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      <title>St Vincent's Catholic Primary School News</title>
      <description>News from the St Vincent's Catholic Primary School website</description>
      <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk</link>
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      <copyright>Copyright: (C) St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 2026</copyright>
      <lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:32:49 GMT</lastBuildDate>
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        <title>Reception Visit to Tesco</title>
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        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Reception-Visit-to-Tesco</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Read Aloud Challenge Winners</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our school was a regional winner in the National Read-Aloud Challenge! With over 550 registered schools and 10,000 children participating, this is no small achievement. As the regional winner, we had the pleasure of attending the National Read-Aloud Challenge Awards Ceremony on the 16th of January 2025. It was hosted by the brand ambassador, Clare Balding CBE, at Amazon&amp;rsquo;s London HQ. Mrs Scargill, Miss Herring and David (Y2) and Theresa (Y4) attended this exciting event. We are incredibly proud!]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Read-Aloud-Challenge-Winners</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Junior Carol Service</title>
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        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Junior-Carol-Service</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Infant Nativity</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, we experienced the true meaning of Christmas through &amp;lsquo;A King is Born&amp;rsquo;. YR, Y1 and Y2 put on a heart-warming performance using their musical and acting talents. It was lovely that so many families could attend. Thanks to Miss Waterman and all the Infant staff, who produced an amazing EYFS and KS1 performance. What a way to start Advent and Christmas!]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Infant-Nativity</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Black History Month</title>
        <description><![CDATA[October marked the beginning of Black History Month. The month presented an opportunity for our children to learn more about Black history through lessons, assemblies and other activities. It was also an opportunity for our school to emphasise our dedication to supporting and uplifting Black students.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Black-History-Month</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Nursery Have Been Looking at Autumn</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Nursery children went on a leaf hunt in the garden and have made hedgehogs from the leaves.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Nursery-Have-Been-Looking-at-Autumn</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>St Vincent&#39;s Chess Club</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Many of the children have been joining Mr Blooman for a game of chess during lunchtime.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/St-Vincent-s-Chess-Club</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>World Mental Health Day</title>
        <description><![CDATA[To raise awareness of this important issue, children and staff dressed in yellow or clothes that make them happy. Thank you to all the parents who donated &amp;pound;1 to go towards buying resources to support mental health and wellbeing in our school. This year&#39;s goal is about encouraging young people to have their say, and to remind them that they have the right to speak and be heard.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/World-Mental-Health-Day</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Voting at St. Vincent&#39;s</title>
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        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Voting-at-St-Vincent-s</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Crowning of Our Lady</title>
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        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Crowning-of-Our-Lady</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Earth Day</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On Monday, the whole school celebrated Earth Day by dressing up in green and blue. The classes took part in a variety of activities that helped the pupils to gain a better idea of how to care for our planet.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Music Festival</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Y5 took part in the Music Festival at Valence Primary School on Thursday 21st March alongside 5 other schools within the borough. All the schools performed two pre-selected songs to sing as a whole group, which was quite moving and powerful. Each school had to choose another two songs to present at the festival. Y5 chose to sing Here I am to worship and I can see clearly now. The organisers of the event were extremely impressed with our song choices and all the adults were singing along with us.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Music-Festival</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Y5 Class Assembly</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 5 shared their learning about the topic of refugees in their class assembly. We have been busy taking part in the shared endeavour project funded by the Mayor of London behalf of The Mayor&#39;s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) since the beginning of the spring term. We began by reading the book Boy, Everywhere which is about a boy, Sami, who had to leave Syria due to political unrest and war. He was a boy just like us, enjoying all the things we have and do and it was all gone in the blink of an eye when he had to leave his home and became a refugee. We created posters to share the message with everyone and wrote poems, inspired by the one we learnt by Brian Bilston entitled Refugees.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Y5-Class-Assembly</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Y5 Visit to St Thomas&#39;s Church</title>
        <description><![CDATA[One of the units of RE work in Y5 discusses how as Christians, we are all unified under God no matter how we practise our faith. In one of our lessons, we were looking at several other Christian faiths and we went to St Thomas&amp;rsquo;s Church of England to try to find out the differences and similarities in our worship. Reverend Gemma was extremely welcoming and was able to make it clear that although we celebrate our faith in slightly different ways, we all have Christ at the centre.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Y5-Visit-to-St-Thomas-s-Church</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Y5 Eastbury Manor House</title>
        <description><![CDATA[As part of our History topic on the Tudors, Y5 went on a trip to our own local Tudor home, Eastbury Manor House. We were greeted by the educational facilitators who were dressed in period clothing and explained how the house would have been run in those days. We learnt Tudor greetings, what jobs were available to young people of our age, what foods were available at the time, we learnt and performed a Tudor dance called &amp;lsquo;Pas de cheval; and two of the students were lucky enough to dress up in traditional clothing.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Y5-Eastbury-Manor-House</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Safer Internet Day</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 2 learned about Mo and Jaz and what happens with the autoplay function on YouTube and how you do not know what you will watch next.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Safer-Internet-Day</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 4 Trip</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Y5 Ancient Egypt</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 5 had been busy learning about the Ancient Egyptians in the Autumn term. We looked at many different aspects of their lives and found out lots of interesting facts. The children practised writing in hieroglyphs and wrote their names in a cartouche, wrote prayers in hieroglyphs in their class version of the Book of the Dead, they made necklaces and painted them in bright colours to imitate gem stones, they used plasticine to create amulets to ward off ill wishes and finally wrapped up their own mummy using their knowledge of the mummification process. Everyone had a fantastic time learning about this period of history.]]></description>
        <link>https://st-vincent.barking-dagenham.sch.uk/News/Y5-Ancient-Egypt</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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