The hall was buzzing with excitement as children explored hands‑on activities and mind‑boggling mini‑experiments created and run entirely by Year 6. Curiosity was everywhere, and so were the smiles!

Our young scientists led investigations into questions such as:

🔍 What is density?
🌊 Why do some things float while others sink?
🧩 Why are puzzles so puzzling?
🍋 How can a lemon make electricity?
🏃‍♂️ How does friction affect motion?
🔗 Why do pulleys make lifting easier?
🥚 Can you really make an egg bounce?
🚆 What makes an electromagnetic train move?
🪙 When you flip a coin, are there really more heads than tails?

From floating experiments to lemon batteries and bouncing eggs, children were inspired to ask questions, investigate, test, and discover—everything STEM Week is all about!

A huge well done to Year 6 for their enthusiasm, creativity, and fantastic explanations. And thank you to all classes who came along ready to explore the wonders of science!

🔬✨ Stay curious!

What a game! Both teams showed fantastic skill, determination, and true sportsmanship. Although it wasn’t our day, we’re so proud of you all – that match was worthy of a final!

🌟 Players: Aoife, Eloise, Rosemary, Freddie, Hannah, Evelyn, Isabel, Flynn & Armin.
💪 Better luck next time, St Agatha’s – you were brilliant!

It was a wonderful opportunity to bring together pupils from the Diocese of Westminster, Southwark and Arundel& Brighton.

After Mass, there was a chance to socialise with children from other schools whilst enjoying juice and biscuits.

We have many aspiring chess players in the Chess club and hope this acts as an inspiration for them and new members to work hard, and maybe they can be part of the St Agatha's Shield match in 2026.

We look forward to sharing our ideas and celebrating our actions!

The girls were very excited to be able to have a photo with Katie Cox, a Chelsea and England U19 player who also refereed their matches. She was very impressed, praising their footballing skills but also their teamwork and leadership skills.  It was a very successful morning for St Agatha's. Well done to all involved. 

The children and the adults had a fantastic time, and we were very lucky with the weather too! We found out lots of interesting facts and our favourite fact was about the fish ladder and eel ladder. If you take a walk down to the lock, we are sure the children will point them out to you!

Every Wednesday, children bring in a pre-loved book they no longer need and swap it from a whole range of different books to take home and enjoy. Happy reading!

‘It was fun. It was so fun. We went and played three games. The first one was when we were tagged. It was called Classic Tag. We also played tug of war. Each team got one point.’ Reception child 

‘I really liked the dodgeball.’ Year 3 child

‘We pulled a rope together. One team was the blue team and one team was the white team. The games were fun.’ Nursery child

‘I enjoyed the medic dodgeball.’  Year 5 child

‘The dodgeball was great fun. It was a good experience at school especially as it helped us with our mental health and to get to know other children more.’ Year 4 child

In addition to the PE activities, the children were able to help build their resilience by having a scootering or skateboarding session. Here are some statements from the children:

‘I would recommend the skateboarding as it was really fun and I learnt how to do a pancake flip.’ Year 6 child

‘It was really good fun.’ Year 3 child

‘He showed us how to ride a two-wheel scooter and a bunch of cool tricks.’ Year 1 child

‘The scooter tricks were very fun and we enjoyed going around the cones.’ Year 2 child

‘I like how we were introduced to lots of new skills but we had a choice.’ Year 5 child

‘It encouraged us to try new activities and to learn new skills. It will give us more bravery and confidence in the future and we had a lot of fun doing it.’ Year 4 child

‘The skateboarding was so fun. We learnt how to do a pancake flip. It started off hard but it started to get easier the more we practised.’ Year 6 child

Other activities included making memory boxes for the children to be able to look back at fond memories that have been created. The children also very much enjoyed playing playground games such as hopscotch and popping bubbles thanks to members of the PSA who created them with chalk especially for Wellbeing Week.

‘I liked the Walk the Plank game where we could jump off into the sea’. Year 1 child
 

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They will also be running a Holiday Camp at school this half term - please click here for more details.

Please see the attached flyer for details of the  ‘Kingston Boot Exchange’ taking place at our school. The collection box will be at school from Monday 20^th January, to receive any donations and will be collected on Friday 24^th January.  

Thank you for your support.

St Agatha's School

We hope the children have enjoyed their Christmas entertainment contributed to by the PSA. These activities are only possible because of your generosity and support - Tiny Tunes for nursery, pantomime for KS1 and Rose theatre for KS2.

Our donations will be combined with everything collected at the church and taken to Dons Foodbank. 

Please come and join us on one of our open mornings, meet staff and pupils, ask any questions you may have and enjoy a tour of the school. For further information about the admissions process, please click here.

We look forward to meeting you.