the amazing ladies in our lives.

Year 4 Computing

Today we have been finalising our computing projects. We have used green screen and iMovie to create our own videos.

Year 1 – RE – The Angel’s Message

Today we re-created the scene from The Resurrection and thought about how the women felt when the angels appeared and told them the Good News that Jesus had risen!

Year 6 Big Lent Walk

Year 6 have walked around the local area to the canal as part of our Big Lent Walk enjoying the glorious sunshine.

Easter Garden

The children in Reception made Easter Gardens to further their learning about Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

3D Shape

In Reception, the children have been learning about 3D shapes. They built models using the different 3D shapes they have been learning about, whilst building the models the children talked about the properties of the 3D shapes.

Stations of the Cross

This week Years 3 and 4 performed the Stations of the Cross. The children have worked incredibly hard to remember each of the stations and recall their lines.

Year 4 R.E

Year 4 have loved creating their own artwork for ‘The Empty Tomb’. We love the individuality and imagination put into these pieces.

Easter Prayer and Liturgy

We gathered together this afternoon for prayer and liturgy to celebrate Easter.

Pope Francis 1936 – 2025

Loving father, we thank you for the life and service of your Shepherd here on earth, Pope Francis.

His humility, kindness and leadership, his call for mercy and his deep love for those who are forgotten and marginalised has been an inspiration to us all.

May his actions continue to inspire us to live humbly, love deeply, respect all people and follow in your footsteps.

Eternal rest grant upon him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Springtime

In Reception this week, the children have been learning about the season of spring. The children have been on a spring walk around the school grounds to look for signs of spring. The children have also created some beautiful observational paintings of spring flowers.

Year 4 RE

During RE this week, children in Year 4 have been illustrating, in their own way, what the scripture we studied tells us about the power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the apostles at Pentecost.

Remembering Pope Francis

Pope Francis, now we are your Pilgrims of Hope. Our children have been reflecting on the life, witness and legacy of Pope Francis, adding their illustrations and prayers – inspired by the Holy Father’s love, peace and care for creation.

Magnets

The reception children have been exploring magnets. They discovered that magnets stick to some objects, like metal, but not to others, like wood or plastic. They enjoyed testing what a magnet can pick up and were surprised by magnetic attraction and repulsion. 

Easter Baskets

During Spring 2, in RE, Reception class learned about different traditions that take place during Lent. The children learned about a tradition in Poland, this is where baskets containing a sampling of Easter foods are brought to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday. The basket is traditionally lined with a white linen or lace napkin and decorated with sprigs of boxwood (bukszpan), the typical Easter evergreen. As a class we decided to make a class basket to share with the local foodbank. The children donated packets and tins of food to contribute to the Easter basket.

Y1 Trip to the Museum of Wigan Life

Y1 had a wonderful trip to the Museum of Wigan Life today, learning all about coal mining in Wigan. We enjoyed different workshops where we dressed up as coal miners and looked at old newspapers and photographs. We took the public bus there and back and even enjoyed an ice lolly!

Y6 Day of Hope

Year 6 enjoyed creating self-portraits of themselves and also of the people who they feel inspire hope in others.

Achievers 2.5.25

Well done to all our achievers this week!

Minibeast Hunt

Reception went on a minibeast hunt around the school grounds, they found lots of woodlice!

Ladybirds

Reception have been reading What the Ladybird Heard, they made some ladybirds. This activity developed the children’s cutting, folding and joining skills.

Achievers’ Assembly 9.5.25

Well done to all the children who won an award this week!

Y1 Geography

To help us understand how cold it is in the North and South Pole, Y1 dipped their hand into ice cold water to get a feel of what the temperatures would be like if we were to visit.

Clay Spiders

As part of Reception’s topic ‘All Creatures Great and Small’. Reception have been creating clay spiders, the spiders were inspired by Louise Bourgeois ‘Mamam’ sculpture.

Pentecost

Reception children have been learning about the coming of the Holy Spirit in RE, we had a Pentecost celebration in class. The children decorated a banner to display in class, they decorated biscuits with red icing and they made paper swirls to blow in the wind.

Achievers’ Assembly 16.5.25

Congratulations to all our achievers this week!

An End to SATs Week

We could not be prouder of our incredible Year 6 children.
They have shown such dedication and hard work – they are simply AMAZING! ⭐️

As a reward for their excellent efforts this week, the children had a day of fun: playing games, watching a movie and enjoying some tasty treats. ⚽️📹🍩

Y1- Geography

Today in Geography, Y1 learnt about Brazil and Australia. We had a carnival afternoon looking at Rio Carnival traditions. We tried Brazilian foods, made carnival masks and did some Samba dancing.

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A treat for all the children at dinner time today! 😃

Y4 Bridge of Friendship

In class, we have been talking about reconciliation and what steps we can take to bridge friendships that may be a bit broken. The children in Year 4 had some lovely ideas 💕

Oliver Twist

Children had a fantastic time watching Oliver Twist this afternoon.

Y6 Boy in the Tower

Y6 have started to read the novel Boy in the Tower and have been designing posters based on the book.

