Saint Edmunds Catholic Primary School

The children came together to mark Remembrance Day with 2 minutes of silence. They showed an impressive level of understanding and respect when marking this significant moment for our community.

In Flanders Fields    

In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow         

Between the crosses, row on row,     

That mark our place; and in the sky       

The larks, still bravely singing, fly   

 Scarce heard amid the guns below.  

We are the dead. Short days ago    

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,       

Loved and were loved, and now we lie,                         

In Flanders fields.    

Take up our quarrel with the foe:    

To you from failing hands we throw      

 The torch; be yours to hold it high.       

If ye break faith with us who die    

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow                               

 In Flanders fields.

 Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

On Friday 4th November, Mrs Salter, Mrs Tavener and the Chaplaincy Team went to Downside Abbey for a Commissioning Mass led by Bishop Declan. The team were joined by others from across Clifton Diocese as they start their year of pupil leadership at Saint Edmunds.

On Tuesday 10th November, we marked World Science Day and the classes took part in many STEM investigations. For all of the classes, science was the subject many of the children had enjoyed most this week. There was ice-melting, testing out different materials to make the best umbrella, investigating the best way to build a bridge for the Gingerbread Man to cross; purifying dirty water, exploring how ‘germs’ react to soap and trting to map out a scaled down version of the planets on the school field.

For our Harvest celebration this year, we gave thanks for all the good things we have in our life. We thought about those in our community who are struggling at this time for food and donated our Harvest goods to Calne Foodbank. Fr Vincent joined us for a liturgy on Friday and blessed the food and provisions before David and James delivered them to the foodbank on Monday evening with the help of their mummies. We offer our thanks to our school community for their contributions and we pray for those who will receive our donations.