--- title: "Blog by Annette Birmingham" url: "https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/blog/author/dermothennigan" school: "St Edmund's Catholic Primary School" --- [![St Edmund's Catholic Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/images/logo/st-edmund-catholic-logo-2.png)![](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/images/logo/st-edmund-catholic-logo-2.png)](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/) - [ School Life](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/school-life/welcome) - [Welcome to St Edmund's](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/school-life/welcome) - [St Edmund's Governing Body](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/school-life/governing-body) - [St Edmund's Staff](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/school-life/staff) - [Class Pages](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/year-groups) - [EYFS](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/year-groups/eyfs) - 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It was brilliant to see the 'lava' coming out of the top and running down the sides. [Continue Reading ](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/blog/2015-03-02-15-55-00-erupting-volcanoes) ## [Welcome to the 21st Century](https://stedmundscatholicprimaryschool.schudio.com/blog/2015-01-14-12-09-00-welcome-to-the-21st-century) 14 January 2015 As part of the update to our school website, we have also set up a school 'App' and a school Twitter account. You can download the App from your usual App store (just search for 'Schudio') and use the settings to point it to St Edmund's. 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