About

SCHOOL DINNERS
School dinners are £9 a week. Please give the money in at the beginning of the week in the provided envelope with your childs name and year and the amount enclosed (if not £9).

MISSION STATEMENT
St. Kentigern’s School is part of our parish community of faith, which helps our children to develop their
spiritual, mental and physical abilities to their highest possible potential, by prayerfully basing their lives on the teachings and values of Jesus Christ and his Church, while recognizing and respecting the beliefs of others.

We are committed to the development of the whole child within a community where every individual is valued and respected.
Co-operation and friendship will encourage a happy and caring, learning environment.

AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
To help children develop lively, enquiring and creative minds, the ability to question and argue rationally and to apply themselves to tasks and the development of physical skills.

To help pupils to acquire knowledge, skills, concepts and attitudes relevant to life in an ever changing world.

To instill respect for Catholic religious moral values and tolerance of other races, religions and cultures.

To help pupils understand the world in which they live and the independence of individuals, groups and nations.

To help pupils to appreciate human achievements and aspirations.

To provide a warm, caring environment in which pupils may live and learn.

To provide a positive learning environment in which individual achievements are recognized and valued.

OUR SCHOOL
St. Kentigern’s is a one form entry Catholic Voluntary Aided Mixed Primary School in the Diocese of Lancaster. It caters for 230 children from 4 to 11 years. It was founded in 1904 and provides for the children of St. Kentigern’s Parish. The area it serves is a mixture of residential, council and business properties.

The school is housed in traditional buildings adjacent to the Church. There are separate playgrounds for the two key stages as well as a ‘secret garden’ and car parking facilities.

Over the last few years the school has undergone several renovations: a new classroom, new ‘state of the art’ ICT suite, new resource room, new special needs room, UPVC double glazing, every classroom has been remodelled, with walls taken down or put up, maximising the potential of the old buildings for the children in them. Carpets have been fitted, toilets have been remodelled, tiled and fitted with hand driers, and the whole school has been painted.

A gallery has been created, where we can display and celebrate the work of the children throughout the school around a central theme, this is next to the Isidore Suite. A new entrance to Key Stage 1 has been built. Resource areas in both departments have been organised around curriculum subjects. The SEN area has been developed with resources used by outreach staff as well as our own, a sensory corner has been created and is enjoyed by all who use it.

Since 1996 the ‘Secret Garden’ has been developed and used as an effective tool for learning, with children planting seeds, vegetables and flowers and reaping the harvest! A pond was added at Easter 1997.

PLAYGROUND
Our playground has been 're-decorated' recently with big 'plant-pot-type-things' (right picture) to add some shrubbery to the playground, football and basketball nets for playtime and more interesting floor for the rest of the playground (bottom).

The Shield
For our centenary Mrs. Lock and her 'lunch bunch' children created a 'Centenary Shield' to celebrate the last 100years of the school, it was in the style of a stained glass window with bold colours and thick black lines. This painting was actually turned into a real stained glass window and is now displayed in a back-lit cabinet on the gallery.