November, 2020 | Our Lady of Sion

The Spirit of Sion and Doherty Cups

Mr Jeffery was delighted to award the Spirit of Sion Cup and the Doherty Cups today to some worthy recipients. These are actually Junior School awards but due to lockdown, these young people had not been formally awarded these prestigious recognitions. These awards recognise young people when they steadfastly demonstrate the values and behaviours associated with…

Sion Juniors get involved with UK Parliament Week

As part of UK Parliament Week, some of the Year 6 children from Our Lady of Sion Junior School seized the opportunity to have a virtual meeting with Sir Peter Bottomley MP. The children raised some salient questions with topics ranging from local eco issues, to questions concerning the current pandemic and US elections, and…

Halloween fun in Nursery during Half Term

Whilst the rest of the school were having their half term break, the fun and learning continued in the Nursery (which runs all year round). The children had great fun celebrating Halloween with their friends. There was: pumpkin sculpting and then making pumpkin soup, potion making, cooking Halloween biscuits, lollies and ghost cakes, making lanterns…

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…