St Bernadette Catholic

Primary School

Dear Parents/Carers,

Thank you to all those parents who emailed in to share how your children were caring for creation at home and in the community. It was lovely to see the children putting their Catholic social teaching into action!

Thank you to all the FAB's team on hosting a brilliant school disco this week at school. It was a real pleasure to watch the children having such a great time, whilst raising important funds for the school.

Last week, Deacon Liam hosted a live-stream Rosary event across all ASCAT schools. October is the month of the Rosary, so we hope to support the children in knowing how to pray a decade of the Rosary together as a Trust family, praying for peace in our world. The children have been given rosary beads to take home with them today and they can use these to pray the Rosary at home.

You can access the Rosary Live : ASCAT Rosary

Today we celebrated 'Wear Red Day 2025 - Show racism the red card'. It was really important for us to celebrate this special day as a community to highlight our support as a school against racism. Our school community is becoming more and more diverse and we want to work together to ensure that everyone in our community feels seen, supported and welcomed. Today with the children we discussed the definition of racism and what they could do if they were to witness or receive racism in school, online or within the community. The aim was to get the children to think about how they can report racism as well as how to be a good ally to someone who has received racism.

Mrs. Lavelle-Murphy & Mrs Reilly

Upcoming Dates/Notices

Parents Consultations - Week Beginning 20th Oct (see website for specific dates and times) all meeting slots can be booked on Arbor

Harvest Show - Mon 20th Oct at 9:30am (Nursery Parents & Wider Community Invited)

Harvest Festival - Mon 20th Oct at 1:30pm (Rec-Y6 Parents Invited)

Harvest Mass - Tues 21st Oct at 10am at School (Parents Invited)

Half Term - Week Beginning 27th Oct

FABS Coffee Morning - Mon 3rd Nov at 9:15am

Book Fair - Thurs 6th Nov - Thursday 13th Nov (after school)

School Photos - Tues 18th Nov

INSET Days - Fri 21st Nov & Mon 24th Nov

Advent Mass - Mon 1st Dec at 10am at School (Parents Invited)

KS1 Christmas Play - Wed 3rd Dec at 9:30am & 5pm

KS2 Christmas Play - Wed 10th Dec (timings tbc)

EYFS Christmas Play - Thurs 11th Dec at 10am

End of Term - Fri 19th Dec at 1:30pm

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Potential Kids - please see the below information from Potential Kids and their local offer.

We are a charity based in Hatfield that offer social inclusion activities to neurodivergent children, young people and their families. We were established in 2018 and have being growing ever since . We were awarded a kings award for charities last year. We offer social, sporting and some alternative provision activities on our premises and also at local sports centres.As well as our garden and Hub at the Galleria we now have The Zone situated on the ground floor of the Galleria Shopping Centre. We will be using this space for social opportunities for neurodivergent children and young people. A place where they can connect and make friends. We will also be holding early years session for 3-5 Year olds who are diagnosed or suspected of being neurodivergent and wellbeing sessions for parents /carers . All of our activities can be booked via our website potentialkids.org.uk registration is not required. We don't require a formal diagnosis and siblings can be booked in to attend alongside . Our half term sessions are available to book now and we will be confirming our timetable for the Zone shortly.

Flyers for Potential Kids events are attached to this newsletter.

Please also see a flyer for a local play therapist, Alison Tureck, which may be of interest.

Role of Honour 10.10.25

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Role of Honour 17.10.25

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Nursery and Reception

Year 1 and Year 2

Year 3 and Year 4

Year 5 and Year 6

Netball News

St Bernadette vs Sandridge School

The St Bernadette Tigers were off to a flying start with their first match at home against Sandridge School. Sienna was selected as Captain due to a solid performance in training and absolutely shone as Goal Shooter with 7 stunning goals. Fast on his feet Elijah scored 4 as Goal Attack and was awarded Most Valuable Player by the opposing team, so he will Captain the next Tiger's Fixture. Coach's special mention goes to Francesca in Year 5, who stepped up to play with the Year 6 team and dominated the mid-court, commanding the game to an 11-1 win.

A huge well done to Sienna, Elijah, Natalia, Francesca (Year 5), Carolina, Olivia, Holly, Luca (Year 5) and Leo. Go Tigers!

St Bernadette vs St Adrian's School

The St Bernadette Lions kicked off their competitive netball season with a challenging game against St Adrian's school. It looked as if the game could go either way but the Lions edged ahead with two goals before the end of the first quarter from Evie, our Captain. Two more goals from Evie and Tiago secured a 4-1 victory, with Tiago being awarded Most Valuable Player by the opposition, so he will Captain the next Lions fixture. Coach's special mention goes to Margarida who played a very strong game against multiple tough opponents but kept her cool throughout.

It was a tough battle so well done to Evie, Tiago, Daisy (Year 5), Florence, Holly, Margarida, Lucia and Leo. Go Lions!

St Bernadette vs How Wood School

It was another great game for the St Bernadette Lions who played against a stronger-than-last-year How Wood School. There was good gameplay on both sides but with skilled defending from Lucia and Freddie and slick goal shooting, St Bernadette pulled ahead in the second quarter. Evie was awarded Most Valuable Player so she will Captain the next match for the team. Coach's special mention goes to Elijah who came on for the second half and scored five goals in twelve minutes of game play. Added to Evie's four goals and Daisy's one, the Lions roared to a 10-1 win.

Well done to Tiago, Evie, Daisy, Elijah, Florence, Holly, Margarida, Lucia and Freddie.

Free Tickets to Tottenham Hotspur Women Matches

Please follow the link below to enter the draw for free tickets to Tottenham Hotspur WSL matches at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

More information on this can be found on the link below also.

https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/tickets/buy-tickets/womens-tickets/comp-tickets-202526/

School Disco - Monday 13th October

London Colney Parish Upcoming Events & Info

The Afterschool Play café

In association with St Albans Community Pantry, we are hosting the Afterschool Play café on Mondays 3.30 – 5.30pm. – Term time only.

This is a pay as you feel café with snacks, fruit, and a hot light meal, alongside an activity and play equipment.

Playparks

The Playparks at Morris Way and Caledon way are having some work done starting Monday November 3rd (post half term) and may not be fully accessible during this time.

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