Autumn Overview 2025 / 26

Dates for the Diary

Date

Focus

01/09/2025 & 02/09/2025

INSET Days

03/09/2025

Pupils return to school

08/09/2025

St Mary's Birthday celebrations in school

08/09/25

Lower string showcase with KS2 classes

(15 mins per class)

10/09/2025

Meet the teacher meetings @ 3:45pm in classrooms - enter via fire exits

11/09/2025

Year 3 Swimming begins

15/09/25

Music lessons begin: Lower, upper strings and keyboard

23/09/25

(Tuesday)

School Photos - all children in full uniform (am)

24/09/25

Reception and Year 6 Blessing Ceremony @ 9:15am in hall

(Reception parents invited)

24/09/25

Y3 parents eating with children @ 11:30am

(Y3 parents invited)

01/10/25

Start of the Month of the Rosary

01/10/25

Y4 parents eating with children @ 11:30am

(Y4 parents invited)

03/10/25

MAC INSET DAY - no pupils in school

08/10/25

OLF Open Morning - 9:30-11am

09/10/25

First Holy Communion parent meeting @ 5:30pm in school hall

10/10/25

Harvest Mass / CAFOD family fast day

(please start to send harvest donations into school)

12/10/25

FHC Enrolment Mass at OLF Church @ 10am

13/10/25

Black History Week

15/10/25

Y5 parents eating with children @ 11:30am

(Y5 parents invited)

16/10/25

Confirmation parent meeting @ 5:30pm in school hall

19/10/25

Confirmation Enrolment Mass @ OLF Church 10am

 Wb 20/10/25

Year 5 Bikeability all week

22/10/25

St John Paul house celebration day

(Children to wear house colours - blue)

22/10/25

Y6 parents eating with children @ 11:30am

(Y6 parents invited)

24/10/25

Year 5 Harvest Class Assembly @ 2:45pm

(Year 5 parents invited)

Half term

03/11/25

AIP Sugar swap workshop - Y4 (pm)

05/11/25

Parents' Evening @ 3:45 - 6:00pm in hall

06/11/25

Parents' Evening @ 3:45 - 6:00pm in hall

Year 4 start swimming

10/11/25

Anti-Bullying (Power for Good) &

Odd Socks Day

(Monday)

11/11/25

Remembrance Day // Week

2-minute silence @ 11am

21/11/25

Finale for the Jubilee Year

Wb 24/11/25

Year 6 Bikeability all week

28/11/25

Children to wear a dash of blue for St Andrew's day

01/12/25

Sunday

First Sunday of Advent - Open One life resource to be used daily during Advent

Whole School One Life Advent Retreat

03/12/25

KS1 Nativity @ 9:15am / 2:30pm

05/12/2025

KS2 to OLF Church for Mass @ 10am

08/12/25

Wizard of Oz Panto in school - all day

10/12/25

Flu immunisations in school

12/12/25

KS2 Carol Service @ 9:15am and 2:30pm

15/12/25

Carol Concert at OLF church at 7pm

17/12/25

Christmas Dinner & jumper day

(uniform with Christmas jumper & hats)

18/12/25

Christmas Class parties

(non-uniform day)

PTA Santa in school (pm)

19/12/25

End of mass @ 9:10am

End of year assembly @ 10:45am

Sing-along: Christmas @ 2pm in hall

Sacraments

24/01/25

First Reconciliation at 10am at OLF Church

16/05/26

First Holy Communion @ OLF Church 11am

22/05/26

Year 3 Mass of Thanksgiving @ 9:15am

(children to come in FHC clothing)

07/07/26

(Tuesday)

Year 6 Confirmation @ 7pm OLF Church

10/07/26

Year 6 Thanksgiving Mass @ 9:15am

Faith Model Celebration Day

Reception

Holy Family: 15/12/25

Year 1

St Francis of Assisi: 06/10/25

Year 2

St Patrick: 17/03/26

Year 3

St Teresea of Calcutta: 05/09/25

Year 4

St Ceclia: 24/11/25

Year 5

St Elizabeth of Hungary: 17/11/25

Year 6

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross: 13/07/26