Year 4 Winners Andrew 🟦🟦🟦

Bravery Award- Adam M and Juana 

Sportsmanship - Rayhaan S 

Most Improved Pupil - Amaarah 

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Thank you Alfie, what a wonderful morning!

It was a fantastic day 🌙 

Children in the Mini EEBs group were asked to create designs for the organisation’s annual Eid card.

While in previous years the chosen designs have come from much older children, Qasim’s artwork stood out and was selected as One Voice Blackburn's official Eid card design for 2026.

We are so proud of you ☺️

If you would like your child to get extra coaching, have fun with new friends and gain confidence, please sign them up for the All Stars programme at your nearest club. 
 

Please follow the link

https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars

Thank you 

Keep an eye out dojo and follow the link for tickets.

Thank you 

World Book Day was a truly magical celebration of stories, imagination, and creativity across the whole school! The excitement was clear to see as children arrived eager to share their love of reading.

The children made exciting dioramas at home, inspired by the books they were reading in class. From a range of the Wil Tribe Hero books, their diorama creations were bursting with detail and creativity.

Each class was also given a special challenge to design and decorate their classroom door, inspired by the habitat of their targeted books. The results were incredible—our corridors were transformed into a journey through a variety of habitats, showcasing the children’s teamwork and artistic flair.

It was a fantastic day that celebrated not only books, but the joy of reading and the wonderful creativity of our pupils!

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Huge thank you to our shed monitors, playground detectives and our Active Leaders 👌🏽

Huge thank you to our 2 leaders who were fantastic helping our younger pupils and encouraging him all the way ☺️

We are very proud of you 🌟🌟

Well done everyone 🥌

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU 🌟🌟

During the month of May, we held a special assembly to celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of our school's patron saints. Each class brought a flower to place at the statue of Our Lady, as we said prayers and reflected on Mary's important role in both the Catholic and Muslim faiths.  The GIFT Team led the prayers of the faithful.   

Mary is a revered figure who represents purity, compassion, and unwavering faith - qualities that we aim to instil in our pupils.

As we won the recent tournament and beat 12 other schools, we have been selected to represent Blackburn with Darwen in the county finals in Blackpool in May.

So proud of the children and we cant wait for this event.

They competed in the Blackburn with Darwen Tennis tournament last night and gained silver medals, missing out on Gold by 1/2 a point. 

They were incredible and I am so proud of them 🥈 

Did you know that Saint George is the patron saint of England, yet he wasn’t born in the country and never even visited!

Saint George was born in Turkey, almost 300 years after the birth of Jesus, but he grew up near Bethlehem. At that time, Bethlehem and the surrounding lands were ruled by the Roman Empire, and so, as a young man, George became a Roman soldier. Around this time, George also became a Christian, which made his role as a soldier a bit tricky for two reasons.  Firstly, Jesus instructed his followers to be people of peace. In Saint Matthew’s Gospel we hear Jesus say to his disciples, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.’ Mt 5:9 That’s why, in the picture of Saint George we can see, his sword has been turned into a farming tool, and he’s holding Saint Matthew’s Gospel in his hand. Secondly, the Roman Emperor at the time hated Christians. In fact, he ordered the execution of hundreds of Christians. As a Roman soldier, George had the chance of escaping death by giving up his faith, but George chose instead to give all his money and possessions to the poor and courageously die as a martyr. A martyr is a person who is killed because of their beliefs. Saint George was martyred on 23 April 303.

St George was buried in a city called Lod, in the Holy Land. The Holy Land is the name given to areas that are sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The map of the Holy Land that we can see shows us some places we learn about in the Bible, including Bethlehem. After George’s death, a great church was built over his grave. Several other churches named after Saint George were built in other parts of the Holy Land too. One was built very near to Bethlehem, in a town called Al-Khader. The town Al-Khader is named after a Muslim prophet. It’s a name which means ‘the green one’. Some Muslims believe the green prophet is Saint George. In the town of Al-Khader, both Muslims and Christians honour Saint George. Their love and respect for Saint George unites the people.

Thank you to the wonderful house captains of St George, who planned and delivered a brilliant assembly where we found out so much about this famous saint!

Thank you to our GIFT team for being amazing representatives of our school and to our friends at St Antony's for being so welcoming to our staff and children.

"We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart, and far-sighted vision."

Pope Francis