Holy Family Catholic Primary School

What a brilliant week at Holy Family 🙌🏻!

We are so proud of all of the children this week; particularly Year Three who had an amazing trip to Mojo Active on Wednesday, Year Four who completed their multiplication tables check, and Year One who did their phonics screening check. They have all put in maximum effort and should feel great pride in their accomplishments. A huge thank you to all staff involved in organising and managing these 👏🏻.

There was lots of sporting/out of school success, starting with Demi and Albie who got new belts at kickboxing 🥊. We then had swimming awards for Mia, Amara and Aiden, topped off by Michael who got two gold medals at a recent swimming gala 🏊🏻‍♂️. Alongside this, Freya got a medal at cheerleading 📣, Kaleb picked up a trophy and two medals at football ⚽, Zofia got her Catholic Social Teaching award ✝️ and Zainab got her gold badge at Brownies 🦉. Finally, we celebrated Fraser who won 'Cofton's Got Talent' on his half term holiday 🎤. Well done to all of you!

Our 🌟Stars of the Week🌟 are Oscar, Mia, Benito, Alexander, Gabriael, Sam, Hanna and Sofia. They have impressed staff with their contributions, perseverance, and readiness to learn. Alexander and Gabriael were recognised for their bravery in overcoming their fears at Mojo. Well done everyone - I look forward to a treat next week 🍪.

We loved starting our home visits for our new September intake this week and are really looking forward to continuing them next week. It’s always so special to begin getting to know our new families.

As it’s a low birth rate this year, we do still have a few places available for September. If you know anyone who might be looking for a place at a welcoming and nurturing school, please encourage them to get in touch - we’d be delighted to hear from them.

Our Summer Fair is on July 4th, 12-2pm. If you would like a stall to sell your own products, or are able to help out, please contact Mrs Collins ASAP ☀️.

Have a great weekend!

What a scorcher to finish the term! 🌞

We have had a packed but brilliant term and there was lots to celebrate today in assembly 🙌🏻.

We had swimming certificates for Maya and Adanna 🏊🏻‍♀️; Jide and Albie picked up awards at football ⚽; and we had birthdays for Zahra, Akumu-Rae, Jenson, Antos, Natalia, Tomi and Emelia 🎂!

Our reading raffle winners were Jayamma and Maja! Their names came out on the wheel out of 100s of entries for reading five or more times in week and logging it on BoomReader! Well done! 📚

Our 🏆Dojo Champions🏆 of the term are Laura and Jude; Maja and Abbas; Mariam and William; Lexi and Lukas; Levi and Ire; Lena, Darcie and Neddy; and Willow and Ollie! All of them get a book from me for their efforts 👏🏻.

Our 🌍Laudato Si'✝️ recipients for best displaying our Catholic Social Teaching value of the term, 'Option for the Poor and Vulnerable are Zofia, Misha, Lucas, Lexi, Evelyn, Roxy and Issac! They have shown great care for those in need and some have even been raising money by selling old toys etc. to give to charity. We are very proud of all of them and they get their certificate and a holding cross from the Holy Land to recognise all they have done.

Our final 🌟Stars of the Week🌟 of the term are Kohen, Misha, Elizabeth, Danny, Seun, Thomas and Sophie! They have impressed staff with their dedication to their studies, fantastic behaviour and some excellent maths this week. I look forward to a treat with them after half term 🍪!

I am delighted to announce that we have had a bid for funding accepted and in September the children can look forward to a resurfaced playground and some new equipment to replace what is currently there! This work will start in July and will be done by the time the children return, so something to really look forward to for everyone 🛝.

Have a fantastic half term and I will see you all back bright and early on June 1st!

Thank you for all of your continued support.

A very warm welcome to all of the families who have been offered a place at Holy Family Catholic Primary School for September 2026! We are delighted to have you joining our school community and look forward to getting to know you and your children.

Over the next few weeks, please keep an eye on your emails - we will be sending out information about transition arrangements, welcome events, and everything you need to know before starting school in September.

If you missed the application deadline but are still interested in your child attending Holy Family, please contact us by emailing [email protected] or by calling 01454 866 786 to enquire or arrange a tour.

We can’t wait to welcome our new Reception class!

That's a wrap for term four - this year is flying by! 💫

We've had another fantastic week at Holy Family as we celebrated Holy Week. Year Four started us off on Monday with their Palm Sunday assembly, followed by Year Five's depiction of the Last Supper on Tuesday. We then finished off our celebrations with a wonderful Stations of the Cross service form Year Six. A huge thank you to all parents and other family members who were able to join us for these events which are always a wonderful way to finish the term ✝️.

