St George's Catholic Primary School

🏐 A fantastic start to this year's netball league! Yesterday afternoon, our girls competed in the first round of league fixtures at Cecil Jones High School, playing four matches and securing two impressive wins. Strong defensive play, determined attacking, and seamless passing through the mid-court showcased excellent teamwork throughout the afternoon. We are incredibly proud of their effort, determination, and sportsmanship, and we can't wait for the next round of games. Well done, team! 👏💙

A huge thank you to our families for supporting our Hungry Cupboard with such generous donations of food and essential items. All contributions will be collected by the SVP in Southend and used to support members of our local community who need extra help. Our next collection is tomorrow, 21st October. Together, we are helping our children understand and live out the Catholic Social Teaching value of a Preferential Option for the Poor. 💙 #CatholicSocialTeaching #community @stvincentscentresouthend

Our first Artist of the Month award this year went to Zara and Mateo for their amazing self portraits. They both showed great artistic talent by mixing their own colours, adding details with different sized paintbrushes, and capturing a true likeness of themselves! Well done!🌟🌟 October's winning picture was Isla's amazing picture of Brazil. Using an array of brightly coloured paper, she carefully crafted and layered multiple houses to mimic a bustling Brazilian hillside community with the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue stands watching over the scene. To finish the masterpieces, they painted the backdrop with soft, sweeping watercolours to capture a beautiful, atmospheric sky. Her final piece is bursting with energy, colour, and creativity. 🌟

Our Hungry Cupboard is always hungry and collects food, toiletries and other essentials for the food bank run by the Southend St Vincent de Paul. Our next collection from the St Vincent de Paul society in Southend will be tomorrow morning. Thank you to everyone who has been filling the cupboard so far.

We are pleased to advertise that The 2 Johns are running an online session for all parents next Monday, 5th October at 8pm. They have delivered sessions at St George's previously and the feedback from parents has been amazing, with many parents saying 'they didn't know the risks'. The 2 Johns" are John Woodley and John Staines, retired UK police detectives and qualified police trainers who specialize in online safety, child exploitation, and digital safeguarding education. Over the past five years you may have seen either one of the '2 Johns' present at numerous key events in relation to the Online Child Sexual Exploitation of Children (OCSE). They have completed interviews for BBC Breakfast TV, BBC Radio 4, Channel 4 TV and numerous other local radio stations and have presented in schools across the UK. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88992900374

The Friends of St George's AGM will take place on 28th September @ 2.45pm. All parents/carers at St George's School are members and are invited to attend. Please come into school via the front office. #PTA

Today we say goodbye to two special members of our community. Mrs Wall and Mrs Pickford have been part of our school community for many years but now it's time for them to move to new adventures. Thank you for all you have done for our children and enjoy retirement 💖💖

We are delighted to announce that St George's have achieved the School Games PLATINUM Mark Award for the 2025/26 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, and to the school staff who support them. Well done to everyone!

Today was our final Southend City Sports event and we were represented by a fabulous group from Year 5. They participated in the Key Stage Two Mini Games and as ever they were wonderful ambassadors for St Georges!

Fantastic news for St Anne Line house who won the House Stars Competition this time. Members of the victorious house can wear non-uniform with a splash of red on Thursday 16th July.

Watching the England v Mexico match at lunchtime. How exciting! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇲🇽 #WorldCup2026

The Pride Lands are calling... Lions, lionesses, hyenas and more will soon take to the stage in The Circle of Life our Year 5 & 6 end of year production. Tomorrow morning, the children will perform for the very first time in front of staff and pupils as they begin their journey through the Pride Lands. So leave your worries behind and remember... Hakuna Matata!

Our athletics team have been busy making us proud with their track and field events. This week was the track Super Sports and more success for our athletes.Congratulations to you all!