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Loreto Highlights Update - 17th March 2023

St Patrick's Eve
Our Loreto School Community had a wonderful St. Patrick's Eve on Thursday. It was a well-attended evening with over 120 parents and staff, joining together to socialise and raise funds for the Loreto Restoration Project. The evening commenced with pupils performing an Irish Dancing Jig, they even managed to keep in time with each other. Then the Year 6 choir performed some Irish songs to get everyone in a joyous mood to bid for the limited-edition class artwork, and raffle prizes. We would like to thank everyone for attending, contributing to the £18,000 raised, with a special thanks to Sonja and Michelle at The Lounge for being wonderful hosts, and the Friends of Loreto for their hard work and dedication in making it a successful evening.

St Patrick's Day Sport
Friday was an action packed day of activities for pupils across our Main school. In our Kusuma Sports Hall some of our Year 5 pupils joined Year 6 in their Netball and Football competitions. In our Podium and Palm Tree playgrounds we welcomed Junior Sports Leader students from Prior Park. The students organised and ran activities for the pupils in our Early Foundation Stages and Lower Primary School. Make sure to read next week's newsletter where we will have all the results and more news on our St. Patrick's Day 2023.

Young Gardeners
Year 3 Herb Garden. Pupils from Year 3 have helped to plant seeds which we hope will germinate and sprout soon. Coriander, Oregano, Rosemary and Lemon Basil should supply us with a good range of flavours!

Gardening Club
Our Year 6 gardening club have started some sustainable growing using Hydroponics. Last week the pupils had sown lettuce seeds into a purpose built Hydroponics network. The seeds are kept moist by the condensed water coming from the AIr Conditioning inverters on the outside of the building.

The pupils have also been cooking with some of their fresh produce grown this month. The Broccoli was used in a lovely Pasta dish by Oliver, Sveva has eaten her Radish plain to get the most out of the flavour. Next week we will catch up with Sophie and her Sweet Peas, and Amelia and her massive Cauliflower!

Year 3 First Confession and First Holy Communion
Lady Caruana came to school on Thursday morning to speak with the pupils who are preparing for their First Confession and First Holy Communion.
She explained the reasons why we have Sacraments and how they enable us to love in the same way that God does.
She discussed the reasons why they are doing their First Confession and First Holy Communion and how important it is to allow Jesus to enter our lives.
We are extremely grateful to Lady Caruana for sharing her spirituality with the class and for teaching them about God’s love in an interactive, engaging and joyful manner.
This was certainly a very meaningful and enriching experience for all the pupils.

Gold Book
Well done to pupils in Lower Primary and Foundation Stages who were presented with their Gold Award certificates and gold pencils.

Library Awards
Our Mr Reader awards scheme continues, and pupils have been reading their library books at home and during lunchtimes. Our Library Prefects Cecilia and Nicolas presented the certificates and awards to the pupils.

Faith Diary
This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday in Lent and is traditionally known as Laetare Sunday. The name comes from the first word of the Collect for this Sunday, which is ‘Laetare’, meaning ‘rejoice’, and fittingly, the Gospel give us the joyful story of Jesus restoring the sight of the man born blind.

This Sunday provides a short reprieve from the weeks of Lenten solemnity, with the Priest wearing rose-coloured vestments instead of the usual Lenten purple, to anticipate the joy of Easter before the coming sorrow of Holy Week. This was also the only day during Lent when marriages could traditionally be celebrated, and though no flowers are permitted at the altar during Lent, they are permitted on this Sunday. This could explain why it also came to be celebrated as ‘Mothering Sunday’, a joyful Spring day on which people would bring flowers to ‘Mother Church’, and by extension, to their own mothers.

Nursery 2
Nursery 2 also had a fantastic World Book Day as they had sensory play to recreate the story of "Pete the Cat: I love my white shoes"
The children all dressed up as cats and wore white socks, just like Pete's white shoes! The children then went on to recreate the story by singing Pete's song and stepping in different trays of materials and textures that changed the colour of their socks. Even though they loved their white "shoes", Pete taught the children to keep on going and to love the new colour of their shoes.
It got a little bit messy at the end, as the children all stepped into a puddle...just like Pete! The children loved exploring the different textures with their feet, sparking their curiosity and promoting a love for learning.
Pete the Cat is a great story for children as the repetition, rhyme and songs, engage the children and help them develop phonological awareness. It is also a great story to help develop their understanding of colours.
The story also reinforces positive themes such as self-awareness, effective communication, helpfulness and trying new things.

Parent's Section
You can find our online school calendar on our website.
We have our letter bank on our website containing letters sent home.
Our Calendar in a printable format on our website.
Reminder - FS2 to Year 6 online Parent Teacher meetings now available to book for 20th-23rd March.

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Loreto Convent School

13, Europa Road

Gibraltar GX11 1AA

Gibraltar

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