The Jewish Museum London visits Year 5
Year 5 were lucky to have a special lesson with Theo from The Jewish Museum London. This was part of our Judaism in our RE topic 'Dialogue and Encounter' where we learn about other world faiths. We learnt lots of new vocabulary. For example, a Tallit is a special prayer shawl. Mrs Varndall also learnt something new that these shawls represent a person's identity. For example we saw a man from Ghana and his Tallit represented this through the pattern and design. We also learnt about the Tzitzit which are the strings in the four corners of the Tallit - they contain 613 knots. It was a great session and really added to our knowledge and experiences of the Jewish faith.
Year 5/6 Girls cricket team make the finals!
Congratulations to to our Year 5/6 girls, who played Thomas The Becket and Summerlea to get to the finals. They beat Durrington to now go to Blackstone to play in the county finals. Well done girls, we are all incredibly proud of you, what an achievement, good luck for the finals! 🏆🥇
Swimming Gala Success!
Congratulations to the children from Years 4-6 who took part in a locality swimming gala and came first! Amazing swimming children, we are all very proud of you (as always) for representing the school so well! 🏊🏊🐠🐠🏆🏆
Minibridge Competition
Well done to all the children who took part in the Minibridge competition. Conratulations to Noah for winning and to Emilie, who was the runner up! 🏅
Minibridge Competition Results!
Congratualtiaons to Noah for winning the Minibridge competition and to Emilie, the runner up!
The Carpet of flowers 2025
Some classes were lucky enough to visit the Carpet of Flowers. This years design is inspired by The Jubilee Year - Pilgrims of Hope
South African Cricket Team Visits Arundel
On Monday 2nd June, twenty children from St. Philip's Primary School, had a cricketing experience they will never forget! For an hour the outfield of the Arundel Castle cricket ground was home to four small games involving the children and the South African cricket team who are over here preparing for the ICC Test final v Australia starting at Lords next week. In a wonderfully relaxed and fun filled atmosphere, the children batted and bowled alongside some of the greats of the game like Kagiso Rabada, Aiden Markram and Keshav Maharaj. Mr. Caws from St. Philip?s said, ?The children blossomed in confidence as the South African players encouraged and celebrated their cricket skills.? He added, ?A big thank you must go to Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation who organized the event as well as the South African team.? The children were given t shirts which were then signed by all the players and provided with lunch from the Cricket Club canteen.
Holy Week Liturgies
Each class has chosen part of the Easter story to share with the school, as part of our Holy Week Liturgies
Year R have been learning about the Lunar New Year - The Year of the Snake.
The children have been making life-size dragon puppets, watching videos of parades, decorating snakes, painting Chinese numbers and learning about Chinese food through role play.
Year 1 and 2 Fire Service visit
Year 1 were extremely lucky to find a fire engine parked in the school car park. No there wasnt an emergency, we were extremely grateful to have a planned visit from the Arundel Fire Service. They talked to the children about fire safety and then allowed the children to explore the fire engine, it was very exciting! Thank you to the Arundel Fire service for giving up their time to be with us.
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Cross Country Race at TLA
A fantastic squad of runners at the Cross Country event yesterday. Each and every one tried their best and not one failed to finish. Special mention to Tallulah, Chloe and Hope who all won their race. From 6 team races, these were the results: 3&4 boys 3rd team Y5 girls Chloe won Y5 boys 2nd overall team Y6 girls 1st team and hope won and Ines 2nd place Y6 boys team came 2nd place.
