Holy Family & St Michael's Catholic Primary School

Dress as a Scientist Day for British Science Week PLUS a planetarium 🪐🚀 Exploring space, experiments, and big ideas — it’s been such a fun way to celebrate science! 🧑‍🔬 #BritishScienceWeek #DressAsAScientist #STEM #Planetarium #Science

Happy World Book Day! What book are you reading right now?

What a magical day for our Year 3 children! ✨🩰🎶 Today, they took part in an inspiring Royal Ballet and Opera Schools workshop via Zoom, exploring music and creativity with real professionals. A truly memorable experience for everyone involved. 🌟 #CreativeCurriculum

On Monday, our whole school came together to mark Candlemas with a beautiful candlelit procession. 🕯️✨ It was a calm and reflective moment, giving everyone time to pause, pray and celebrate this special feast day as a school community. #Candlemas #CatholicLife #FaithInAction

Currently, our children are enjoying truly memorable PE lessons… fencing! 🤺 We’re proud of our broad, exciting PE curriculum. Helping pupils try new sports, build confidence and develop lifelong positive attitudes to being active. Great focus, respect & determination! 🌟

On Thursday we celebrated whole school Mass with Canon Tim — a lovely chance to pray, be with Jesus and reflect on living our faith each day. Certificates were presented to some of our Year 6 pupils to mark that they have made their Confirmation. Very proud 🙏✨

🦌🎅 Our whole school Reindeer Run was a huge success! We’re proud to have raised funds for The Prince of Wales Hospice, who do an incredible job supporting our community. Thank you to everyone who took part and supported this festive event! ❤️🎄

We had a lovely Advent workshop with EYFS & KS1 today — a wonderful start to the season. Thank you to our amazing families for joining us! We’re looking forward to our LKS2 Advent Workshop this Friday as we continue our Advent celebrations. #PontefractAndProud

🎁 We’re collecting raffle prizes for our Christmas Market! Chocolates, toys, gift sets, vouchers — all donations welcome. Thank you for supporting our school! 🎄✨

🎄 Christmas Fair – Wed 10 Dec! 🎄 Join us for food, games, stalls, a bouncy castle & Santa! We’re still collecting raffle donations & tickets will be sent home soon (50p each) Come and enjoy the festive fun! Check Facebook/Dojo for more information.

Today we joined in a two-minute silence to remember and honour those who have served and sacrificed. Each class created their own tributes before coming together for a whole school liturgy. ❤️ #Remembrance #LestWeForget

🌟 Open Evening – Reception 2026 Starters! 🌟 Join us on Monday 10th November, 3:30–5:00pm to explore our school, meet our team and find out what makes our school such a caring, creative, and inspiring place to learn. We can’t wait to welcome our future families 💛

🎄 Huge thanks to our amazing local supporters for their donations to our Christmas raffle! 📸 MD Photography – Free photoshoot (thank you, Michele!) 🚗 MJH Autos – Free Winter Vehicle Health Check (thank you, Matt!) Want to donate a prize? Message us or call 01977 798303 💜

🎉 Crazy Hair Day is coming! 🌈 Show off your most creative, colourful, or crazy hairstyle! 💜 Voluntary donations go to OFFA to support our school and fund fun projects for our children. We can’t wait to see your wild styles! ✨

🎄 We’re getting ready for our OFFA Christmas Raffle! 🎁 If you or a local business can donate a prize or service, we’d love your support. 💫 All donors will get a special thank you on our socials! 💙 #CommunitySpirit #PontefractAndProud #ChristmasRaffle #OFFA

🌍 World Porridge Day Celebration 🌾 Today we celebrated World Porridge Day in a special way — with a Mary’s Meals Porridge Party! A big thank you to our amazing kitchen staff for helping make it possible. #Mary's Meals #worldporridgeday

💛✨ Check out our poster for all the dates and details. We can’t wait to see our pupils getting involved and having fun while supporting OFFA and our school community! 🎉 #PontefractAndProud #SchoolEvents #FunAtSchool #CommunitySpirit

✨ Today we celebrated the Feast of St Michael with a beautiful Mass and special visitors. Ask your child what they learned about St Michael, or share a prayer together at home 🙏💛 A huge thank you to Canon Tim for leading us in such a meaningful celebration.

📚✨ Celebrating Our School Reading Areas! ✨📚 Our reading areas are more than just cosy corners—they're gateways to imagination, discovery, and lifelong learning. Here's to the stories that spark our minds and the spaces that make them come alive! 🌟📖

✨ Year 2 set up our prayer area today and then listened to and celebrated the Word, joining in with the Mark 10 Mission. A wonderful time of reflection and prayer together 🙏💫 @mark10mission