Year 4

Fire and Rescue visit

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue visited us today to teach us all about water safety.

Achievers Assembly ⭐️

A huge congratulations to all the children who achieved a certificate this week! 🌟 Your hard work, dedication, and positive attitude have truly paid off. Keep up the fantastic work—we are so proud of you all! 👏🏆

Year 4 Computing

How amazing is this pixel art Year 4 have designed and created today!

Year 4 MTC

We completed our Multiplication tables check this week!

Holy Communion Presentation

We presented our Holy Communion children with prayer cards and holy medals today to commemorate this very special sacrament. What a wonderful way to mark this special occasion!

Kindness Tree 🌳

Well done to Israh who was chosen this week to go on our kindness tree. She was nominated for helping her friend when they had fallen over.

Achievers Assembly ⭐️

What a fantastic start to our final term of the school year! Well done to all the achievers this week ⭐️

Year 4 Homework

Some of our fantastic homework projects from Spring term. We investigated sound and made our own musical instruments from recycled materials!

Year 4 Art

Have a look at our end pieces inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe!

Year 4 English

Today we interviewed each other for a job on the Endurance expedition in role as Shackleton.

Year 4 English

In our English lessons, we have started reading Shackleton’s Journey and we have each been given a role on the ship to apply for. We collected adjectives ending in -ous to make our writing more interesting.

Holy Communion

Recently, some of our children celebrated the special sacrament of First Holy Communion.

It was a wonderful occasion filled with faith, joy and celebration, and we are incredibly proud of the children for reaching this important milestone in their spiritual journey. Thank you to their families, parish and staff for supporting them throughout their preparation.

Congratulations to you all on such a special day — may God continue to guide and bless you always.

Y4 Art

We are incredibly proud of one of our talented Year 4 pupils, who created this fantastic sketch of Sir David Attenborough.

The attention to detail and care shown in the artwork is truly impressive, and it is wonderful to see such creativity and artistic talent being celebrated in class. Well done on a brilliant piece of work! 🎨👏

Year 4 RE

As part of their RE topic, Year 4 have been learning about the importance of prayer, reflection and devotion to Our Lady. To support their learning, the children helped create a beautiful shrine to Mary in our Spiritual Garden.

The shrine provides a peaceful space for prayer and quiet reflection and reminds us of Mary’s example of kindness, compassion and faith. It has been wonderful to see the children engage so thoughtfully with this special part of our school environment.

Well done, Year 4, for showing such reverence and care throughout this topic. 💙

Year 4 – Letters of Hope

At Christmas time, our Year 4 children linked their RE learning to the theme of hope by writing heartfelt letters to patients in our local hospital. Their aim was simple — to spread kindness, comfort and hope to people who may have been feeling lonely, worried or unwell during the festive season.

One of those letters reached a gentleman called Ray, who had been very poorly in hospital. Ray explained that the child’s letter brought him comfort during a very difficult time and gave him something positive to hold onto when he needed it most.

Today, we were incredibly touched and privileged to welcome Ray into school, where he personally delivered a reply letter to the child who had written to him. Ray also spent time speaking to the Year 4 children about the impact their words had on him and how much their kindness meant during his recovery.

It was such a powerful moment for the children to see firsthand how even the smallest act of kindness can make such a big difference in someone’s life. We are so proud of our pupils for showing compassion, empathy and love through their words, and for making such a meaningful impact on another person’s life.

Well done, Year 4 — you should be very proud of yourselves. 💙

Year 4 Visio Divina

During this special month of Mary, we celebrated Mary saying yes to God with a lovely Visio Divina. 💙

The Crowning of Our Lady

We were so proud of our two pupils, Kamsi and Zikora who crowned Our Lady at Mass in front of the whole parish. What a special moment to share with everyone.

Assembly Achievers ⭐️

What wonderful work we have seen at St Jude’s this week! Well done to all our achievers this week.

Kindness Tree 🌳

Well done Michelle for being chosen to be on our kindness tree this week. She has been helping her friends in Maths when they have been finding it challenging.

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Assembly Achievers ⭐️

After another fantastic week at St Jude’s, here are all of our achievers this week. Well done , everyone!

Whole school singing

We’re enjoying learning ‘As I kneel before you’ and ‘Immaculate Mary’ this week. 💙

Achievers Assembly ⭐️

Well done to all the achievers this week! You have all worked really hard

Achiever’s Assembly ⭐️

First week of the summer term and already the children are working incredibly hard. Well done to all the achievers this week!

Homework Coffee Afternoon

As always, we were delighted to welcome families into school to celebrate and share all the fantastic effort children have put into their homework projects. Thank you for supporting your child to be creative and share their learning. We were so impressed with each and every project.

