Congratulations Assemblies

At St. Teresa's Catholic Primary School we hold a Congratulations Assembly on most Friday mornings. At this assembly we recognise children for a range of qualities and work during the week. We also share outcomes of other activities within school life and children may bring in and share any achievements recognised outside of school.

Parents/carers and family members are welcome to join us for this celebration of the achievements of our children.

Friday 11th April

Reception

Orion Ayla Zara - For super repeating patterns

Year 1

Joshua - Great work with Miss Walk

Jujhar Pio - Great reading with Mrs Murdock

Year 2

Logan Khadija - Super problem solving and reasoning during work on our capacity unit

Year 3

Deborah - Fantastic in all lesson especially R.E

Uriel - Fantastic in Maths work on Fractions

Taran - Fantastic in all lessons particularly in writing

Year 4

Theo Lainey Ashay'a - all of their hard work and achievements

Year 5

Whole class for their bridge structures in D.T

Year 6

Mason - Excellent effort and ideas in writing and lovely presentation

Giovanni - Super Maths work on angles

Joseph - Fantastic effort in all learning especially his presentation

 

Friday 4th April 2025

Year 2 

Whole class - A fantastic assembly on The Great Fire of London

Year 3

Tabitha Dawid - thoughtful explaining of why the Eucharist is important

Ariya - Excellent comprehension in Guided Reading

Year 4 - 

Viktor - For his PPT on fairtrade chocolate

Logan Viraj - using TTRS regularly

Year 5

Shahnain - Good contributions to class discussions in Geography

Nifemi - For converting units of time

Eva - Great Guided Reading

Year 6

Zakee - Excellent English reading and writing

Kenyah - Super all round effort

Haaris - Great work on Maths percentages

 

Friday 21st March

Year 1

Sophia Izma Reuben Baani - Learning all the words and actions for the Lenten prayer poem

Year 2

Oba - Always asking thought provoking questions

Matthew Daniel - Always trying hard and working to the best of his ability

Zavian - Curious and active learner

Year 3

Gabriel - Working hard to learn to make the sign of the cross

Laura - Explaining why she likes non-fiction to store facts in her hippocampus

Henna - Excellent retrieval in Guided Reading

Ava - Good explanation of the work of Father Hudson's

Year 4 

Amaan - Good behaviour & always listening well and ready to learn

Friday 14th March

Year 1

Saareia Zene Zayd Dastan - Working really hard for Miss Clarke all day on Thursday.

Year 2

Musa - Fantastic diary entry on The Great Fire of London

David B - Excellent work on The Unforgiving Servant

Umme-Hanni - Outstanding Maths work

Year 3

Osamudiamen Ibrahim - asking interesting Science questions

Kofi - asking thoughtful question in R.E

Year 4

Viraj Viktor Sophia Hoang Antoni Riyon Daivik Aaliyah Amal - excellent results in a Maths test

Matiwos Veer Theo - good work in English on a non fiction report

Year 5

Diya M - working hard on decimals in Maths

Aaron - Fantastic Geography work

Chiamaka - Wonderful R.E being attentive & discerning

Year 6

THE GREAT 8! Eve Inayah Jaya Zuzanna Aman Hoger Haaris Mason - working hard and helping in all classes

 

Friday 28th February

Reception 

Adwoa Ayaana Isaam Jensen - super effort with Literacy activities

Year 1

Tae Kamani - Great work in recognising money in Maths

Anna - great work with Miss Bryan

Year 2

Whole class - great oral retelling of the model text. Keep up the good work.

Year 3

Avneet - Contributions in topic lessons

Jaiden Laura - Fantastic opening paragraph of The Iron Man & use of ambitious vocabulary

Year 4

Logan - learning his part very well

Sophia Kimi Troy Amal Gianni -Excellent work in Maths

Year 5

Whole class for their excellent behaviour on their trip

Jayden - Fantastic contribution in all lessons especially Maths

Zumrah - Super English & R.E learning being attentive & discerning

Year 6

Whole class for their excellent behaviour on their trip

Eve - Fantastic Guided Reading & Maths

Jaimar - Great Maths work on fraction & subtraction)

Louisa - Getting really stuck into activities on the trip

 

A'zirah's response from 10 Downing Street of her persuasive letter about the effect of mobile phones on children.

