Christmas term began on September 16th, and we came back to school wondering whether we, Lower II, would occupy one of the new classrooms which were completed in July. We found that this privilege was to be given to Forms Upper II and Ila and we soon settled happily in our present room.

Good resolutions were made to work hard and to retain, if possible, the Silver Cup which was presented to this Form last year, for the splendid collection they made for the Orphans of the Diocese.

On November 7th, His Grace the Archbishop came to the Convent. On Monday, November 8th, we joined with the seniors in singing him a jubilee song, composed for the occasion.

We are now a set of "busy-fingers" making blankets for the Orphans. One member of our Form suggested that we knit them in the colours of our Form Houses - St. George's and St. Patrick's, and the are successfully carrying out the bright idea.

On December 15th and 16th the juniors are giving a Christmas entertainment. Our Form has been practising "The Tailor of Gloucester" and we hope that our parents will be proud of us when they come.

UPPER I
We returned after the summer holidays to find everything very clean and bright, for the walls had been repainted. No longer were there strange mysterious bangs and bumps above us, for the new Classrooms were not only completely finished but occupied. We were now, as Valerie Danielles said, "part of the real building".

This term we are trying very hard to keep our room neat and tidy. Barbara Hayward and Pauline Hunt are fighting a losing battle with the book table - the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!

Anne Sheath and Margaret Donlevy use a duster to great effect but wish that people using our room as a thoroughfare would close the doors!

The hanging space on our walls has been sadly reduced by the builders - but we try to make the most effective use of what is left. And our Art Gallery, if smaller, is no doubt of better quality!

Our "Good Work" sheets and Star record charts grow longer as the term nears its close, showing that despite our many distractions we are working hard. Next term me are going to start our Scrap books?we are designing our covers now, so that all will be ready for the new term.

Patch, our new goldfish, has settled down quite happily with us, and with his two water snails, which Hilary Kitcher brought along, seems very much at home in the tank. Long may he flourish.

There is great excitement as we go to press, for curtains have mysteriously appeared at our windows; strange noises are heard next door; voices are raised in greeting or praise, and we know that the junior Play is indeed upon us! Glassy looks and frenzied mutterings seem the lot of Carol, Sheila and the rest of the Elocution group - while the rest of the class, usually led by Noella, absent-mindedly hum the Angels' songs. It certainly seems as if this term will end on a triumphant note.

LOWER I
We moved up to our new Form in September and we like it very much. We really feel that we are beginning to grow up, for the work is harder than it was in Transition.

We learn History and Geography now, and get to know a lot of things we had not heard of before about the people of England and other countries.

Our Nature lessons teach us about birds and animals and flowers and seeds. We bring specimens too, for our Nature Table.

Last year we had to paint pictures with crayons, but now we have real paints and big paint brushes and jars of water, which must be careful not to upset. When our paintings are good, they are put on the wall for everyone to admire.

We are doing much harder sums too, but we like them. If we are lucky and do not make mistakes, we win a star. We enjoy our other lessons also.

We are lucky to have a nice warm classroom and we bring flowers to make it look cheerful. At present all of us are looking forward to Christmas and we hope to have a lovely gift of prayers and acts to offer to our little King Baby Jesus for His Birthday.

TRANSITION
How pleased we were when we came back to school after the summer holidays to find that we were no longer the babies of the school but Transition. Our classroom is large and bright and has been newly painted. We no longer sit at little tables but have desks of our own where we keep our books, so we are quite grownup. All of us are working hard. At hand work we are very busy making bricks out of papier machee to build a shop. We have been modelling fruit, too, and shall soon start our shopping sums.

We did enjoy the Dance and the School Sale. Now we are excited as we prepare our little play called "Father Christmas's Workshop". A Happy Christmas to you all!

PREPARATORY
What an exciting place school is! For many of us, this is our first term at school and we think it is fun to be with lots of other little girls and boys and to learn lessons together. Yes, we do work in our class.
You should see how busy we are learning to read to write, and do sums, as well as drawing, sewing, cutting-out, dancing and all sorts of things.

One of the days we enjoyed most was the day of the School Sale. How we loved doing our own shopping at school, with no one to tell us what to buy, but just to choose ourselves. We bought a lot of nice things. Now, we are looking forward to being Angels in the Christmas Play, so we are trying to be very good, as we know that Angels always are.