Abbey Catholic Primary School
Abbey Catholic Primary School

Events Gallery

There is always plenty going on at our school, such as day trips, visitors who come to school to entertain or work with the children, and other special occasions during the year. On this page you can look back on some of our special events, and share the memories with us.

Year 5’s Historical Banquet

Year 5’s Historical Banquet

Year 5 stepped right back into history as they chopped, stewed, baked, and tasted all the historical recipes of an Anglo-Saxon banquet. They designed their menu, accounting for seasonal produce and allergies, prepared their food and even invited a special guest - Mr...

School of Sanctuary Award Presentation

School of Sanctuary Award Presentation

We were thrilled to finally be able to host a formal presentation ceremony for our award as a School of Sanctuary. This special event marks the first milestone of our journey as a place of welcome. We were proud to host speakers from the Birmingham Schools of...

Share a Story

Share a Story

Our mission team and pupils were super excited to take part in the great story swap session this afternoon, which saw children sharing a story with an adult that was not their usual class teacher. The buzz of excitement around school was electric and T in Year 4 said...

Abbey Pupils feature in Erdington Local

Abbey Pupils feature in Erdington Local

Our pupils are excited to find themselves featured in the latest edition of Erdington Local, a free local newspaper. The articles focus on the work we have been doing as a School of Sanctuary to support the upcoming ‘week of action’ organised by Together with...

Chaplaincy Team’s Friendship Bracelets

Chaplaincy Team’s Friendship Bracelets

Chaplaincy Team met this week to make special friendship bracelets which will be shared with visitors during the visit of Little Amal to Erdington during half term. Little Amal is a huge puppet who represents a displaced child refugee, she is travelling to the UK...

Year 3 Sleepover

Year 3 Sleepover

On Thursday 7th October 2021, children from Year 3 returned to school for an evening of activities focussing on our Big Question, "How do we know about the past if it is not written down?" The children were so excited to have the opportunity to work in teams and...

Reception trip to Highbury Theatre

Reception trip to Highbury Theatre

Reception went on their first school trip to Highbury Theatre in Sutton Coldfield. The children were very excited to travel on a train to the theatre. Once there, both classes took it in turns to go onto the stage and sing a Nursery Rhyme to their friends. Phil from...

Holy Communion Breakfast

Holy Communion Breakfast

Year 4 were grateful for the generosity of the PTFA for organising a surprise breakfast to celebrate their First Holy Communions. We gathered as a faith-filled community to reflect on our special day. We thank all of those that made it possible for Year 4 to celebrate...

Chaplaincy Team Leader

Chaplaincy Team Leader

In our most recent meeting, Year 6 Chaplaincy Team members had the opportunity to put themselves forward for leadership positions. Following a vote, we are delighted to welcome 'C' to the role of chair of chaplaincy. 'C' gave a very eloquent speech about why she felt...

Year 4 Holy Communion

Year 4 Holy Communion

After two cancellations during the Summer term, we were delighted to be able to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion. Supported by our friends in our year group and parish our families joined to share this special event. The responses and singing were so full of...