Y5 & Y6 Mixed Basketball team at BCSSA Tournament - Lumaya Kimora Nifemi Thomas Harpreet Lewis Matthew & Jaimar, finishing 6th overall

 

 

Friday 14th February 2025

Reception 

Kingston - Super effort with his phonics.

Fatimah Aiden Zara Simran - super doubling in Maths

Year 1

Whole  class for their fantastic work during their Little Wandle assessments

Fowzah - Brilliant work in all subjects.

Year 2

Jamar - Trying his best in all subjects, remembering to stay calm.

Shyla - Always contributing. A curious and active learner.

Shalaya - Excellent understanding in Maths. Kind and caring to others

David B - Improvement across all subjects and fantastic R.E.

Eliam - Being a curious learner and good understanding in Maths.

Year 3

Tara - Fantastic use of emotive language in an apology letter to The Iron MAn

Adam - Resilience in Maths & always having a go.

Sameera - Fantastic contributions in Topic lessons.

Year 4 

Matiwos - Excellent knowledge in R.E

Hashim - Being kind.

Year 5

Phoenix - Fantastic Maths work multiplying mixed numbers

Diya & Lumaya - Super persuasive devices in English

Dominik - Being a fantasstic historian, identifying significant events of the Vikings.

Mariam - Brilliant Maths work - super knowledge of multiplying fractions & mixed numbers.

Year 6

Thomas - Brilliant calculating with mixed numbers in Maths

Anvayi - Fantastic contributions in discussions in all subjects

Elijah - Super Maths work (fractions) and discussion in Guided Reading

 

 

31st January 2025

Reception

All of the class working well together for food tasting and with the Sisters.

Year 1

Jujhar Maimuna Isaac Mahi - Fantastic work during the gymnastics sessions in P.E. You are all very flexible.

Year 2

Hanifa - Excellent understanding & participation during R.E lessons.

Asees - Fantastic plan for your non chronological report, full of detail and interesting description.

Ayaan - Resilience shown during your maths work this week. 

Joseph - Fantastic plan for your non chronological report.

Year 3

Harveer - Great recall of Bronze age facts.

Lily & Dasis - Fantastic contributions in our lessons about the Bronze Age.

Year 4

Senay Matiwos Theo -  Good work in multiplication

Year 5 

Amelia - Always applying herself and contributing to every lesson.

Roshan - Detailed English predictions on our new text.

Kimora - Deep R.E responses. Good knowledge of Baptism symbols.

Saif - Brilliant contributions in Guided Reading.

Year 6

Arjun - Brilliant acting and prosody in play reading in Guided Reading and super Maths work.

Talha - Super retrieval in Guided Reading & understanding of fractions in Maths.

Saran - Fantastic effort with his writing, especially his presentation.

 

17th January 2025

Reception

Orion and Jasmin - Always trying their best with all of their learning.

Amar and Safaa - Super effort with Literacy activity.

Year 1

Dastan - for great work on doubles in Maths

Fowzah, Quoc-Anh, Julia and Noah - For fantastic work in History on the journey of Ibn Battuta using a map.

Year 2 

Umaima - Always trying her best and wanting to learn more.

Lucas - Always responding eloquently across all subject areas.

Sienna -Excellent understanding during our Maths unit on money.

Aidan - Excellent effort across all subjects. Use of fantastic vocabulary during English.

Khari - An absolute pleasure to teach. Always gives 110% in all he does!

Kalani - Positive attitude to her learning. High quality of presentation in all of her work.

Year 3 

Nebyou - Excellent participation in all subjects. Putting his hand up to answer questions. Especially good in French.

Gjamani - Fantastic English work writing about the questions that he would ask to Iron Man.

India-Rose - Living the virtue of being active in the school community. India wrote a letter to the School Council about some change she feels are needed to the school dinners to make them better. 

