St Paul's Catholic Primary School

Our Class Saint

St Francis of Assisi

      St Francis was born in Assisi, Italy. His family were very wealthy and St Francis spent his money on expensive clothes and food. One day, whilst out riding on his horse, St Francis came across a poor, sick man. Usually, he would have turned away, but this time, St Francis got off his horse, gave the man his cloak and kissed his cheek.

St Francis started going to church every day. As he prayed in a chapel, he heard a voice say, "Francis, repair my Church." Thinking that God was telling him to repair the chapel, St Francis used his father's money and goods to rebuild it. His father was very angry and had his son arrested for stealing. St Francis returned all of the money and goods. He even stripped off all of the clothes he was wearing and gave them back to his father! A Bishop quickly covered him with an old tunic. St Francis continued to wear the old tunic for the rest of his life.

From then on, St Francis lived in poverty. He realised that when God asked him to, "Repair my Church," he meant the Catholic Church around the world. Listening to God, St Francis worked to make the Church better by speaking up for the poor and looking after them.

Feast day: October 4th

Patron Saint of: the environment, animals, birds and Italy

Values and Virtues

In Year 3, we are focusing on being Eloquent and Truthful.

 We school are growing to be eloquent and truthful in what we say of ourselves, the relations between people, and the world.

Catholic Social Teaching

Our Catholic Social Teaching is Families and Communities

God made us to be part of communities, families and countries,

so all people can share and help each other.

We are called to work for the good of each and of all.

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Unit A - Belonging - We gather as Gods family

This unit involves the children exploring
groups to which they belong. Through the theme of
belonging they will study the Sacrament of Baptism as a
Sacrament of Belonging to the Church. They will also learn
how Catholics celebrate their belonging to the Family of
God through the Celebration of Mass. 

Unit B - Reconciliation

This unit involves the children exploring human choices,
the consequences of sin, Christ’s teaching on forgiveness
and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Maths

This term, we will be focusing on place values to 1000 and addition and subtraction.

English

We will be focusing on writing character descriptions

Wider Curriculum

Science: Animals including humans

History: Ancient Greece

Geography: Spatial Sense

French: I am learning French

Class Notices

• Tuesday is PE day. Please come in your school PE kit.
• Please read for everyday and sign your child's diary everyday.
• Spelling test is every Friday and new spellings will be given out.
• Maths - Times tables practice please use timestable.co.uk
• Please bring a bottle of water to school everyday.

Thank you for your continued support!