Category: News

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…

This is  Mental Health Awareness Week. This has been reflected throughout the school with different activities and discussions. Year 3 have been thinking about ways in which bringing nature into their lives will help their wellbeing. They discussed: creativity (sand castles, ephemeral art, painting using materials form nature); mindfulness (bird song, watching the clouds, listening…

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…

The Governors are delighted to announce that Steven Jeffery has been confirmed as the new Headteacher at Our Lady of Sion. Mrs Katy Henwood, Chair of the Governors, said,  “Mr Jeffery has demonstrated outstanding care and educational provision to all students over the last 9 months whilst working as the Acting Headteacher. He impressed the…

We gathered together (virtually) on Wednesday 20th January 2021 to celebrate our  Founders’ Day.  We focused on our Founders and their vision and mission and what it means to us today.  Joining together in celebration of Sion education was positively glorious. Mr Jeffery set the students a creative challenge – to demonstrate what our Sion…

We are exceptionally proud of one of our students who has created this amazing artwork for the residents of Haviland House, a dementia care home run by Guildcare. Harvey’s grandmother lives at the home and he thought that she and other residents would enjoy having a new piece of art for Christmas. He asked the…

Four pupils from Our Lady of Sion Junior School have recently been invited to join the Worthing Dementia Friends Steering Group. Kyle Clapton, Daisy Cutting, Poppy Simmonds and Roman Young have recently been chosen as Junior School Councillors and one of their roles will be to drive community projects such as this one, alongside the…

Years 5 and 6 from Our Lady of Sion Junior School have recently completed a 5K run in aid of the mental health charity MIND. The children were aware of the mental health impact that the pandemic has had on so many people and decided that they wanted to raise some money for this charity…

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…

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…