We had out of school success with swimming certificates for Robert, Lisie and Oscar 🏊‍♂️; Maya completed some advanced spelling homework 🔤; Liv getting another cheerleading medal 🏅; and Ollie picking up Player of the Match at football ⚽. We also sang Happy Birthday to Nicolas and Teddy 🎂 and wished Happy Birthday to everyone who will celebrate it in the holidays.

Our Reading Raffle winners were Ezra and Lauren in KS2, and Harlow and Precious in KS1. Children get an entry every time they log five or more reads in a week and then get a prize from me if their name comes up when we've spun the wheel! Well done to all of you - great job with your reading and keep it up 📚!

🏆Dojo Champions🏆of the term are Elsie and Jude; Alicia and Wiktor; Esme and Daniel; David, Aurora and Renata; Seun and Ala; Roxy and Tom; and Sophia and Alex! Well done to all of these children for earning the most Dojo points this term with positive behaviour and great work. They will all receive a book as well as their certificates.

Our 🌍 Laudato Si' ✝️ recipients this term are Harlow, Mia, Mikolaj, Sam and Ian, Caitlyn, Oscar and Sophie. Our Catholic Social Teaching value of the term is Rights and Responsibilities. All recipients have shown this by respecting the dignity of every person, using their gifts wisely, making thoughtful choices, and taking responsibility for their actions so that everyone in our school community can learn, feel safe, and be treated fairly. A special mention to Sam and Ian who completed a number of art projects at home linked to this! They all get a certificate and a holding cross from the Holy Land.

Our final 🌟 Stars of the Week 🌟of the term are Agarva, Lucas, Rose, Fraser, Lara, Eden and Konrad. They have impressed staff with their focus and perseverance across a range of subjects and we are very proud of them. I look forward to catching up with everyone I owe a treat after the break.

Finally, we wished a huge good luck and said a big congratulations to both Miss Pawling and Mrs Ives. Miss Pawling will return to school as Mrs Wilson after the break, and we hope she has a wonderful wedding day next week 👰🏻. Mrs Ives goes on maternity leave today and we wish her all the best as she prepares to welcome her new arrival 🤰.

Wishing you all a restful Easter break - thank you for all of your support this term and always. We look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 20th April.

Mr Harding

Penultimate week done! ✅

What a great week we've had again at Holy Family, with the highlight being our Big Lent Walk for CAFOD on Tuesday. We have been blown away by your generosity in donating to such a great cause - the total is currently £537 which is just incredible. £231 can feed a family for a year and we have raised over double this which is amazing! A huge thank you to everyone who was able to join us on the walk and raise such a fantastic amount of money for CAFOD. If you haven't donated yet and would like to, you can do so here: https://schools.walk.cafod.org.uk/fundraising/holy-familys-fundraising-page2026. We were also delighted last Friday to have raised over £200 for Red Nose Day. It's really moving to be involved in a school community where everyone looks to help those in need - thank you all so much! 🙌

There's been lots of sport going on recently which has been great to see. Our Year 5/6 team finally picked up their first win of the season on Friday, coming away 4-1 winners in a friendly at St Helen's. The boys have worked so hard and have been unlucky in a number of games, so to come away with a fantastic result like this is testament to their resilience and perseverance. Tom and captain Leonel both got two goals and Player of the Match went to Nicholas who was immense both in attack and defence ⚽. Our netball team had their first ever game on Friday against St Mary's, and whilst the result didn't go our way, they gave a really good account of themselves. Addie got nominated as Player of the Match by the St Mary's players and Elsie got Coach's Player. The netball team also played in a tournament on Wednesday at Yate, with different rules meaning that they had to swap positions every game. Despite people having to play in positions brand new to them, they won 2 out of their 5 fixtures and gave a brilliant account of themselves. A huge thank you to Georgie and Mel for running the club and to Georgie for taking them to fixtures and umpiring 🏀.

We had out of school success this week, with Parker, Beatrice and Tiffany getting certificates at swimming 🏊‍♂️; Kaleb getting Player of the Match at football ⚽; Lucas getting a new belt at EPiC 🥋; Nicola who picked up another medal at gymnastics 🤸; and finally, Miss McQuaid who got a distinction in her level 3 teaching assistant course 🎓! We are very proud of all of them 👏.

Our 🌟 Stars of the Week 🌟 are Harlow, Alicia, Nevaeh, Ryan, Josh, Addie and the whole of Year Six! They have impressed staff with different things such as art work, helping others, contributions in class and hard work in assessments. I look forward to a treat next week 🍪!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Harding