Children from Years 5 and 6 were invited to join a powerful climate emergency music project to coincide with COP26 which took place in Glasgow early on in November 2021, by doing something they do best – singing!

Permission was given by the Band Aid Trust to produce climate emergency lyrics for the 1984 song ‘It's Christmas Time’. Nearly 40 years on, we have reached the point where we urgently need to act on climate change.

The children were asked to lend their voices to the new version of the song, entitled ‘It’s Action Time’, and we are pleased to announce that we have recently received the final version of the video. After a short introduction from actor Ewan McGregor, the video features children from St. Thomas’ Catholic Primary School performing ‘It’s Action Time’, in collaboration with children from schools both near and afar.

Huge congratulations to all the children involved, and a big thank you to Mrs Hall who composed the lyrics for ‘It’s Action Time’ and who led on this project!

Please click here to watch.

If your child is aged 5 to 16 and missed their flu vaccination at school (Year R to Year 11), you can now book an appointment at one of our clinics online.

These clinics are available to anyone aged 5 to 16 who are at school or home educated.

To book a flu appointment, just go to https://kchft.healthit.org.uk/patheks - it’s that simple!

Please click here to see Miss D'Agostini's letter to parents re: Covid Precautions in School (sent via ParentMail on the 30th November 2021).

We hope you enjoy viewing our Advent/Christmas displays.

Thank you to all the children and families who supported this year's Poppy Appeal by buying a poppy. We raised a total of £118.72!

The children were busy during this year's national anti-bullying week (15th - 19th November 2021) reflecting on the theme 'One Kind Word'. Please visit each class page for further information (Children > Class Pages > Select required class page).

We would like to say a BIG thank you to everyone who donated money for Children in Need today. We hope the children enjoyed their non-uniform day. The current total of money raised is £236.73!

The Kent and Medway Immunisation Team is coming to school next week – don’t forget to do the online consent form if you haven’t already.

Visit www.kentcht.nhs.uk/imms for more information.  

You can also phone the team 0300 123 5205, text 07401320923 or use their web chat if you have any questions about your child’s immunisations.

Tuesday 2nd November (the children's first day back at school after half term) is individual and sibling school photograph day. Children should come into school as normal, in full school uniform. Their photos will be taken during the school day. Parents will receive a text message and/or email direct from Tempest Photography regarding the ordering process should you wish to buy your child/children's photograph.

If you have other children who do not attend our school, you can bring them with their siblings to the school hall at 8.30am to have a family photograph. Please enter via the pupil entrance/exit on Old Ruttington Lane.

This morning we had our Harvest assembly where we collected donations for the Canterbury Food Bank. We are very grateful to our families for their wonderful generosity and we were able to take a bumper haul to the Warehouse this afternoon. There was so much that we were unable to fit it all into the photo!

Many thanks indeed to all our families!