Today we held the premier for the Threaded Together film which was partly filmed here at St Mary and St Joseph's with some of our children taking lead roles. It was so exciting to see the scenes which were shot here put into the final production. What a wonderful film sharing the contribution of the Blackburn Community on the weaving and textiles industry.
We are also excited to share the news that the film has been nominated for an award.
Good luck to everyone involved in the making of Threaded Together. We wish you the best of luck.
May, the Month of Mary. A full month is given over to Mary and during this month we are asked to think about Mary, say special prayers to her, have May altars, and sing hymns to Mary to tell her how much we love her and to ask her to help us stay close to her son Jesus and to try to live as Jesus shows us. Today we created our altar from beautiful fresh flowers.
This year we signed up to take part in the annual Festival of Making. This is a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to develop their art and design skills, work alongside professional artists and showcase their work at a National arts event. The project kicked off today with Year 5 designing logos for a print that they will make at a later date. The design brief was to inspire others.
Pupils from Year 4 entered a writing competition on the theme of Poetry. We are proud to announce that these children had their poems published in the book 'Once upon a dream'. We have a copy in our school library to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to read them. Some of the pupils enjoyed reciting their poem in assembly for the whole school to enjoy.
This month we focused on our virtue Humility. This means to be 'humble' and it was wonderful to hear from staff how these children demonstrate this virtue in their everyday lives. Well done. We are all very proud of you.
Today we planted our new wild flower garden in our attempt to encourage a greater variety of wildlife to our school grounds. We chose seeds that should encourage bees, butterflies and other pollinators. We are looking forward to watching this grow and develop over time.
Thank you to our St George team captain and vice captain for organising and leading our whole school assembly today. We celebrated St George's Day together and all wore red in celebration. Thank you for sharing some interesting facts and ensuring that we all understand who St George was and why we celebrate St George's Day.