School Blog
St Francis of Assisi
Today, during Merit, Prayer and Liturgy, as well as praying the Rosary together, we celebrated the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi and the end of the church season of Creation. We learned about the life of St Francis and why he is such a role model to us today.
St Francis’ Forest
As today is St Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day we officially opened St Francis’ Forest! There’s more to come but we can’t wait for the children to start enjoying the new area of our school!
Year 3 Mass
Thank you to Year 3 for leading our whole school Mass this week. Eloquent reading to help us pray together and wonderful acting to help us understand the Gospel.
Thank You!
Thank you to the parents that supported our MacMillan Coffee Morning yesterday.
Laudato Si
During Merit, Prayer and Liturgy today we reminded ourselves of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si. We talked about the importance of caring for creation and preserving the beautiful world God created for us to take care of.
School Council
Today our School Council held their first meeting of the school year. The children discussed their responsibility to have a say in making the school the best it can be.
Creation Guardians
Our Creation Guardians have had a busy week! First they harvested the potatoes they planted and then created a delicious soup to take home to enjoy! From the garden to the table!
Coffee Morning
Looking forward to hosting our coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support this morning!
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Please join us if you can! 9am tomorrow morning!
Loudmouth Theatre
A big thank you to Loudmouth Education and Training my who visited our school today to work with our Year 6 children. Loudmouth delivered their Helping Hands workshop which was all about keeping safe both in the real world and online as well as giving the children...
MVVP Week
Our Mission Team opened our MVVP (Mission, Values, Vocation and Prayer) Week by sharing a prayer they wrote together. This week we will be looking at our school mission and values along with the importance of prayer and responding to God’s call.
Year 4 Mass
Thank you to Year 4 for leading our whole school Mass this morning. We celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham and thought about how special Mary is to us.
Mary’s Meals
A BIG thank you to Hannah who visited us from Mary’s Meals this week! We learned what happens to our donations and how it makes a difference to our brothers and sisters around the world.
Caring for Creation
During Merit, Prayer and Liturgy on Friday we watched a lovely video which reminded us if the beautiful world God has created for us. So many amazing animals and plants that we have the responsibility to care for and protect.
Year 5 Mass
Well done to Year 5 for leading our whole school Mass today. The children acted out the Gospel of the widow whose son had died. This reminds us that to be like Jesus we should show love and compassion to all.
Prayer for the Earth
During Merit, Prayer and Liturgy this morning we continued our journey through the season of creation by sharing a video prayer of Pope Francis’ prayer for the earth.
Fratelli Tutti
The children have been researching and deciding on which charity to support in each class this year!
Creation Guardians
Our Creation Guardians are back in action this term! They are planning and working together to develop St Francis’ Forest!
Mary’s Birthday
In celebration of Our Lady’s birthday yesterday, during Prayer and Liturgy this morning we prayed a decade of the Rosary and sent Mary spiritual bouquets of flowers to show her how much we love her.
Meet the Teacher
It was lovely to welcome so many parents into school for our Meet the Teacher event after school today! We are very excited for the year ahead!