The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School

🌟 Hiring: 1:1 SEND TA 🌟 The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School is looking for a caring, patient Teaching Assistant to support a child starting September 💛 📍 Northampton📅 Sept start Apply 👉 mynewterm.com/jobs/142742/ED…

Good luck to all our amazing Year 6 children starting SATs next week! 🌟 You’ve worked so hard and we’re incredibly proud of you ❤️ Remember, these tests are just one moment — they don’t define you. Take your time, stay calm, and believe in yourselves 💪 You are more than ready!

Today, the children and staff at Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School proudly celebrated the 100th birthday of the wonderful Sir David Attenborough! Thank you for everything, Sir David — and Happy Birthday! @OlicatSchools

Reminder: The McCarthy Dixon Mobile Community Shop will be at school tomorrow (Friday 1st May) from 8:15am. Affordable everyday essentials will be available, with 100% of proceeds supporting communities across Northamptonshire. We look forward to welcoming you!

🎉 Welcome Reception Class of 2026! We’re delighted to welcome our new families to Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School 💙 Please check your emails for important information. We can’t wait to begin this journey with you! #Reception2026 #Welcome

Eid Mubarak to all our staff and school community who are celebrating! 🌙✨ May this special time bring you joy, peace, and happiness, and may it be filled with moments of togetherness with family and friends. Wishing you all a wonderful and blessed Eid!

Good morning and welcome to a new week at The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School! As we begin this week together, may God bless our students, staff, and families with joy, kindness, and strength. May the Lord watch over us, guide our learning, and keep us in His loving care.

We’re at the end of another wonderful week 🌟 A great week in the Forest 🌲, swimming lessons continue to be loved 🏊‍♂️, and it’s Blue Week so Reception headed to the Forest. Fantastic attendance at 96.5% – huge congratulations to Year 1 with 100% attendance  Have a lovely weekend

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Welcome to Wednesday! 🌟 In today’s assembly we focused on our term virtues: Friendship, Love of Neighbour, Self-control & Reflection. We celebrate these daily, recognise children who live them out in our Wednesday Celebration Assembly, plus great attendance !

🌧️ Welcome to a rainy Tuesday at Good Shepherd Catholic Primary! Year 6 & 2 swimming 🏊‍♀️, Year 5 & 6 enjoying Forest School 🌲. Huge thanks to our Year 6 parents/carers for attending the SATs meeting — your support means so much! ☔👏

Welcome to Monday at The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School 🌟 A busy day with Bikeability, swimming, and a whole-school assembly on the Food Bank. Linking with our virtue “Love thy neighbour” as we learn how to help others in our community. 🙏

📅 Blue Week updates: 🌳 Forest School: Reception + Year 4 (Wed) 🏊‍♂️ Swimming: PE kit please 🚲 Bikeability: Year 5 Mon & Tue (bring bikes & helmets) 🎉 Congrats 2P – 99.6% attendance! Whole school 97.9% 🙏 God bless our children & families this weekend ✝️

📣 REMINDER FOR PARENTS 📣 If you have a child due to start school in September 2026, please remember that applications must be submitted by midnight on 15th January 2026 ⏰ Don’t miss out — make sure your application is in on time! ✔️📄

🎄✨ Christmas is coming to The Good Shepherd! ✨🎄 We’re so excited for the festive season here in school, and especially to welcome so many of you in to enjoy our Christmas performances. The children have already been busy practising, and we can’t wait !

📸 Reminder: Today is the deadline for school photo orders! If you haven’t placed your order yet, please make sure to do so before the end of the day. Thank you!