St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
Psalm 133.1

Category: KS1

Poplar Class in the Forest

Today, Poplar Class enjoyed another exciting trip to the forest. This week’s session began with a letter hunt. In small groups, the children were given the challenge of going around

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Liturgical Calendar in Key Stage One

This week the children have been preparing for the season of Advent by learning about the Liturgical Calendar, the different events, colours and symbols associated with each season. They produced

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St. Vincent’s Day 2023

On 27th September, we celebrated the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, the namesake of our school. We remember the good work he did in his life time and reflect

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ITV and DfE

Well done to the children and Miss Scelsi who appeared on ITV’s ‘Britain get talking’ mental health campaign. The Department for Education also asked Miss Scelsi to share a blog

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KS1 Update

Children in KS1 have been learning all about the Church, the features of a church and how we can learn from our mistakes through coding.

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Praying the Rosary

Thank you to our Mini Vinnies who travelled the school this week praying a decade of the rosary with different classes in honour of the Month of May being dedicated

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Ascension Day

Recently in RE Lessons, children across the school have been learning about Jesus’ ascension into heaven. On Thursday 18th May, we had mass in the school hall to celebrate this

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Curriculum Intent

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:

Curriculum Context

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.