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• Thursday 5 June 2025 Year 3 and 4—Introductory Level Arts Award In February, our Year 3 and Year 4 children visited the Royal Pump Room Museum and Mercer Gallery. They completed the introductory level of the Arts Award with a professional artist who will use their artwork to create a local map showing key features of Harrogate’s spa history, which will be available for visitors to take. Arts Award is a recognised qualification awarded by Trinity College London which supports children and young people to grow as artists and arts leaders. It starts with “Discover” level, which our children have achieved and this week they all
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Cultural Heritage Day
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Celebration of the Good Shepherd Our Head Boy and Head Girl represented St Robert’s on Wednesday with Bishop Marcus at the Celebration of the Good Shepherd at St Anne’s Cathedral, Leeds. They joined with other school children from the Diocese of Leeds to present the money they raised during Lent. The Good Shepherd Appeal is a fundraising appeal every Lent for schools to take part and raise money for Catholic Care. Catholic Care provide practical support, compassion and hope to those in need. Whether through foodbanks, homelessness support, mental health services or aid for vulnerable families, Catholic Care reflects the Church’s commitment to the preferential option for the poor in Catholic Social Teaching.
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Celebration of the Good Shepherd Our Head Boy and Head Girl represented St Robert’s on Wednesday with Bishop Marcus at the Celebration of the Good Shepherd at St Anne’s Cathedral, Leeds. They joined with other school children from the Diocese of Leeds to present the money they raised during Lent. The Good Shepherd Appeal is a fundraising appeal every Lent for schools to take part and raise money for Catholic Care. Catholic Care provide practical support, compassion and hope to those in need. Whether through foodbanks, homelessness support, mental health services or aid for vulnerable families, Catholic Care reflects the Church’s commitment to the preferential option for the poor in Catholic Social Teaching.
• Thursday 1 May 2025 Remembering Pope Francis
• Friday 25 April 2025 Food in School and Healthy Eating Tracey, the Development Chef for North Yorkshire Schools' Catering Services visited us this week to talk to us about our school lunches and also what a healthy lunchbox looks like. We were taken on a journey of the ingredients in two school lunches; macaroni cheese and spaghetti bolognaise. She told us about food miles and what this means in relation to local sourcing and the impact on the environment. This was very useful to know, especially as it was Earth day this week too! We looked at the Eatwell Guide and School Food Standards to see what a nutritious and balanced meal looks like. The children learned the importance of making good eating choices and limiting sweet and salty snacks for treat times as part of a balanced diet.
• Thursday 27 March 2025 Swimming Gala
• Thursday 13 March 2025 Pilgrimage of the Jubilee Logo Last Thursday, we received the banner for the Pilgrimage of the Jubilee logo in school from St Joseph’s school in Harrogate. The logo canvas will go to each of the 93 schools in the Diocese for them to attach their school logo before passing it on to the next school. On Friday we met with pupils from St John Fisher High school for the handover at St Robert's church. A special Jubilee mass was celebrated by Fr Simon, and the choirs from both schools joined together with parishioners to make it a fantastic way to mark the holy year.
• Thursday 6 March 2025 Jury Service for the trial of Alexander T. Wolf
• Thursday 27 February 2025 World Thinking Day Thank you to our wonderful Girl Guiding and Scouting Movements who took part in World Thinking Day this week. They did a great job of promoting this special day of international friendship.
• Thursday 13 February 2025 Eagles Visit to see Frozen at Harrogate High School
• Monday 10 February 2025 Year 5/6 Dodgeball Competition Well done to the Year 5/6 Dodgeball Team who represented St Robert's brilliantly at this week's Dodgeball Competition. They competed against 9 other schools and finished 2nd. Well done everyone!