This afternoon, we are blessed to have celebrated a beautiful Whole School Mass today, led by our pupils, to start our academic year. Thank you to parents who were able to join us.

Today we are celebrating the feast of our Saints, Peter and Paul! Our Liturgy Leaders organised a wonderful mass this morning and tomorrow we are continuing the celebrations with our colour run in school!

This morning, our Year 2 Class delivered a class liturgy on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The children thought about and discussed who they are thankful for most in their hearts. There were some really thoughtful and loving answers, which show how appreciative our children are about the support they see given to others and also the support they receive personally.

Yesterday, our pupils led our May Procession service in school. Children from Year 6, Year 4 and Year 3 led our school in our dedication to Mary, which ended with Maddison in Year 6 crowning Mary. This year, the children have planted seeds as an offering to Mary, which will then grow and decorate our prayer garden in school.

Congratulations to our Year 3 children, who celebrated their First Holy Communion today. Family, parishioners and staff from the school were pleased to celebrate this special occasion with you on Saturday.

Year 4 & 5 came together with the pupils at St Michael’s to lead a Feast day Mass for the Ascension #holydayofobligation

During the month in which we honour Mary, pupils and staff can join the pupil led Rosary prayer group daily in the prayer garden. Our prayer leaders have rosary beads for all who attend but children are welcome to bring their own if they would like to #prayerandliturgy

Report by Year 3 Pupils:

Bus/Group!

The coach picked us up at 8:45 and the trip was really really good because my friends were sitting next to me. The driver kindly drove us to Alton Castle and back to school. The coach was really modern because there were LED lights, a mini skink and even a bathroom. There was a table and a foot rest. We had the same coach and driver coming back. Once we arrived, we got split into 2 groups. We had Mrs Moorst and Mrs Bhatti and Flix. The other group had Mrs Byrne and Lucas. (Shantelle)

Treasure Hunt!

In the treasure hunt we had picture clues on sheets. We had find symbols. All the symbols were based on Mass and the Holy Communion like: the cross, the Bible and a cup with the Blood of Christ.  (Filip)

Meditation

We were lying on our backs while one of our instructors Flix or Lucas read a Scripture from the Bible. They read The Last Supper. We wrote or drew about our selves then put it in our bags if we were going to Holy Communion.

We put our fingers in ink and everyone put their finger-prints on a cross. (Kornelia)

Nightline

In the night line we had to put a blindfold over our eyes after we had walked into the forest. We had to hold a rope without left hand and we had to do an assault course and it was really long. To do this we needed to trust each other and to tell our friends what they had to do next. This taught us to communicate with each other in life. (Gerard)

Team building

After Meditation, we split into two groups and started our team building games. The first one was with pipes we had to connect them and the balls reach the bucket without falling.

The second was the caterpillar race, where you had to get inside an orange, plastic band and whoever went the fastest crossed the finish line and won.

The last one was to pull a string and balance it all the way to the otherside without dropping a ball. (Michelle)