Holy Cross, Leicester

Welcome to our Twitter page, which will share with you how, 'We live, grow, learn and pray together in faith, showing God’s love in all we do and say.'

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Earlier this week, a group of Y6 children attended the finals at the University of Leicester of a mock trial event that they have been involved in

We are so incredibly proud that our Court Reporter was chosen to be part of the overall ‘dream team’ selected by the judges.

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The Year 6 children have enjoyed a lovely breakfast this morning to celebrate the end of SATs week! 🍓🍇🥞🥐🥤

A huge thank you to the PTFA and Mrs Lawrence in the office for the breakfast items.

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Year 4 had a very exciting day, making pizza yesterday as part of their Design and Technology unit.

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Thank you to Nova laboratories for donating Easter Eggs to the PTA. This will be a great support to our Easter fundraising 🙏

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A sample of our fabulous hats from World Book Day. Each of our classes chose their favourite books and made a hat to represent it 🎩 🧢 📖

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Year 6 enjoyed making hats inspired by classic texts for World Book Day 2025! We wonder if you like some of our favourite books too?!

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Congratulations to our girls’ football team who last night became league winners 🥇 We are so proud of how they worked together as a team 👏

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Today we celebrated Ash Wednesday as a school community. Fr Tony led us in a lovely Mass to mark the beginning of Lent.

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Year 6 had the opportunity to learn more about Islam with a visit to Leicester Central Mosque this week. They were very respectful and enthusiastic, asking lots of questions.

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Yesterday all of the children enjoyed a fabulous, ‘No Pens Day’. There was lots of learning through art, drama and physical activity 👏

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After finishing top of the table at the girls’ football league this week, there were two standout performances 👏

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Year 6 have produced some wonderful story endings to The Gulf by Geraldine McCaughrean which we just had to share!

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Having fun at our Feast Day 😀

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This week every class has been making a Doorway of Hope as part of Jubilee and the St Thomas Aquinas Trust lead up week for the Feast Day.

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We celebrated the feast of the Epiphany with a whole school mass. A lovely way to start Lent term and reflect on the Christmas period.

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Two pupils from Holy Cross visited St John Fisher this morning to hand over the Travelling Nativity 🙏

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Year 5 enjoyed learning about mixing substances to make gas 🎈

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Year 5 enjoyed making spaghetti bolognaise for DT. They invited their families for a taste test 👏

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We have made 50 bags for One Roof, Leicester. Bags filled with toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, wash clothes, crisps, chocolates, Christmas cards and a prayer written by the Chaplaincy Team. Holy Cross is a wonderful , generous community spreading hope and cheer to others.

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Today we had the Trust Travelling Crib. It was given to us from St Thomas More and we have now handed it St John Fisher. We had a lovely celebration of the word and a time to reflect of the Christmas story as we wait for the birth of Jesus.