Sacred Heart R.C. Primary School

'Where Every Heart is Sacred'

W/C 02.03.26


Lent is a time to reflect on Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection through three key practices: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Pray: We are encouraged to pray more or to pray in new ways this Lent. Try moving your crucifix near your front door as a reminder of Christ’s love, attending the Stations of the Cross, or writing prayers as messages to God.

Fast: Fasting isn’t just about food—it’s about making space for God. Giving up distractions like screen time and gossip can help us focus on our faith and appreciate what we have.

Give: Acts of kindness, big or small, help those in need. Consider donating food, offering quiet acts of generosity, or involving children in secret ways to give.

Please click here to access a short clip about Lent that your children may enjoy. Let’s use this Lent to grow closer to God and each other. 

Adults may find inspiration from a letter that was written by Bishop John a few years ago, but seems more important now than ever: 

Mute the noise: How data fasting can help you rediscover the meaning of Lent.


World Book Day

5th March 2026

It was great to see so many of you celebrating your love of books this week by dressing up as your favourite character. We LOVED seeing you parade your costumes with pride in our fashion show catwalk- you all looked super! Our KS1 and LKS2 children further celebrated by visiting the library. A big thank you to our parent volunteers who gave up their time to support our children. 

'Reading Den' Competition

Congratulations to Anesu (Class 1) and Ishe (Class 3)- our competition winners!

Ishe and Anesu transformed their living room into a 'Storyteller’s Sanctuary' using their building kit, a cozy canopy, and some magical starlights. It has become the perfect spot for them to disappear into their favourite books!

Well done also to Ella (Class 8), Aiva (Class 2), Ayesha (Class 7) and Hoorain (Class 1), who also created cosy reading tents!

 

'Story in a Box' competition

Congratulations to Ruby from Class 4, our competition winner! Take a look at her fabulous story in a box!

Here are our other wonderful competition entries:

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School News

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A fantastic effort from Class 8 on today's world book day
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It's been a fantastic week in Reception at Sacred Heart! Our pop-up Mother's Day Market was a big success – the children enjoyed a little retail therapy while choosing something special for their mums. We won't spoil the surprise, but our Mums are definitely in for a treat! Did you know the new Tesco store has opened nearby too? The excitement has been real! We also had an amazing time celebrating World Book Day – with wonderful costumes, brilliant stories and lots of smiles all around. What a lovely week in Reception at Sacred Heart!
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Class 1 has had a brilliant time celebrating WBD! We loved seeing all the costumes and outfits, and having a special visit to the library!
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Happy World Book Day!
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Today for World Book Day, Class 5 joined Class 4 to visit the library to learn about the services available, make a bookmark, and also get a free book! After to continue celebrating World Book Day, the children did some hot seating activities, as well as acting out what it would feel like if they lived through An Escape from Pompeii, which is our focus text in Literacy . Also, earlier in the week, the children worked in teams focusing on their balance and fitness in our outdoor PE lesson.
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Class 2 have been working hard this morning to find the culprit who has taken our books. We have followed some clues to help us create our wanted poster. Can you help us? Clue 1: They're taller than 5ft 4 Clue 2: Somebody heard a male voice talking Clue 3: Some brown fur from an animal was found on the school gates! Clue 4: Somebody heard a loud growing out of the window. Clue 5: Somebody saw a creature with purple prickles running past! In the meantime we are off to the Library this afternoon to get some more books
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Yesterday C2 practiced using a needle and thread to create stitches. They were very patient throughout this tricky task and produced some fantastic work
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In Class 3 today the children wrote their own Lenten Challenges, after hearing the story of the Widow's Offering For each day in Lent we will take one coin out of our challenge box, and challenge ourselves to complete that task
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Thanks to our wonderful parent helpers who volunteered today to help make this afternoon's Forest School session a success along with our staff The children had the most wonderful afternoon preparing kindling for the fire and making mud pies!
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Congratulations to our winners of the Safer Internet poster competition. Their poster was chosen by our digital leaders for being eye catching and for having relevant information for the issues that our young children face when on line. This year, Safer Internet day focused on the following articles: Article 17 - Access to information Article 19 - Protection from violence Article 34 - Protection from sexual abuse For more information about keeping your children safe online please visit https://www.childnet.com for resources and practical tips.
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Celebrations

Attendance

 

Congratulations to our attendance winners this week:

Class 4 with 97.7% attendance

Class 3 with 97.1% attendance 

Reception 2 with 94.7% attendance

 

Well done to everyone who came to school on time every day this week!

House Points

 

Well done to House Carlo who earned the most house points this week!

 

House Carlo: 733

House Teresa: 331

House Francis: 717

House Josephine: 593

 

House Francis is currently in the lead for overall winners of this half-term!

Times Tables Rock Stars

 

Well done to our TT Rockstars winners this week! 

LKS2 - Ikem, Class 6

UKS2 - Dominic, Class 8

Superstar Readers

 

LKS2 - Class 6 who read 360,621 words this week!  

UKS2 - Class 8 who read 188,779 words this week! 

Well done!

OPAL Champions

 

Well done to our OPAL Champions this week!

KS1- Laura, Class 1

LKS2- Victoria, Class 5

UKS2- Khloe-Mae, Class 8





Class Assemblies

Families of children performing in one of our class assemblies are very welcome to join us in the school hall. 

Please note, the Class 9 Assembly which was originally scheduled for the 22nd May has been cancelled. 

Class 8 Assembly
9:05am – 9:45am
20
March
Class 3 Assembly
2:45pm – 3:05pm
20
March
Class 7 Assembly
9:05am – 9:45am
24
April
Class 5 Assembly
9:05am – 9:45am
08
May
Class 2 Assembly
2:45pm – 3:05pm
08
May
Class 1 Assembly
2:45pm – 3:05pm
22
May
Class 6 Assembly
9:05am – 9:45am
19
June
Class 4 Assembly
9:05am – 9:45am
17
July
Reception Assembly
2:40pm – 3:00pm
17
July

Class Masses

Families are very welcome to join us in Church. 

Class 2 & 3 Mass
9:15am – 10:15am
10
March
Class 4 & 5 Mass
9:15am – 10:15am
17
March
KS1 & KS2 Mass
9:15am – 10:15am
31
March
KS1 & KS2 Mass
9:15am – 10:15am
21
April
Class 6 & 7 Mass
9:15am – 10:15am
05
May
Class 4 & 5 Mass
9:15am – 10:15am
19
May
Class 8 & 9 Mass
9:15am – 10:15am
09
June
Class 6 & 7 Mass
9:15am – 10:15am
07
July

Parish of Sacred Heart & St Francis, Gorton

Click here for Mass times and other events in the Parish of Sacred Heart and St Francis, Gorton:

https://www.sacredheartstfrancisgorton.co.uk/mass-schedule


Experiencing difficulties? 

Parking, litter or fly-tipping issues? 

If you are experiencing difficulties navigating the roads near our school due to dangerous or illegal parking, you can report your concerns here:

https://manchester.portal.uk.empro.verintcloudservices.com/site/myaccount/request/report_illegal_parking

If you are experiencing issues with litter or fly-tipping, you can report your concerns here:

https://www.manchester.gov.uk/environment