Judged OUTSTANDING for Early Years, Personal Development and Behaviour and Attitudes (Ofsted May 2024), ......'In the Reception class, children receive an excellent start to their education.'.....'Children are exceptionally well prepared for learning in Year 1.'.....'Pupils develop as mature individuals due to the exemplary provision that they receive to support their personal development.'.....'Pupils’ behaviour during lessons and around school is exemplary.'.....'Pupils are proud of their school mission statement. They aspire ‘not to have more but to be more’ in all that they do. Pupils are happy in school.'.....

St Paul's Catholic Primary School

A Voluntary Academy

Aspire not to have more but to be more – St Oscar Romero

P.E.

We have been working on our throwing and catching skills. We started off throwing and catching at different heights e.g. knee, waist and shoulder. We then progressed to throwing and catching at a distance, in groups and at an increased speed.

The children took part in their own 'Mini Olympics' tournament. We got into groups and the children chose different countries. We practised many skills including running, jumping, aiming, throwing and catching.

In dance we looked at the country Brazil and observed different traditional Brazilian dances. We also looked at Amazonian animals and focussed on how the different animals moved. We then linked traditional Brazilian dance moves with animal movements to create our own dance. Here’s a short extract of each dance...