Parliament Week at St. Gregory's

This week the children enjoyed a range of activities linked to democracy. We found out about the Women Suffragettes, Nelson Mandela, The Houses of Parliament and even Guy Fawkes!

After campaigning around school, four Year 6 candidates made their final speeches in an attempt to persuade the children to elect them as the Chairperson of the School Council. The votes were counted and after a close race, the winner was Gabriel - leader of The Purple Party. 

Here is a video of his campaign speech...

Science Champs!

Last week St. Gregory's won their first silverware of the year. But it wasn't football - this time it was science!

A team representing the school had to carry out investigations and answer some tough questions on all aspects of science. They overcame competition from 10 local schools to win the trophy. Well done to everyone involved!

Recently we had an exciting experience when a helicopter came to our school. We spoke to the pilot and co-pilot and learned how they work. Here is a video of the visit....!

St. Gregory's Talent Show

We had an exciting and entertaining finale to the first half term of the summer with a school talent show to raise funds for the year 6 residential trip. Well done to everyone who took part.

Kwik Cricket Day at St. Gregory's

Today the children were treated to some Cricket skills coaching. They learned lots of important skills including throwing, catching and bowling and had lots of fun! Lanky, the Lancashire Thunderbolts mascot, made a surprise appearance to look for stars of the future!

Easter Fun!

Today was a very bright and colourful day at St. Gregory's as children showed off their Easter bonnets and themed eggs. Here is a slideshow of some of the entries and the winners who each received an Easter egg.

Girls are Chorley District Champions!

Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 Girls Football Team who tonight won the Chorley District competition to following in the boys footsteps and progressing through to the Lancashire Stages at Blackpool!

There were some tense moments throughout, with the girls having to play to penalties in both the semi-final against Balshaw Lane and the final against St. George's.

Congratulations to all the girls who took part in the competition!!

Maths Week Celebration

This week at St. Gregory's was Maths Week, there were many special activities including singing, dancing and dressing up! One of the highlights was a very special visit from the man behind the 'Number Fun' songs enjoyed by children throughout the school to support their learning.

SG News took the opportunity to ask him where it all started...

Year 4 Get Animated!

This week Year 4 went to BBc 21st Century Classroom in Manchester to take part in an animation workshop. It was a fantastic day and the children worked hard to produce some brilliant work.

See one of the examples below!

Double success for football teams this week...

This week saw St. Gregory's boys and girls win silverware in different competitions. Firstly on Wednesday, the girls finished their league competition with a hard fought title decider against St. George's. In a high quality game they lost out 3-1 but gave a performance to take great pride from. As a result, they earned themselves silver medals - a fantastic achievement!

Next up was the boys turn to represent St. Gregory's and the Chorley Schools District in Blackpool against 15 other regional winners. As expected the standard was incredibly high with some tremendous talent on show. After finishing 3rd in their group the boys went through to the supplementary cup and after some battling displays defeated Penwortham Primary in the final 2-0 (Brandon and Owen with the crucial goals). An amazing victory given every team had won their own district cup to qualify!

Year 3's Exciting Trip to Hoghton Tower

Today Year 3 went on a fantastic trip to Hoghton Tower. We loved looking around all the rooms in the castle and learning about the people who lived there and all the famous people who had been to visit, like King James 1, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, who taught there for 2 years!

It was great fun to dress up as knights, princesses, kings and queens as we explored the castle; getting a chance to dance in the ball room, look for Jimmy in the dungeons and some of us even got knighted...including Lady Miss Mair and Sir Mr.Darbyshire!!

Watch out for the Polar Bears!

Well done to Reception who have worked really hard to make a new Arctic Area in class today! Watch out for the hungry Polar Bears soon to be roaming around our school...