Thank you to our super cooks, who worked so hard to prepare and present our KS1 Christmas dinner today; it was so yummy! All the children had a great time singing all the Christmas songs whilst tucking into fabulous turkey & stuffing! Doing it all again tomorrow for KS2! 💙

Midnight Mass at St. Chad’s Cathedral

The BBC is broadcasting live from St. Chad’s Cathedral from 11:45 on Friday 24 December. Archbishop Bernard will be celebrating the Mass and music is being provided by the Cathedral Choir.
Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions, there is no admission to this Mass but do let those you know who find it difficult to get to Mass that it is taking place.

What a wonderful way to start our Christmas celebrations! 🎄🙏

We began our Advent journey today, by thinking about the Dignity of the Human Person as part of our Catholic Social Teaching. We are learning all about those who require our love & kindness; refuges and migrants, as they arrive in our country. We are making our pledge on Friday to ‘Welcome the Stranger.’ 🙏💙🙏 It is more important than ever to think about others during this time, after all, Mary and Joseph were welcomed as they arrived in Bethlehem- let’s us do the same for others. 🤗😊🙏💕

Today, our Mini Vinnies went shopping in Halesowen, to stock up on goodies for our school shop! 🛍We had a great time planning what we wanted to buy & working out costs; profit & loss! 🙏💙🙏 

Then this afternoon, Mike Weaver, from our Parish SVP, came to meet with us to hear all about our fundraising ideas to support those less fortunate than ourselves; including Naughty Elf Day! 🙏🤣💙🤣🙏 

Every year we collect money for Mary Stevens Hospice after the Christmas Nativity & Carol Concert. As we cannot do that this year, we will be holding a reindeer run on 3rd December for them. We have set up a just giving page at:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/our-lady-and-st-kenelm-school

On the day children can wear their Christmas jumpers and the hospice are supplying each child with some reindeer antlers to wear for the run!

Please share this Just Giving page with friends and family so we can raise as much as possible!

Thank you for your support! 😁

Live performances for parents to come in have been cancelled  but NOT the performances themselves!

Although we cannot have parents in the building to watch this year, the productions will still be going ahead and parents will be informed about how they can watch, in due course! The shows must go on!

HOWEVER, we will update you on where you can access the performances to watch at home in due course so the show will go on!

Thank you for your continued support & understanding!

Our Research Centre Managers are doing an amazing job at lunchtime; supporting all the children on the computers & keeping everyone safe on the internet! 💕🙏💕 Well done girls- you’re doing a fabulous job!! Great ambassadors for our school! 😊

We are so proud to announce our newest members of the Pupil Leadership Team! Congratulations to our Head Girl and Boy and their deputies! We know you will make a wonderful addition to our team as well as the Y6 children who are making up our new prefect team.

FREE Behaviour workshops 

2nd and 23rd November - online via zoom.

Important Updates: Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021

See our Safeguarding Tab for Full Document

428. This part of the statutory guidance is about how schools and colleges should respond to all reports and concerns of child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment, including those that have happened outside of the school or college premises, and or online (what to look out for, and indicators of abuse are set out in Part one of this guidance).

429. Sexual violence and sexual harassment can occur between two children of any age and sex, from primary through to secondary stage and into colleges. It can occur through a group of children sexually assaulting or sexually harassing a single child or group of children. Sexual violence and sexual harassment exist on a continuum and may overlap; they can occur online and face to face (both physically and verbally) and are never acceptable. As set out in Part one of this guidance, all staff working with children are advised to maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’.

430. Addressing inappropriate behaviour (even if it appears to be relatively innocuous) can be an important intervention that helps prevent problematic, abusive and/or violent behaviour in the future