Events
Welcome to our Events page! At St. Philip’s, we believe that learning goes beyond the classroom. Throughout the year, we host a wide range of events designed to enrich our children’s education, support their personal growth, and strengthen our school community. From curriculum-themed weeks and faith-based celebrations to workshops, performances, and charity initiatives, each event is carefully planned to inspire, engage, and nurture the whole child.
Aspirations Day 2025
23/05/2025
What an inspiring and fantastic day celebrating our next generation of workers. Lots of children, and staff, came dress up as the occupation they wished to be when they grow up. They dressed up in a huge range of occupations including vets, police officers, doctors, teachers, journalists, pilots firefighters, lawyers, bakers, artists, and this is just to name a few. The day itself was jam packed full of visitors inspiring the young people.
The children were greeted at the gate in the morning by Arlo the owl who is the new mascot for Child Friendly Leeds and is working hard to make all travel safe and easy for children and young people in Leeds.
Throughout the day there were various workshops from visitors within our local community of different occupations who came to share their stories and knowledge. This included, a personal trainer, an anesthetist, the police, an engineer working with prosthetic limbs, HSBC, a nurse, road safety team and the Hunslet Club. They all came with interactive activities which the children loved getting involved with, as well as listening to inspiring stories of what led them to where they are now and doing the job they do. Nursery and Reception had a visit from the Police and were able to dress up and explore the Police van they came in. They really enjoyed having their teachers 'arrested' and put in the back of the van! The Police spoke to the children about who they can go to if they are feeling unsafe or in danger. Year 1 children also had the Police show them how to investigate a crime scene which took place in their playground. This included using real CSI equipment and each child had their fingerprints made in to key-rings.
In among all the visitors, the staff were able to talk more with the children about what they would like to be and what or who inspires them. The children enjoyed sharing these with their peers also and finding out more about each other as they were in mixed year groups from Year 2 to Year 6. They were all given a lanyard for them to decorate and write on what they would like to be, which then encouraged them to go ask each other more about it. They were excited to see all our staff dressed as who or what they wanted to be when they were young too.
We are so grateful to all our visitors for inspiring our children, the next generation! The feedback from the children was incredible as they are now more informed about the potential careers ahead of them.
Testimonies from children;
What did you enjoy about aspirations day? "Listening to different people. Working with different children. Dressing up." Year 2
"That we got to be with different people from different classes and dress up as what you wanted to be when you grow up." Yr3 student
"I learnt different exercises that I didn't even know about." Yr3 student
"I like road safety because it teaches you how to be sensible on the road." Yr4 student
"I liked using all the different materials to fix the bone." Yr4 student
"I got to learn about the Hunslet Club history and it was interesting as a person who goes there." Yr5 student
"We got to exercise and get stronger. You can get muscle. You need to eat good." Yr5 student
"Health check was my favourite because it was super helpful and cool to test out the machine that nurses use daily." Yr6 student
"It inspired us to become what we really want to and follow our dreams." Yr6 student
"Since I want to become a doctor, knowing and feeling how to do CPR makes me feel I am one step further to being a doctor." Yr6 student
"Managing our money was my favourite because we had a budget that we had to follow and so we had to think about what we wanted carefully." Yr6 student
Testimonies from staff;
"Watching the children engaging with the tasks was lovely to see." Staff
"Really exciting day for the children. The Police visit was great." Staff
"I enjoyed listening to the background of why or how the adults have chosen their careers. Also how or who had inspired them to take this path." Staff
" It was good to see the children working well with different classes and with children who they may not usually see/know." Staff
"I enjoyed seeing all the children excited for the day ahead as they came into school. The visitors were really lovely and very complimentary about our school, staff and especially the children. It made a nice change to be involved in a community event and hope it continues." Staff