Year 4

Amal - Excellent behaviour and attitude.

Gianni - a very good attitude and very good work in French.

Year 5

All Y5 for their D.T work

Nifemi - Wonderful classifying & grouping of materials in Science.

Layla - Excellent use of manipulatives for multiplication.

Saif - Brilliant vocabulary work and predictions in Guided reading.

Kwesi - Fantastic knowledge of persuasive devices (rhetorical questions)

Year 6

Mayana - A wonderful poetry performance in Guided Reading of a very long poem (2 pages) using grreat prosody.

Kianna - Wonderful progress in written division. Great focus & perseverance.

Hoger - Brilliant work on division word problems & rounding in context. 

 

Maths Olympics Competition at St Vincent's

Y1 Aahil & Zayd Y2 Devaki & Joseph Y3 Ibrahim & Dasis Y4 Riyon & Hoang Y5 Jayden & Shalom Y6 Anvayi & Saran

Playleaders - (silver awards) Kimora & Diya M

 

 

 

 

 

10th January 2025

Reception

Eleanor - Super work in R.E.

Cecilia and Dawud - Super efforts with phonics and their reading.

Year 1

Anisha, Sansar, Zayd, Alfie, Liepa and Saareia - Super writing about the Nativity. These children remembered lots of details.

Year 2

Whole class for their excellent start to the Spring Term, including their outstanding behaviour and the work produced.

Year 3

Sameera - Excellent explanations of multiples of 10.

Davina - Super knowledge about the thankful leper and explaining about leprosy.

Jaiden - Excellent explanations about how a food chain works, especially about animals being both prey and predator. 

Year 4 - Daivik and Tomek - Excellent work in Maths.

Viktor - Fantastic discussion skills about various forms of life.

Year 5 

Eva - Fantastic contributions to class and partner discussions in Maths.

Zane - Brilliant Reading comprehension and good vocabulary knowledge.

Laura - Her enthusiasm in all lessons, particularly Topic.

Khadijah, Laura, An and Zane for their Arithmetic work with Mrs Patel.

Shahnain - Demonstrating this half-terms Virtues; Grateful and Generous.

Year 6 

Inayah - Fantastic contributions in class discussions.

Joseph - Excellent work in Maths and Guided Reading.

Zeeshaan - Great Guided Reading and Topic work on this term's 'Building the Kingdom' school curriculum theme, 'The Dignity of Work'.

 

22nd November 

Reception

Ethan - His phonics work and always paying attention.

Kylie - Super Maths work.

Laura - Her written and phonics work.

Year 1 

Sophia and Fowzah - Great reading during the Little Wandle Reading session.

Joshua - Great work on subtraction in Maths.

Mahi - Great work during the Dance session. 

Year 2 

All of Year 2 for their behaviour on the visit to the Gurdwara.

Year 3

Tara, Sameera and Ava - Their subtraction work.

Henna, Kofi and Davina - The quality of their Guided Reading work.

Year 4 

Logan - His artwork with a focus on sculpture.

Lainey - Her descriptive work in a diary entry.

Daivik - His Maths and Coding work.

Year 5 

All of Year 5 for their maturity in their food tasting work.

Rayan - His work on speech marks.

Saif - The quality of the vocabulary he used in his English work.

Anthoni - Super fractions work.

Layla - Always being 'Intentional and Prophetic'.

Year 6 

Arjun - The quality of his Reading work.

Rehan - His efforts in all subjects.

Eve - The quality of her Maths work.

Elijah, Mason, Eve, Jaimar, Louisa, Lumaya and Zuzanna - The quality of their Maths work with Miss Bennett.

 

The Year 1 and Year 2 Boccia and Kurling team at the Caritas Christi In Urbe event.

Times Tables Rock Stars of the Week - Year 3 - Aarvi, Year 4 - Aaliyah, Year 5 - Dominik and Year 6 - Lewis.

Numbots of the Week - Reception - Simran, Year 1 - Isaac and Year 2 - Joseph.

 

15th November 2024 

Reception 

Helma - A 'singing' leader in Reception.

