September, 2020 | Our Lady of Sion

Sion Charism

We are often asked about the school’s ethos and its accompanying motto ‘Consideration Always’. As demonstrated by our Assembly this morning, our motto is not just wallpaper, something that is there just in the background and easy to ignore after a while. It is something which we believe in as a core part of a…

Announcing our new Junior School Prefects

We are delighted to announce our Junior School Prefects for 2020-21. The children have new roles, designed for the world in which we now live. As Mrs Pearson says, ‘Every child has shown the best version of themselves. They are a credit to themselves and the Sion Community. What excellent role models we have for…

Sion Nursery and Care Home Residents become Pen Pals

During the summer, the children from the Nursery at Our Lady of Sion received a message from their neighbours at St Mary’s Care Home. Before Lockdown, the residents had been regularly visited by the children and now they were missing seeing them! There has been a stream of correspondence between the two groups…

Introducing our Heads of School and their Sixth Form Leadership Team

We are delighted to introduce our Heads of School, Ruby and Oliver, along with the rest of the Sixth Form Leadership Team who have taken up their positions of responsibility for the academic year 2020-21. Congratulations to all of them. We are confident that they will be fantastic role models for the younger students! Heads…

What’s going on at Our Lady of Sion

Piccolo’s adventures at the Junior School

There was much excitement at the Junior School at Our Lady of Sion when a little fish was found on the playground after it had been dropped by a passing seagull. Quickly rescued by the pupils, Piccolo (as the fish was named by the children) happily spent the morning swimming in some water. When the…

Junior School pupils take their places in the Dementia Friends Steering Group

Our four Year 6 School Councillors took their place on the Worthing Dementia Action Alliance Steering Group as the youngest-ever members. Fresh from their trial of the Dementia Friendly training, the confident young Sionians shared their experiences of the sessions, ahead of being rolled out across Sussex. ‘Sion- always immaculately turned out’ Bob Smytherman Lynsey from…