Prayer and liturgy in Reception Class – Being thankful for our differences

Harvest themed Prayer and Liturgy in Reception Class

Celebrating Eid in Reception Class

Stewardship of God’s Creation in Y6

Today Y6 went on a nature walk to celebrate the jubilee year and their hopes for God’s world in the future. They collected items from the school grounds and created their own version of the jubilee badge.

Jubilee celebration

Year 5 took part in a Prayer and liturgy, celebrating the Jubilee as we become pilgrims of hope.

Exploring God’s creation in Reception Class

Y6 prayer and liturgy

Today Y6 welcomed their parents and families to join us in worship. The theme was unconditional love. The children enjoyed planning and leading the worship and it was lovely to reflect together on what unconditional love from God means in our lives.

Prayer and liturgy

Year 5 took part in a beautiful Prayer and Liturgy about hopes and dreams.

Artwork celebrating God’s creations

Reception Class Harvest Trail

Supporting ‘Mary’s Meals’ in Reception Class

Caring for God’s world

Harvest trail

Y6 took Nursery on a wonderful Harvest trail around our school. We sang, said prayers and gave thanks to God for our Earth and its abundant gifts.

Mission

Year 5 have been learning that we all have a mission, no matter how big or small. They created a mission which they can carry out at school. One group’s mission was to help some year 3 children play tennis.

Mary’s meals

Year 5 enjoyed eating their porridge and learning about the valuable work carried out by Mary’s meals.

Harvest Trail

Year 5 took part in a wonderful Harvest trail across different areas of our school site.

Harvest walk

Year 1 Creation walk

Prayer and Liturgy

Today we chose to worship God outside in nature.

Baptism role play in Reception Class

We leant that we join God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism.

Today we went into our new outdoor Prayer Space for our daily Prayer and Liturgy

Year 5 Remembrance celebration

Year 5 led a thoughtful celebration of the word about Remembrance, sharing reflections, poems, and prayers to honour those who have served. We were also joined by our friend of the school, Pipe Major James Axon, who performed beautifully on the yard, creating a moving and memorable tribute for everyone

Sikh people care for our world

In Y6 we learned that Sikh people are called to serve the planet by not wasting resources. We made links to the Catholic Social Teaching Value of stewardship of God’s creation. We put posters up around school to encourage members of our school community to not waste water, electricity and food.

Celebration of the word

Year 5 took part in a remembrance celebration of the word.

Jubilee Year Celebration day

Today we marked the end of the church’s Jubilee Year with a day of celebration and reflection. We started the day reviewing what we had done all year to promote the Jubilee’s message of Hope. The whole school was decorated with balloons and streamers in the Jubilee colours and we all wrote postcards with messages of Hope to share with our families. Our lovely cook even made cupcakes for us to take home. We ended the day with a Celebration of the Word, with our Faith ambassadors taking a leading role.What a day!

Jubilee Celebration Day Y6

Y6 really enjoyed celebrating everything they have achieved this jubilee year. We remembered our pilgrimages of hope; wore our house colours to reflect the jubilee badge and created bunting and postcards. We even finished the day off with yummy cupcakes!

Making our vote count

During Parliament week, in our RE lesson we each voted on which artwork from around the world we liked the best. The most popular artwork went up on our display.

Celebration of the word

Advent – waiting in hopeful expectation

Y6 have filled their Advent calendar with prayers, acts of service and devotions. We will patiently take turns each day as we wait in hope during this season.

Advent Trail

KS1 Nativity

Advent trail

Thank you to the Y6 children who took a lead part in the Advent trail. They had a wonderful time teaching the younger children about the Nativity and guiding them in their worship.

Reception Class Nativity

We are so proud of our wonderful Reception Class for such a fantastic performance today!

Advent Trail

Year 5 and Reception class took part in a wonderful, imersive Advent trail. Year 6 did a fantastic job leading it and it and it really brought this important liturgical season alive for all the children involved.

Planning Celebration of the Word

During our Faith Ambassador meeting this week, Key Stage 2 pupils worked together to plan a Celebration of the Word. They used sources from CAFOD and wrote their own prayer.