Aryan and Delilah - Attitudes and application in class. Always trying their best. 

Year 1 

Maimuna and Alfie - Excellent focus and being so attentive in Guided Reading.

Aahil and Siyana - Great participation in Little Wandle Reading. 

Year 2 

Lucas - Showing resilience in Maths and Spelling.

Paul - Always actively participating in lessons.

Kishan - Outstanding Maths work and presentation.

Khadijah and Lina - Their 'Respect' posters were amazing and thoughtful.

Year 3

Genevieve - Her independent scientific research.

Gjamani - Thoughtful ideas about 'Intentional and Prophetic' virtues.

Year 4

A'shaya - Positive attitude and hard work.

Rowan - Progress and hard work in Maths.

Year 5 

Shalom - Fantastic work on squared and cubed numbers.

Lumaya - Impressive Guided Reading work and Gymnastics skills.

An - Fantastic knowledge and contributions in Geography.

Year 6 

Sophia - Super work in Maths and incredible kindness.

Mayana - The high quality of her Guided Reading and Maths work.

Herman - The vocabulary choices in his written work and the inferences in his Guided Reading work.

 

The Chess team that competed in the Birmingham Catholic Primary Schools' tournament on 13th November. 

The Girls' Year 5 and Year 6 5-a-side Football Team that competed in the Aston Primary School's tournament on 14th November.

Bronze Playleader certificates for Diya M, Amelia and Kimora.

 

8th November 2024 

Reception 

All of reception for settling into St. Teresa's Catholic Primary School so well.

Year 1

Sairah - Being so interactive in all lessons.

Pio - Superb work in Maths.

Reuben - Phenomenal retrieval answers in Reading.

Ryan - The quality of his work in Reading sessions.

Eldana - Participating in class time.

Year 2 - Logan, Oba and Kalani - Enthusiasm and their excellent work produced in English.

Lina - Her poster reflecting our virtues for a child joining Year 2.

Shai - His wonderful Gymnastics work.

Year 3

Dasis - His overall work and high standards.

Aarvi - Her strategies in Maths games.

Quinn - His contributions in Geography.

Year 4 

Amal, Viraj and Tomek - Their work on Times Tables Rock Stars.

Viraj and Theo - Excellent knowledge in Geography.

Gianni - Excellent work in English.

Year 5 

Amelia - Always being a curious learner and engaging in lessons, especially Guided Reading.

Phoenix - Sharing lots of ways that we can be 'Intentional and Prophetic'.

Shainain - Showing maturity and care in all of her work.

Year 6 

Aman - His written work giving advise to another children and his prosody in English.

Saran - Shining with his Maths work and his fantastic Guided Reading work.

Zakee - His impressive letter writing and his handwriting. 

 

The Year 5 and Year 6 Mixed Basketball team which competed in the Caritas Christi In Urbe event on 7th November.

The Boys' Year 6 5-a-side football team which competed in the Aston Primary Schools' tournament on 7th November.

Bronze Playleader certificates for Zumrah, An, Divine, Phoenix, Khadijah, Mariam and Eva.

Times Tables Rock Stars of the Week - Year 3 - Sameera, Year 4 - Amal, Year 5 - Jayden and Year 6 - Jaimar.

Numbots of the Week - Year 1 - Zayd and Year 2 - Eliam.

 

25th October 2024

Year 1

For having a fantastic first half term in Year 1. All have been amazing!

Year 2

Eliam - Working hard and responding eloquently in lessons.

Jamar - For always having a positive attitude to his learning.

Mahnoor - For being 'curious and active' in her learning.

Shalaya - Her resilience in her Maths lessons.

Year 3 

Lily and Jaiden - The eloquence of their discussions about colours representing emotions.

India-Rose - Her excellent explanation of how a video is edited.

Year 4

Riyon - For good work in Maths.

Hoang, Daivik and Antoni  - Excellent work in Maths.

Theo - Excellent work in French.

Year 5 

Kimora - Working really hard in Guided Reading. She has really excelled.