Year 5 – Music – ENO ‘Finish This’ Project

Year 5 spent Spring term composing and practising the performance of the instrumental part of their English National Opera project with Carmel. We chose the colour BLUE (cobalt) to represent with our music and created a libretto of a number of different words that we associated with the colour, some of which we used within our opera pieces. We also had the ENO education team and official ENO photographer, Jason Lock, visit the class to observe our hard work on the projects so far and take pictures in action for the ENO’s ‘Finish This’ project and website. We sent off our project at the end of Easter, and the ENO composers were so impressed that they created an animated video around our composition. What an amazing opportunity! Year 5 should be very proud of themselves. Catch the video of our piece, with the music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Whh3ZhgYk&list=PL7ShuxblyYmHkuuhTtDGY2OZZnoPhkORR&index=15

Year 5 – Pentecost – Prayer and Liturgy

On Thursday, Year 5 led a prayer and liturgy to celebrate Pentecost. It was attended by their grown ups and the Key Stage 2 classes. They did an excellent job at organising the event: designing invitations, creating a perfect gathering, enacting the Fruits of the Spirit, choosing the song, writing a prayer and encouraging grown ups to choose their own path for spiritual growth in the Holy Spirit.

Year 5 – PE – Judo

Year 5 enjoyed a ferocious first judo lesson on Thursday.

Good Shepherd Mass

Today we visited Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral for the Good Shepherd Mass. We were so proud of the five children who read the bidding prayers. All children represented St. Jude’s in a fantastic way. Then, to our complete surprise, Archbishop Sherrington spotted us taking a photo outside the Cathedral and decided to join us. What an experience for our children!

Animate trip

Year 6 have had a great day at Animate Youth Ministry in St. Helens. They took part in lots of different activities to develop teamwork, resilience and perseverance.

Achievers’ Assembly

Congratulations to all the children who received a certificate on Friday

Sponsored Obstacle Course 20.06.25

A huge well done to all of the children who took part in our sponsored obstacle course on Friday. All the children had great fun completing the course and so far we have raised over £1,000 with more sponsor forms to still be handed in! An amazing achievement everyone, well done!

Y5&Y6 Town Sports- 24.06.25

Well done to the children who took part in the Wigan Town Sports event at Robin Park Arena today. We are extremely proud of all the children for trying their best and cheering each other on! A big well done to John who has made it to the final for the 80m sprint, good luck John!

Y6 food tasting

The children in Y6 have enjoyed trying some Chin Chin that George kindly brought in after we read about it in our class novel Boy in the Tower. Chin Chin is a sweet and crunchy fried dough snack popular in Nigeria and other West African countries.

Year 4 P.E

We have had a great P.E lesson today working on our agility. Children focused on how to stop and start safely and working on arriving in the correct position to collect the ball.

Year 4 Religious Education

Year 4 have been creating broadcasts about ‘Living in a whole new way’. We discussed how the Holy Spirit can change a life and the impact it has on us and our lives today.
They also loved impersonating news readers for the task!

Reading at the Cathedral

We were delighted to receive professional photographs taken of our children reading the bidding prayers at the Good Shepherd Mass in the Cathedral at the beginning of June. We were so proud of our children and how they represented our school.

Year One- Planting

As part of our Science topic, the children have been doing some planting. They had the choice to plant a vegetable, fruit or flower. They then took them home to look after and observe how they grow.

Year 1 learn about the church

Year 1 have been learning about our local church, St. Jude’s. The children set up a role-play of the mass and used their creativity to set up a small world area of the church. How fantastic!

The Feast of St. Peter and St. Peter

This week we celebrated the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul with a whole school prayer and liturgy. Our First Holy Communion children participated and our Early Years children shared the ‘Good News’ of Jesus with everyone!

Achievers’ Assembly

Congratulations to all of our achievers this week. Well done!

Y6 visitor

Y6 enjoyed a visit from an optometrist to learn about our eyes and the role of an optician. We learned about different eye conditions and were able to try on the special glasses that are used during eye tests.

Y4 Computing

We have been learning all about pixel art in our Computing lessons. Children have recreated our school badge, showing they understand that some details need to be left out. We think they did great!

Assembly Achievers’

Well done to all of our achievers this week and throughout this school year. You have all worked incredibly hard! ⭐️

Letters of Hope delivered to Wigan hospital

Today, children from Y4 hand delivered letters of hope, which they had written, to patients at Wigan Hospital. Such an inspirational morning which really did bring hope and a smile to everyone. Well done Y4!

Bringing Hope to Alder Hey Children’s hospital

Year 5 wrote letters of hope which were hand delivered by Bobby whilst he was there to see his wonderful doctors at Alder Hey. Such inspirational letters to bring a joy to other children. Well done Year 5!

Generosity from Chelsea and her family

When our children leave St. Jude’s we hope they are equipped to become caring and thoughtful individuals who can contribute positively to society… we can certainly say that a past pupil of last year, Chelsea, has achieved this. She visited school this week with donations, which Chelsea and her family have done since she became a pupil at St. Jude’s. These donations are given to families who are less fortunate than us. What an act of kindness from Chelsea and her family!

Year 6 Pizza Party

As an end of year treat, Year 6 have enjoyed a pizza party while signing shirts to celebrate their last day in school uniform!

Book Giveaway

After receiving 500 new books for our new school library, the children were given the opportunity to take home any books that we no longer had room for. Almost every book was taken by the children to show how much they love reading as a school!

Year 4 – Giving to those less fortunate

As part of our Prayer and Liturgy to celebrate the new Pope, Year 4 decided that they would like to honour him by collecting toiletries for those less fortunate than themselves. We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our families. Today we delivered these donations to our local family hub. Well done Year 4.