First Holy Communion
Some of the children in Year 4 celebrated their First Holy Communion on Saturday 10th June. It was a wonderful service: the children looked amazing, read well, and were supported by a packed church of family and friends.
The children enjoyed a lovely breakfast in the church hall and then carried on their celebrations elsewhere.
Please keep all of the children in your prayers as they continue their journey of faith!
May Procession
During the month of May we honour Mary, the mother of Jesus. On Wednesday, we held our May Procession and service in Mary’s honour, offering our prayers to her. We were blessed with beautiful weather, processing from the school grounds into the hall where the service was held. Father Bill welcomed the children at the start of the celebration and gave us a blessing at the end.
Year 4 led the celebration, with children from each class bringing flowers to place in the vase at the focal point dedicated to Mary. The children shared a reading, prayers, a litany, sang some beautiful hymns, and one of the children crowned Mary with a lovely garland of flowers.
It was a joyous occasion, and we were impressed with the children’s engagement and beautiful singing throughout.
Year 4 Retreat at the Emmaus Youth Village
Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic retreat at the Emmaus Youth Village. The retreat was based around the ‘Adventures of St Paul’ with various activities designed to bring alive his story.
The weather was great, so once we’d arrived, we headed for the playing fields within the Youth Village and played football, some games and just enjoyed being outside. We then went up to our chalet, Bishop Kevin, settled in, ate dinner, and had our first activity. The children enjoyed the session and were also very excited to watch a movie, spend time in their rooms and enjoy their sleepover, for many the first time away from home on their own.
After a ‘restful night’, the children were up early and raring to go. We ate breakfast together in the chalet, being waited on by Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Welsh and Mrs McDonald and then enjoyed a wake-up activity with the leaders Jamie, Becca, Mary and Ryan. There was a carousel of activities: a blindfolded team challenge – “We walk by faith, not by sight…”; a craft activity during which the children made friendship bracelets; a CAFOD activity thinking about our neighbours around the world; and an art activity with the children making a banner about themselves and their unique gifts and talents.
After lunch, we went for a lovely walk across the fields and into the woods. The leaders did a meditation exercise with the children focusing on their senses then they played some games and explored scripture to crack the code to escape the YMT Escape room in time for dinner.
The Thursday evening session involved exploring St Paul’s most famous letter, 1 Corinthians 13, and what it means for us today. We are all born with an incredible potential to share God’s love with our own gifts and talents and help make the world a better place. Each one of us has been chosen and called by God to be a unique and important part of His plan and as St Pope John Paul II said of Christ, “His power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.”
On our last morning, the children did some artwork, a little bit of writing and lots of drama (re-enacting the life of St Paul).
Intermingled throughout the retreat, there was plenty of free time – the children ran around, played football, gymnastics, and rolled down hills.
We were so proud of the children – they were very knowledgeable, learnt a lot, were well behaved, polite and got on very well!
Reception Easter Liturgy
This morning the children performed a wonderful Liturgy for families to celebrate Easter. The children spoke, sang and danced so beautifully. As always, we are so proud of the children!
Comic Relief 2023
Thank you to everyone for your kind donations to Comic Relief last Friday. We raised a fantastic £204.50! The children had a great time wearing red and taking part in various activities throughout the day.
Nursery Comic Relief
We all came in dressed in red for Comic Relief!
Y1 Liturgy
Year 1 invited their families to join them for their Eucharist Liturgy. The children read and sung beautifully and told us about the special meals they have shared with their families and friends.
Y3 Liturgy- Journeys
Y3 celebrated their Journeys Liturgy with their families today. The children shared their own personal journeys and interests; while thoughtfully acknowledging the people that support them along the way. Y3 read and sung beautifully as we all shared a lovely community spiritual experience.
Year 2 Class Liturgy
Last week Year 2 took part in their first Class Liturgy. They thoroughly enjoyed planning this Liturgy all about ‘Books’ and sharing it with their parents. They all read and sang beautifully!
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