Year 4 interview CAFOD

We were delighted to welcome Jim and Doreen from CAFOD into school this week. As part of our RE topic, the children had the opportunity to interview them and learn more about the work they do and what inspires them. We also shared a lovely Celebration of the Word together, which they joined us for 🙏

Y4 Big Lent Walk

The children walked together to help raise awareness and support people living in poverty around the world. A wonderful way to live out our faith in action during Lent. 💜

Year 4 go to Martin Mere 💚

We had a fantastic school trip to Martin Mere Wetlands. 🌱 The children explored the wetlands, spotting lots of different animals and learning about the habitats they live in. We talked about the wildlife and we saw and discovered many new things about nature.
We spent time noticing and appreciating the beauty of the natural world around us. The children worked towards becoming Guardians of Nature, thinking about how we can care for our environment. To finish the day, everyone enjoyed some time in the play area! It was a lovely day full of exploration, learning and fun! 🦆 🦅 🦢 🦦

Y4 lead meditation for Y2

Y4 heard that Y2 were learning about Jesus being ‘a good shepherd’ and invited us to share in their meditation all about Jesus leading his flock. Y2 enjoyed being able to spend time reflecting with Y4 and following in their example of reverence and prayerful reflection.

Safer Internet Day 💻

Today, the whole school took part in an assembly lead by Mr Parry for Safer Internet Day. They discussed how AI can be used to help us but also has its limitations.

Sacrament of Reconciliation 🙏🏼

The children who made their Confession as part of the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Thursday received a certificate in school to celebrate and commemorate this special moment.

Achievers Assembly

Well done to all our achievers this week. Keep up the great work ⭐️

Year 4 Meditation

We took part in a guided meditation about the Prodigal Son. We took time to focus on an image of the Prodigal Son being embraced by his father and thought about how they would have felt during their time apart, in the moments leading up to being reunited and how they felt afterwards. 💜

Year 4 CAFOD visit

CAFOD came in to talk to us about what they do and what we can do to help. It was great to see the impact they have on the lives of people across the world.

Achievers Assembly

On Friday, we had another very successful week! Well done to all our achievers ⭐️

CAFOD Workshops

CAFOD volunteers, Jim and Doreen, spent time in KS2 speaking to the children about the work of CAFOD. They focused on the Catholic Social Teaching principle of Solidarity and how ‘A Better World Needs all of Us’. The children had a fantastic morning learning about how everyone can play a small part to help our global family.

Assembly Achievers ⭐️

Congratulations to all of our assembly achievers this week! What a wonderful way to end the term.

Year 4 Celebration of the Word

In Year 4, we have been learning about John the Baptist’s time in prison. We discussed what it meant to be imprisoned and how this can have different meanings. Children then planned a Celebration of Word using scripture from the Gospel of Matthew 11:11.

Year 4 RE

In our RE lessons, we have been studying at the artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo. We discussed sacrocubism and children have recreated the artwork and discussed their colour choices.

Assembly Achievers

Well done to all the achievers this week!

Achievers Assembly

Another fantastic week at St Jude’s. Well done to all the achievers this week! ⭐️

Year 4 RE

Father Michael came in to our class this week to talk to us about the Sacrament of Healing – Anointing of the Sick as part of our RE learning. Children loved hearing some of the prayers and smelling the oil that Father brought with him. They particularly enjoyed being able to ask lots of questions.

Achievers Assembly

What another fantastic week! Well done to all the achievers. Keep up the great work ⭐️

Year 4 Religious Education

We have been putting together our ideas to create a litany for the Anointing of the Sick. Children had some wonderful, thoughtful ideas and worked well together.

Year 4 Computing

Today we began to code a shark attack game! We loved playing it at the end too!

Year 4 Celebration of the Word

Today we took some time to celebrate Jesus, the light who guides us.

Assembly Achievers

Well done to all the achievers this week. What an excellent way to start the new year and term!

Year 4 – Letters of Hope

We delivered our letters of Hope to Wigan Hospital. We met some of the lovely staff that work there and the children who delivered the letters we’re able to personally take them to some of the wards. The children read one of the letters to the staff and even sang ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ along with sign language. We hope that they can bring light and Hope to the patients.

Year 4 – Letters of Hope

As it comes to the end of the Jubilee Year of Hope, children in Year 4 decided that they would like to do something special to bring hope to others. During our first week of Advent, as we remember the hope and light Jesus brings, they chose to write letters to the patients of Wigan Hospital to send a bit of light and love to them.

Mass

The whole school went to Mass today. Father Michael told us the story of Saint Nicholas.

Year 4 Christmas Dinner

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Art workshop

Years 4, 5 and 6 had the amazing opportunity to attend an art workshop at The Edge today. We talked about Jesus and designed crowns inspired by Him being the Light of the World. 👑 💫

Homework coffee afternoon

A huge well done and thank you for all of your amazing homework projects. We can tell how much effort has gone into them. 🏅

Year 4 Ukulele

Another fantastic ukulele lesson learning two new notes!

Achievers Assembly

Well done to all the achievers this week!

