St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

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

Welcome to our Head Lines Blog Page

Grabbing the headlines was never on my agenda, but here I am …

We have worked long and hard at finding ways to keep everyone informed

about life in the St. Vincent’s capsule and we genuinely hope that you will

find our new website informative, useful and easy to access.  There are

pages for and from everyone so please do take time to browse and let us

know how it is working for you.  As a ‘work in progress’ we will be adding to it

each week with news, information updates and ideas for you and your children to

to use together or independently!  Your reviews will be welcomed as we get the

website off the ground… just as our rocket seeds are landing from space any time now…

Welcome back to our ‘Summer’ Term!

Marie Tuohy

Latest School Posts

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.