Laura - Her Maths and Spelling work. Taking on trickier concepts and being helpful in class.

Zane - Showing real maturity in learning, particularly in Maths.

Year 6

Kianna and Kenyah - Fantastic Maths work.

Haaris - Always having his hand up and making fantastic contributions.

 

Times Tables Rock Stars of the Week 

Year 3 - Harveer, Year 4 - Viraj, Year 5 - Shalom and Year 6 - Inayah.

Numbots of the Week 

Year 1 - Aaahil and Year 2 - Sienna.

Playleaders Gold Awards - Aman, Zakee and Haaris.

Daya - The best behaved kickboxer of the week trophy.

 

 

18th October 2024

Year 1

Zene, Julia, Tae. Baani, Izma, Mahi and Dastan - Wonderful homework posters on Care for Creation linked to next year's Jubilee Year of Hope.

Year 2

Kishan - Eloquent responses in all subject areas.

David B - Always comes into and leaves school with a smile and having such a positive attitude to his learning.

Aidan - Growing confidence and coming out of his shell. He is a curious and active learner who is always working at a high standard.

Musa - Excellent effort in his writing.

Shyla - Always being loving and compassionate to others. 

Matthew-Daniel - Showing resilience in his learning.

From Miss Scott:

Shai - His amazing handwriting.

Devaki - Completing SODA tasks so well and independently.

Jamar - His number bonds work in Maths.

Year 3 

Nebyou - Being curious and active on our walk to St. Teresa's Church on Tuesday.

Harveer - His reasoning and explanations in Maths.

Aarvi - Phenomenal reading this week.

Year 4 

Viraj, Taskiyah, Lainey, Logan, Amal, Sofia, Daivik, Imaan, Gianni, Matiwos, Antoni, Aaliyaah, Ashay'a, Tomek and A'zirah - Their wonderful volcano models,

Year 5 

Rayan - In R.E., his discussion work on pilgrimage.

Mariam - Fabulous Maths work with larger and decimal numbers.

Logan - Fantastic progress with retrieval work in Reading.

Adam - Always having a positive attitude and his written work.

Year 6 

Matthew - A brilliant biography in English about his grandad.

Mason - Super subtraction and spelling work.

Harpreet - Fantastic contributions in class discussions.

 

Aaliyah - 6th Class award ( a certificate and a badge) for Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Ibrahim - !0 metre swimming certificates and badges in front crawl, backstroke and breastroke.

Elijah - Gold Playleader Award. 

 

11th October 2024

Year 1

Zayd, Anisha, Aahil and Quoc-An - Their written work about monsters.

Year 2

Lucas, Khadijah, Zavian, Umme-Haani and Lucas - Excellent and innovative piece of writing.

Asees - Active participation and eloquent responses in all lessons this week.

Year 3 

Chiamaka and Ibrahim - Always reliable and contributing well and being excellent talk partners.

Roop - Excellent Guided Reading work.

Year 4 

Gurtej, Theo, Rowan, Jayden, Hoang and Hashim - The wonderful volcano models.

Hashim - Also for his knowledge about fossils and isopods.

Year 5 

An - Fabulous Maths and Guided Reading work.

Diya M - Mature approach and her fabulous Guided Reading work.

Dominik - R.E. on Jesus' miracles.

Lumaya - Being a 'curious and active' learner, particularly in her biographical writing.

Year 6

Jinuli - Always giving her best!

Louisa - Her Maths work with Mrs Keogh and her biographical writing.

Lewis - His discussion work in Guided Reading.

 

Times Tables Rock Stars of the Week.

Year 3 - Chiamaka. Year 4 - Tomek. Year 5 - Rayan. Year 6 - Matthew.

Phoenix - A mixed martial arts certificate and earning his orange belt.

Playleaders - Mayana for her 12 session certificate and Arjun for his Gold certificate.

 

 

4th October 2024 

Year 1

Joshua - His reading and blending and his written work describing a monster.

Alfie - A great diary entry in Truman's diary.

Sansar - Knowing her phonics and blending really well.

Maimuna - Always trying her best in all aspects of her learning.