Expectations – Celebration of the Word

Y6 planned their worship to celebrate all their learning during our Advent topic. They chose to do this at the crib scene.

We hope you have a blessed Christmas and a peaceful New Year. From Y6

Raising money to help others

Epiphany

Y6 celebrated Epiphany in class today by guiding the 3 kings to Jesus. They followed God’s light to the manger.

Whole School Prayer and Liturgy to mark the feast of Epiphany

Celebrating the Epiphany feast day in Reception Class when the magi (3 wise men) came to visit Jesus.

Our favourite books

In RE, we have been thinking about books and sources of information. We had a lovely time today sharing our favourite books with each other.

The three kings

Year 5 delivered the three kings to the nativity scene on the Epiphany.

Epiphany artwork

Curiosity Celebration of the Word

Today we invited our parents to worship with us. We heard about how Jesus was curious to learn more about God and how we can foster and nurture our own curiosity in God too.

Creating bookmarks using our favourite scripture in R.E

Our end of topic celebration

Y6 planned and delivered a beautiful Celebration of the Word in our prayer garden to mark the end of our ‘Sources’ work. They wrote prayers, shared Bible readings and reflected on their new knowledge and growth.

Candles class artwork

Mary’s Meals

Y6 had a wonderful session today learning more about the wonderful work Mary’s Meals does feeding 3 million children daily across the world.

Year 4 Celebration of the Word

Today Year 4 invited their parents to join them in their daily Celebration of the Word. The theme was trust and we heard how we should always trust in the Lord and do good.

The call of the disciples (Luke 5:1-11)

We shared our love by inviting our friends to share food with us, just like Jesus did.

Our Prayers

Lenten trail

Today was the first week of our Lenten trail. We gathered in the forest area to worship together in the sunshine.

Unity

During our Unity topic, we have really enjoyed thinking about how we can live in unity with others. We created some beautiful artwork and figures to represent how we are all unique yet joined together as one in so many ways.

Lenten trail week 3

Year 4,5 and 6 joined together to worship at our crosses during Lent.

Roleplay of The Last Supper

The Last Supper artwork

Making Easter cards for our families to celebrate the symbol of new life.

We learnt all about Easter traditions in Poland

Today with invited one of our Polish parents into Reception class to teach us all about Polish Easter traditions. We loved the beautifully colourful Polish palms and learnt all about what goes into a polish Easter basket.

Crucifixion artwork

We used our IPads to create beautiful artwork to remember how Jesus died on the cross for us all.

Enjoying a traditional Easter treat for our snack

We have been learning all about the Easter Story in Reception class and enjoyed sampling some traditional Hot Cross Buns for snack today.

Garden of Gethsemane.

Year 4 and 5 delivered a beautiful Celebration of the Word about the betrayl of Jesus.

The Stations of the Cross

Year 6 were very reverent in leading the whole school in the Stations of the Cross. They recounted the events at each station and led prayers and reflections.

Our Big Lent Walk

The sun came out this morning for our Big Lent Walk. Thank you to everyone who donated to support this wonderful fundraiaing event for CAFOD.

Reception Class Easter Prayer & Liturgy

Today Reception class led the final whole school Easter Prayer and Liturgy session in the hall. We invited parents to join us as we completed the Easter Story with the theme ‘Easter Sunday’.

Happy Easter from Year 6!

Polish Easter tradition – lamb cakes

P4C voting on artwork

In class we took time to look at artwork from the scripture. We then used a P4C method of voting to find our favourite and add it to our RE wall.

Golden box activity

Cloud spotting

Recognising that clouds can represent God in scripture.

Exploring the coming of the Holy Spirit in Reception Class

We took bubbles, streamers and kites outside to explore the feeling of the Holy Spirit. Although we can’t see it, we can feel it’s effects. It makes us feel awake!

Retelling scripture using our puppets

Good luck in your SATs tests Year 6 !

We are incredibly proud of our Y6’s and the way they have prepared for their SATs. We can’t wait to see you all letting your lights shine brightly next week showcasing all your hard work. You’ve got this!

Artwork representing the Holy Spirit

Reading scripture together