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 6 World War Immersion Day

Year 6 World War Immersion Day

Year 6 jumped straight into their new big question, 'Is war ever just?' with an immersion day where the children became evacuees for the day. Armed with their paper tags, they spent a morning experiencing teamwork when building their own Anderson Shelter,...

Little Amal visits Erdington

Little Amal visits Erdington

During the half term holidays families were made aware of an exciting opportunity of encounter. Little Amal was welcomed into Erdington and it was a delight to see so many of our school community participate in the event, which sought to raise awareness of the refugee...

Awareness Raising Event at Birmingham Library

Awareness Raising Event at Birmingham Library

As part of our ongoing work as a School of Sanctuary, we were invited to be part of a special awarness raising publicity event hosted at BIrmingham Library. We had the opportunity for pupils to share some of the work we have been doing and alss listen to other schools...

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...