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 Compassionate and Loving

Pupils in a St Paul’s are growing to be compassionate towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and loving by their just actions and forgiving words.

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Discerning Disciples

Creation and Covenant

Pupils will explore the Christian belief that God created the world out of love and that every person is made in God's image. Through Scripture, prayer, discussion and reflection, children will learn that creation is a gift from God and that all people have dignity and value .

Maths

This term, we will be focusing on place value to 3 digit numbers and addition and subtraction using the formal column methods .

English

We will be focusing on writing a character description

Wider Curriculum

Science: Animals including humans

French - Understanding french

Computing - Online Safety

Geography - Spatial Sense

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!