Year 2 

Joseph - Fantastic written work this week.

Umaima - Now always actively participating in lessons.

Paul - Always working hard giving 110%.

Sienna - Excellent understanding of the vocabulary in the class text and knowing the corresponding actions. 

Ayaan - His resilience in his Maths work.

Devaki - Her thoughtful prayer reflecting Psalm 31.

Year 3 

Avneet - Always giving her best including putting her hand up.

Deborah - Wonderful Guided Reading and her many acts of kindness.

Taran - The best handwriting in the class!

Year 4 

Kimi - Her lovely model of a volcano.

Viktor - His volcano model which was 'erupting' in yesterday's Science lesson.

Aaliyah - Her written presentation on Volcanoes.

Year 5 

Diya J - Her no-chronological writing about South Africa.

Aaron - His work on the Anglo-Saxons identifying primary and secondary sources of evidence.

Shalom - Her fabulous R.E. work on St. Francis of Assisi's cantacles.

Daya - Fabulous Roman Numerals work.

Divine - Wonderful Maths work

Year 6 

Anvayi - Fantastic discussion in Guided Reading and always ready for learning and giving her best in all areas.

Jaya - Always ready for learning and giving her best in all areas.

Jaimar - Great effort in rounding work and his English work.

 

Ten Year 5 playleaders; Amelia, An, Divine, Diya M, Eva, Khadija, Kimora, Mariam, Phoenix and Zumrah, received their training certificates.

Mariam - Student of the month in her krav maga group.

Joseph - A mascot at Villa Park on Wednesday evening for the Aston Villa v Bayern Munich Champions League match.

 

 

20th September 

Year 1

Jujhar - His knowledge about Walter Tull,

Saareia, Sofia and Sairah - Trying their best in all subjects.

Year 2 

Hanifa - Always having an excellent attitude to her learning.

Geraly - Actively participating and working at pace.

David D - His alien character description and giving 110% in everything that he does.

Khari - Active participation across all subject areas, especially his reading in Little Wandle sessions and his writing.

Year 3 

Laura - The quality of her work and her confidence.

Uriel - Her explanation of the Holy Spirit being represented by fire.

Osamudiamen - His super quick Mental Maths calculations.

Year 4

Daivik - His Science work on rocks.

Theo - His work in English and Maths and his questioning.

A'zirah - Excellent behaviour and her work in Maths.

Logan - Excellent work and his positive attitude.

Year 5 

Saif - His work on subordinating clauses in English.

Roshan - His work with large and negative numbers on Maths.

Khadijah - Her Maths work, tackling tricky word problems.

Chiamaka - The quality of her work and sharing her responses in Creation work in R.E.

Jayden - His knowledge on Anglo-Saxons, Scots and Picts in History.

Year 6 

Giovanni - Amazing in Guided Reading.

Hoger - Impressive in all work, especially his handwriting.

Elijah - Excellent effort in all of his work - he does not let his standards slip.

 

 

13th September

Year 1

Siyana, Pio., Kamari, Isaac, Noah, Ryan, Fowzah and Liepa - The knowledge of the Creation story in R.E.

Anna - Being helpful and organising herself and others.

Year 2

All of Year 2 for settling down so well, their attitude to work and being curious and active in their learning. They work as a team to keep their classroom tidy.

Year 3

David D - His English work, especially his phonics.

Tabitha - Her hard work and determination in Maths.

Gabriel - His communication and settling into Year 3.

Year 4 

Viraj - For asking interesting questions.

Rowan - For independent working.

Viktor - The quality of his Maths work.

Ashay'a - Her wonderful start to the year. 

Antoni - His excellent work and behaviour.

Year 5 

Layla - Her Maths learning and overall focus.

Eva - Creating expanded noun phrases in English.

Zumrah - The quality of her writing, not just in her English work.

Nifemi - Always being ready to learn.

Year 6

Talah - His growing confidence and his capacity to listen and focus.

Thomas - His tolerance and support of others. His help for others including Miss Walk.

Zuzanna - Excellent effort in all learning.