Today a group of children led a Collective Worship on the theme ‘Growing Up’. The children brought in items from home that were precious when they were babies and they put them on the prayer table. They had a planned a worship that included singing, watching a short clip about Jesus at the Temple, a reading, prayers, sharing the peace and all the children were engaged and prayerful.
Year One considered the words that Simeon said in the ‘Presentation of Jesus in the Temple’ story. Simeon said that Jesus would bring light and joy to the world. The children then drew their own interpretation of this using chalks and pastels. The children listened to quiet music whilst drawing. The results are beautiful. … Continue Reading
Every week the children in Year One participate in a well-being session and this week the children were thinking about the qualities of their friends. Each child in the class picked out a lolly-stick with a name on and then went away and thought about this friend. The children then wrote a short message to… Continue Reading
A huge thank you to all family and community members over the month of December for your support with everything that we managed to deliver in Advent. It started for staff with our weekly liturgy together -a great chance to come together as a team and take some time to reflect on the busy period… Continue Reading
Year One have been working extremely hard to learn a liturgical dance for their mass. As a class, the children came up with the moves to fit the song, ‘Noel’. They have practised and are now feeling confident for the mass next week. Continue Reading
On Wednesday 2nd October, children, pupils and staff from our school joined parishioners from both St. Teresa’s Church and St. Aidan’s Church to celebrate the feast of St. Teresa in the first annual Little Flower Concert. It was a fantastic celebration in which there was an array of talents on display, including singing from our… Continue Reading
Last week, twenty children from Year 6 travelled to Belgium as part of their topic work on the World Wars. Led by the ‘Explore4all’ company, the children visited a whole host of places including: both commonwealth and German cemeteries; the Passchendaele Museum and the In Flander’s Field Museum; authentic and original German trenches and Lockangar… Continue Reading
Today some children shared a Collective Worship with the class. They chose the theme of Families as this is the topic they are working on in R.E. The children carefully chose objects for the prayer space including family photos, a candle and a bible. They chose to gather their friends together to the song ‘Wonderful… Continue Reading
Today the children in Year One talked about their families. discussed how much our families loves us and how much we love them. All the children listened as everyone talked and some children shared photos of their families. The children all spoke with confidence and answered any questions they were asked. Then the children thought… Continue Reading
Year 4 children invited their parents to join them in their ‘Little Liturgy’ on the theme of Reconciliation. In the beautifully prayerful liturgy, which the children planned and led themselves, we listened to and reflected on the parable of the Prodigal Son, and the children shared their ideas of how we can take the message… Continue Reading
