We’ve had a fantastic day learning all about life in Turkey; the food, the clothes, the dancing and the crafts. The children learned how to play Korobe; they cooked ekmek and baklava; they learned to dance the Halay; they made amulets called Hamsas and beautiful Turkish tiles. They did some great research too – see if you can remember the answers to these questions:
What is the capital city of Turkey?
What is the currency of Turkey?
What is the highest mountain in Turkey?
Follow Year 3’s instructions for
Year 5 tell the story of
Congratulations to the nine children who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Tuesday 27th January. A huge thank you goes to all the children, staff and parents who came to support them. The choir were wonderful and helped to make it a very special occasion. We were lucky enough to have Bishop Robert visit the school in the afternoon so all the children were able to meet him and give him a warm welcome.
Well done our Year 5 singers for a fantastic performance at the LG arena with the Young Voices choir. They sang and danced their socks off!
Carol singing and Christmas trees
Joining our friends from the Caritas Christi in Urbe schools at St Chad’s Cathedral
Candlelit Christmas service in church
Christmas Lunch
Year 1 and 2 told us the story of the first Christmas with some beautiful singing and reading. The dancing was out of this world!
It was the last day of the visit and off we went to the Black Country Museum to see what life in Britain was like in the 19th century when the first industrial towns and villages were emerging.
We wandered through the village and chatted to residents charismatic residents. There were trams to ride, games to play, things being made, stories to hear. We visited the mines and rode on the fairground, ate lunch in the pub and explored the tiny back-to-back houses and shops.
It was time to say goodbye as the Polish and Turkish teams headed off to the airport. …and finally the Italian team set off back to the hotel for their last evening in Birmingham.
On Friday we started the day with a ‘Talk for Writing’ presentation from each class. We heard everything from traditional stories, persuasive letters, reports and even a speech by William Shakespeare.Then we took our visitors on a tour of the school while our children presented them with hand-made flowers.
Meanwhile the teachers had a meeting to plan the next steps for the project. It took a lot of discussion to decide on the dates for our next visits,but we got there in the end.
In the afternoon, the children had a gymnastics lesson with a specialist coach, while the their teachers went shopping.
Later there was much secret practice for the evening performance – a night of song and dance with contributions from each country. It was a fabulous show – have a look at the films on the next page. Halfway through we stopped for some fish ‘n’ chips – traditional English meal.
Thank yous
A night of music and dance entertainment with out European friends
St Vincent’s Choir
Mrs Brookes
Mr Brown
Italian Song
Turkish Dance
Polish Song
and another one
Greek Children’s Dance
and another one
A Farewell Rap
English Children’s Dance
What a tiring day! We started with a visit to the Birmingham Council House to see the Lord Mayor. He showed us around his rooms with beautiful furniture and paintings.
Later we got to sit in the seats of the councillors and even the chair of the Leader of the Council – sorry Sir Albert!
Next came shopping – the Christmas market was a great place to buy souvenirs and presents to take home. The Birmingham Big Wheel gave a view across the whole of the city centre.
Some very talented ice skaters….. and some just learning -oops!
Finally a typical English roast dinner, with stuffing and Yorkshire pudding – yum!