“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
Psalm 133.1
On 6th February this year, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United
As part of Lower Key Stage 2’s latest project on how we can teach others about staying fit and healthy, children were given the wonderful opportunity to hear from a
The Girls’ football team pulled off an amazing victory against a local school in the Girls’ final! They won 3-0 and were exemplary in every possible way! We are so
Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 took place from 7-13 February and we celebrated it over two weeks. This year’s theme was Growing Together. We encouraged children (and adults) to consider how
The children have been looking at Rosa Parks and how she was judged based on her ‘front cover’. They wanted to see where she was from so we looked at
Today, the girl’s football team had a match against a local school and won 10-0! What an astounding victory with some great goals and more importantly, a strong team performance!
Today, during our lunch break, children from KS1 and LKS2 competed in a school cross country race. Over 90 children competed in a series of laps around our wonderful field!
The Boy’s football team had a resounding 3-0 victory yesterday against a local team. They played fantastically and had an amazing team spirit. Well done boys! We are really looking
LKS2 have begun their spring term project, they are investigating the value of we do not judge others; they started their project re-enacting the experience of Rosa Parks in Montgomery
Some of our fantastic children from lower key stage 2 took part in a Barnet wide school sports event at Burnt Oak Leisure Centre. They participated in the indoor sport
On 6th February this year, Her Majesty The Queen became
By Miriam Ridge, St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School, Barnet Utopia
The Girls’ football team pulled off an amazing victory against
At St Vincent’s it is our INTENT is to enable ALL children to thrive through the opportunities we provide them with, in order to:
St Vincent’s is a 1.5 form entry school with 285 children ranging from 4 -11. Children come predominantly from the parishes of Sacred Heart in Mill Hill and St Anthony’s in Edgware.
Children come from a diverse range of socio-economic backgrounds, speak 17 different languages and hail from 26 different ethnic groups. The curriculum we present, and promote, to the children is an endeavour to reflect these differences by providing opportunities to explore the different countries, languages and customs our children are part of through the projects they investigate. We have looked closely at the context of our school, the backgrounds of the children and how life is for a child growing up in North London today. We have used the underlying principles of our Catholic Faith and the example of our namesake St Vincent to create a set of values which lie at the heart of our curriculum.
We are aware of the changing nature of society and the pressures faced by young children as they enter the next stage of their education. The rise in Mental Health related issues has been widely documented across the media. Therefore, issues such as internet safety and the enormous impact across society of social media are at the forefront of our minds when planning our curriculum. With the current worldwide concerns relating to Covid 19, racial justice, equality and diversity, as well as gender and economic background, we feel it is our duty to prepare the children through a concerted focus on building independence, resilience and communication skills linked to our Vincentian Values.