Year 3
Beech class welcome you to their Catholic Life page. This is an important year for us as we prepare to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation and The Eucharist. Please remember us in your prayers.
September 2019
Our class prayer area reflects that we are in Ordinary time in the Liturgical Year. It is a very special place in our classroom and reminds us that Jesus is at the heart of everything that we do.
Father in heaven You love us...You are with us night and day.
Mission Accepted!
In our Religious Education lesson, at the start of our new school year, we reflected on our school mission,
'Christ is the centre of our school community
where we live, love and learn together.'
We thought of so many ways our class family can live, love and learn together and displayed them on our 'Mission Tree' display.
Our work is displayed in our class prayer area and is a lovely reminder of how we can follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
We were very proud of our finished work and Mrs Creegan was too!
Year 3 Class Saint
St. John Vianney
The Cure d’Ars (the Parish Priest of Ars in France)
Our class Saint was the parish priest of Ayrs in France and we learned so much about him when we listened to his story. We decided he had many qualities which will inspire us this year.
St. John Vianney...
- loved God with his whole heart and had a strong faith,
- made the right choices,
- was obedient,
- was generous and compassionate and helped people, especially the poor,
- persevered when his work was difficult,
- followed the Gospel messages,
- was a good role model to other people,
- always worked hard,
- cared for sick people,
- was brave in new situations,
- was never afraid to talk about his faith and as a little boy, was brave enough to receive the Sacraments in secret, even though he risked punishment from the French soldiers if caught.
What an incredible person he was!
We worked in groups to write a prayer to God asking him to help us be inspired by St. John Vianney's life.
Our prayers are displayed in our class prayer area and we use them during class prayer time.
Read our prayers here!
Why is St. John Vianney our class Saint?
St. John Vianney is the Patron Saint of priests.
His feast day is the 4th August.
Our Jesuit Virtues this half term are 'Grateful and Generous.' Our ideas for how we show these virtues are on our 'Virtues Tree'. I wonder who will win certificates for demonstrating them this half term?
As Jesus had his disciples to help him in his ministry and serve other people, these children have been elected by their friends in Beech class to serve their school family as councillors. Meet our pupil voice team!
Beginning our work on
' Belonging - We gather as God's family'
Team work was definitely dream work when we worked in groups to decide on what responsibilities and qualities were necessary in our school family.
We need to be mature, forgiving, truthful, helpful, perserve, grateful and generous and so much more! Too many responsibilities to list!
Some of our finished work...
Would you be a fisher of men?