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 Thursday 10th February 2022, children from Tiger and Lion Class took part in the Calne Cluster Swimming Gala this week. There were four schools in attendance, and we are extremely proud to say that our team received silver medals for coming second place! Well done team!

It was a fantastic morning at Calne Leisure Centre and was thoroughly enjoyed by all children, staff and parents! We were lucky enough to meet Stephanie Millward, Olympic and Paralympic Team GB Gold Medallist. She spent time talking to and encouraging the children in and out of the pool.

The children took part in many different races, both individually and in relays as a team. We are very proud of all swimmers as they demonstrated great effort in every race that they participated in. We were also lucky enough to come first in some of the categories!

Big congratulations to Izzy, Amelia, TJ, Fraser, Jakub, Joey, Leah, Bella and Grace for your excellent swimming and being fantastic representatives for Saint Edmunds! 

On Monday 5th July 2021, pupils, teachers, support staff, governors and parents came together for a day spent reflecting on our Mission Statement and what we want for our school community. Sr Judith Russi facilitated the day.

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 in Giraffe, testing out different materials to make the best umbrella in Zebra, investigating the best way to build a bridge for the Gingerbread Man to cross in Chameleon; Gazelle tried to purify dirty water, Panda explored how ‘germs’ react to soap and Lion and Tiger classes tried 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.