Harvest Celebration

We are incredibly proud of the brilliant effort shown by the children in Beech Class during our recent Harvest collection. Their generosity and enthusiasm were truly inspiring, as they gathered donations to help those in need within our local community.

As part of our learning, we spoke about how these contributions will support families who may be struggling. Through this, we are learning to live like Jesus—showing compassion, sharing what we have, and caring for others.

Thank you to everyone who supported our Harvest appeal. Your kindness helps us live out our values and bring hope to others.

Harvest Prayer (CAFOD)
God of all,
We give you thanks for the fruits of the earth in their richness and for the harvest of the sea.
We praise you for the beauty of creation and the miracle of growth.
Bless the work of our hands and provide for those who have little or nothing.
May your justice rule in all lands and may we live in peace with each other and with the whole of your creation.
Amen.

Faith in Action: Celebrating Our Children's Spiritual Journey

We are incredibly proud of the children for their heartfelt engagement in our Religious Education activities. Their dedication to taking the Prayer Bag home and leading their own prayer services has been truly inspiring. These moments have not only deepened their personal faith but also enriched our school community with their thoughtful reflections and leadership.

In addition, the children rose to the challenge of our RE homework by creating their own rosary beads—a beautiful expression of creativity and devotion. Each set of beads tells a story of care, reverence, and understanding of the power of prayer.

Their efforts remind us of the words from 1 Timothy 4:12: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech…”

Promoting Peace

Year 3 joined together for a Class Liturgy about Black History Month. We thought about how we can promote peace to ensure everyone feels safe, loved and included in our community. We thought carefully about the actions and life of Saint Martin de Porres and how he is the the Patron Saint of Social Justice.

Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

Today, we joined children around the world today to support Aid to the Church in Need by praying The Rosary. The great campaign of “A million children praying the Rosary” is a reminder that we are not alone when praying to God. Instead our prayers become stronger together when praying for peace around the world, for people who are suffering or those who are lonely.

Cancel Debt, Choose Hope

We received a letter from Al Carns thanking us for all the work we did on the ‘Cancel Debt, Choose Hope’ campaign last year. He said he firmly believes the younger generations should have say in the future of our world. We know that we need to be Stewards for God’s Creation and take a stand at caring for it. 

CAFOD Club Assembly

CAFOD club members led us in prayer ahead of Family Fast Day. We listened to the Gospel of St Matthew, where Jesus tells us look after those in need. We pledged to help bring water to communities overseas by donating money this Family Fast Day. 

The Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham

Today our Liturgy Leaders led us in a Liturgy for the Feast of Our Lady Walsingham. Our Lady appeared to Richeldis in Walsingham in a vision and she spoke about her house in Nazareth where the Angel Gabriel asked her to be the Mother of God’s Son. To celebrate this special feast, we recited the First Joyful Mystery, the Annunciation and said a Decade of the Holy Rosary. 

Roles in the Church

Beech Class had the honour of attending Mass today to celebrate with the recently ordained Father Michael from Nigeria. We then got the chance to talk to members of the Parish about their jobs in the Church and during Mass. We had no clue about how many people have to help Father Sean each day to prepare for the Celebration of the Eucharist. 

Baptism Lesson

We have been learning about Baptism in our RE lesson. We have loved bringing in our own Baptism photos and candles to show the rest of the class. We have designed some beautiful images to represent Baptism and the link it has to God’s family. We have also listened to Matthew 3:13-17, the Baptism of Jesus and looked at Leonardo Da Vinci’s interpretation of this significant event. 

Blessing of the Classroom

Deacon Tim came to our class to bless our room and us ready for the school year ahead. He also blessed our Prayer Altar. During the difficult times this year, we will remember the words Deacon Tim said and talk to God by using our Prayer Altar for quiet reflection time. 

Catholic Social Teaching Assembly

Our assembly today was on the CST principle ‘Stewardship’. We learnt about how God calls us as stewards to care and respect his Creation. We then got into our house teams to make pledges to be stewards this school year. We are going to reduce where possible, recycle all paper and pick up any litter from the playground. 

Celebration of the Word

Today, our class Liturgy Leaders led us in a Celebration of the Word. We listened to the Gospel of John, where God tells us to live like Jesus and be self-giving. To be self-giving is to be aware of other peoples needs or interests and to put them before ourselves. 

Catholic Social Teaching

Today, we thought about the CST principle Distibutive Justice and how the saints, St Vincent de Paul and St Katharine Drexel, lived out this in their life. St Vincent de Paul helped poor people by giving them food, clothes, and love, showing that everyone deserves to be cared for. St Katharine Drexel used her money to build schools for children who were treated unfairly, so they could learn and have a better life. We then produced some stain glass window art work inspired by the stained glass windows in the Church and included our Saint as the focal point. 

“If we live the Gospel, we will be people of justice and our lives will bring the good news to the poor.” St Katharine Drexel. 

The New School Year
 

We had a lovely start to the school year! We looked at our School Mission, think about how we can love, learn and live like Christ. We studied and researched our new Class Saint, Saint John Vianney.  We then thought about this terms virtues of Eloquent and Truthful. We then finished the week with a prayer service led by our Liturgy Leaders, where we blew bubbles prayers to God asking him to guide during this school year.