Blog by Tag: Catholic Life of the School

Today Year 1 celebrated St.Bridget’s Day by making cards to give out to people in the community.  Year 1 families kindly donated biscuits to give out as acts of kindness. They visited Calderwood House, Westcroft Surgery, Knoxwood Charity Shop, Lowes Court Gallery, The Foodbank, a market trader and…

To celebrate St. Bridget’s feast day on February 1st, Year 5 created cards with chocolates inside and handed them out on Egremont Main Street. We’re following in St. Bridget’s footsteps by spreading kindness and care to others.

To celebrate St Bridget’s Feast Day, the Reception children wanted to create flowers in St Bridget’s colours to give to the parishioners. The children delivered these to church themselves and the parishioners were amazed at what a beautiful job they had all done. They will be in the back of church…

A huge well done to everyone in Y6 who participated in the Reindeer Run to raise money for children who need extra support.

 

Reception were delighted to receive their Reindeer Run certificates and medals for being super fundraisers. They were thrilled to find out how the money they raised will help other children in need. 

The whole school was visited by the lady from the Jigsaw charity to inform 5em of how much they had raised as a school from the Reindeer Run they ran in December. They were very proud of their achievement and to receive their medals and certificates.

Year 2 have marked the launch of the Jubilee Year of Hope by coming to school dressed in their favourite colours. The children began the day by taking part in a prayer and liturgy based on the Jubilee Year of Hope and sang the ‘Pilgrim Calypso’ to praise God and celebrate the Jubilee. They learned…

Year 3 celebrated the launch of the Jubilee Year, as announced by Pope Francis. We learned about what it meant, prayed and wore bright clothes to mark the day. We also learnt about the logo and considered what we could do to help our local communities.

Year 3 children thought about the events within the liturgical calendar, feast days and themes in the weekly Gospel readings. They used this to plan their own prayer and liturgy for Friday. They worked as a group of 2/3, gained help from the internet, bibles and each other. They worked so hard to…

In Year 4 this week, during our collective worship, we have been practicing Joy of the Holy Spirit, using British Sign Language. We have learned about the power that we receive from the Holy Spirit and discussed how we can share it with others, including those who aren’t able to hear or perhaps…

Adalyn, Mia and Ivy have been very thoughtful when preparing their Prayer and Liturgy today. They asked it on The Baptism of Jesus and God proclaiming his love for Jesus as his ‘Beloved Son’.
Adalyn and Mia write their own prayer, then asked the rest of the class to write a prayer too. Ivy…

The Laudato Si group was shocked to discover that around 2,000 glue sticks from each school end up in landfill sites every year. In response, we reached out to Mrs. Smith to propose the use of recyclable glue sticks. We're pleased to share that all the glue has arrived, and we're excited to start…