Year 4

In Year 4, we have some special postcards to send home when we do exceptional work or are seen going out of our way to live out the Gospel Values. This week Marcel has taken home a postcard for amazing teamwork and effort during our RE lessons. Well done Marcel, we’re all very proud of you 🌟 💫

Year 4 RE

Today we have been discussing what kind of king we think Jesus would be. We then thought about how we could build God’s kingdom today using the Bible to link our ideas to scripture.

Year 4 RE

In Year 4, we have been learning about Elijah and the widow. We explored the scripture together and reflected on God’s care and faithfulness. The children then retold the story through their own thoughtful and creative poetry. We are very proud of their beautiful work.

Year 4 Remembrance Day

We reflected on the importance of peace and gratitude, and created our own poppies as a sign of remembrance for all who have served and sacrificed. We keep them in our prayers. ♥️

Year 4

We began Anti-Bullying week by wearing odd socks. We spoke about our unique qualities and the importance of being kind.

Year 4 Computing

We have been using repeated loops in scratch!

Achievers Assembly 14.11.25

The children at St Jude’s have worked incredibly hard this week. Well done to all the children who earned a certificate this week.

Achievers Assembly 7.11.25

Well done to this week’s achievers. Keep up the great work!

Achievers Assembly

What a wonderful half term we have had at St Jude’s! It has been a joy to share all of the hard work the children have accomplished over the last 8 weeks.
Here are this week’s achievers. Keep up the great work everyone and we look forward to celebrating everyone’s success next half term ⭐️

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to this week’s achievers!

School Council

🧠 💛 World Mental Health Day 2025 💛 🧠 On Friday, our School Council spoke to the whole school about World Mental Health Day and why we were wearing yellow – to show support and raise awareness for mental health. They also launched a Kindness Challenge, encouraging everyone to be extra kind to others throughout the week. It was a lovely reminder that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to all of our achievers! We love celebrating all of the hard work that has taken place throughout the week.

Year 4 Celebration of the Word

Year 4 helped to plan a lovely Celebration of the Word for World Mental Health Day, encouraging us to take care of our minds so that we can have peace in our hearts ♥️

School Council

Meet our new school council for 2025 – 2026. Congratulations to all the children selected. Our first meeting will be held next week ⭐️

Achievers Assembly

Well done to all the achievers this week!

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to this week’s achievers. Keep up the great work!

Year 4 RE – Golden Box

We opened our Golden Box this week to explore our new piece of scripture. We loved learning about Abraham and how he put his trust in God. Year 4 would love you to ask them about the image to see how much they can recall!

Year 4 Science

Melting chocolate! Today we designed an investigation to see which method melted chocolate the quickest. There were some fabulous observations and great discussion throughout. We even got to taste a bit of leftover chocolate afterwards.

Year 4 Music

Year 4 loved exploring the instruments this morning to create a soundscape 🎵

Year 4 Computing

Today we have sorted data by making our own branching databases.

Year 4 RE

We have been discussing the theological virtues: faith, hope and love (charity). We researched how Saint Teresa lived out these virtues and then talked about how we could live out these virtues in our own lives, at home, at school and in the wider community. Year 4 had some lovely ideas ❤️

Year 4 Ukulele

We had our first ukulele lesson today and we loved it!

Achievers Assembly

On Friday, we celebrated our first Achievers Assembly of the new school year. Well done to this week’s achievers! Keep up the great work ⭐️

Year 4 Music

Year 4 have been selected to take part in the Hallé Inspire Project this half term. The children loved learning about parts of an orchestra and listening to some fantastic music today. We are going to base our piece of music on the Romans.

Selecting a new library book

Year 4 visited our school library today to take a look at our fantastic new library books. They each chose a book to take back to class.

Back to School Prayer and Liturgy

Mr Wilson led our back to school Prayer and Liturgy. We each thought about how we can shine our light this new school year.

Year 4 Prayer and Liturgy

We invited our parents to come and celebrate our learning in R.E. We told them the Parable of the Lost Sheep and shared our thoughts and feelings with them.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

Oliver Twist

Children had a fantastic time watching Oliver Twist this afternoon.

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 💕

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

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.

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.

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 Computing

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

Mother’s Day 💕

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

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. 🌸 🌼

Year 4 Computing

Year 4 have loved creating their own green screen movies!

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.

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 World Book Day 📚❤️

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

Achievers 28.2.25

Our amazing achievers this week!

Year 4 PE

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

Year 4 NSPCC Number Day!

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

Year 4 Computing

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

Year 4 History

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

Year 4 Daily Mile

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

Year 4 PE

Children have enjoyed learning about balance this week.

Year 4 Art

Today we have been exploring the artist Georgia O’Keeffe.

Year 4 – Ukulele

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

Year 4 – RSE

In Year 4, we have been discussing bullying, teasing and unkindness. We also spoke about how feeling accepted and respected can support positive mental health.

Year 4 – English

We have been using subordinate clauses and changing their position in our sentences.

Year 4 Computing

Year 4 have been creating branching databases in computing this week.