Pirate Invasion!

Last week, something very strange happened at St. Anthony's. As we arrived at school, on a biting cold Friday morning, we began to notice some rather unusual objects. On the gates, we spotted this warning tape:

In the playground, a huge pirate flag was waving in the wind and all around the school we found keys, a gold earring, gold bars, many eye-patches and some seashells, amongst other clues. How bizarre!

When we went into class, in every room we found a pirate flag and a very odd (and some thought rather suspicious) letter from Mr. A. R. R. Buckles from the museum of Precious Incredible Rare And Treasured Exhibits.

After reading the letter, every class spent some time exploring and investigating the school grounds for clues. In St. Julie's Class, the children decided that anyone wearing stripes must be an undercover pirate! Some classes even suspected members of staff- how dare they?!

Eventually, we discovered the treasure that Mr. Buckles was searching for!

Here are some of the fantastic pieces of writing that children from St. Anthony's created on Friday:

Season-Shifting at St. Anthony's!

On Friday at St. Anthony's, something very peculiar happened! Each class found a special letter from a Professor S. E. Asons, asking for their help in solving a very strange mystery.

After assembly, each class had received a scroll with a special clue and we all set about trying to solve the mystery...

Each class followed their instincts and found something very strange in the cupboard in our school hall...

The season had changed! Although it was a sunny July day, deep inside the cupboard it was winter! We saw snow, a frost-covered forest and even a little winter robin!

The Professor was baffled as to how this could have happened, so all of the children in the school wrote to him with their theory of who might have changed the seasons, how and why.

Here are some wonderful examples, that we will be sending to the Professor as soon as possible:

 By Nathan, St. Francis

 By Charlie, St. Francis

 By Sophia, St. Clare's

 By Jess, St. Clare's

 By Maria, St. Clare's

By Oliver, St. Agnes

 By Natalie, St. Patrick's

By Deborah, St. Francis (Deborah wrote this wonderful story at home!)

The Mystery of the Keys!

A Note from your Editors:

Last week, here at St. Anthony's there was a rather strange happening overnight, where dozens of mysterious keys appeared suddenly. An expert locksmith (the Queen's Royal Keeper of the Keys) contacted the school asking for your help, and luckily you were able to write some letters and pieces of information that were very useful to him in his findings. Below are some of the exceptionally good pieces you did:

 Connie, St. Peter's

Riley, St. Peter's

 Elohor, St. George

 Ferdia, St. George

 Joseph, St. George

 Millie, St. George

Pharrell, St. George

 Daniel, St. Patrick

 Eula, St. Patrick

Natalie, St. Patrick

 Ella, St. Thomas

Plamedi, St. Thomas