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!


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.
Children from our school and parish led a procession into the city centre on the Feast of Corpus Christi. Children wore their First Holy Communion outfits or special occasion clothes to carry flowers and spread petals before a procession of the Blessed Sacrament. This was well attended and pupils were able to share their experience in Gospel assembly on Monday. You can find out more about this on the Parish Website by following this link https://t.co/Td5OJBb1Tv
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)
Yesterday, Mrs Murphy, accompanied by two of our children from Year 6, visited The Elms Resource Centre with the kind donations that our school community had given for Ramadan and Eid. The Elms Resource Centre are a Muslim charity and help the entire community. They have since let us know that they have supported more people than ever due our community’s kind donations.
This week, children have been learning about Holy Week as it falls in our holidays this year.
Reception enjoyed learning about the events that took place on Palm Sunday. With Palm leaves that they had made, they retold the story of that day.