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Mrs Bentley from STACS came to teach KS2 choir songs for the Lumen Christi Carol Concert on Wednesday 18^th December.

‘Postcards of Happiness'

The Mini Vinnies gathered together to write some ‘Postcards of Happiness’ to send to the people at Beeches Care Home in Northfield. We hope that when they receive them it will put a smile on their face. Thank you to Abel’s Father who donated the postcards which he bought from the Holy Land.

Stained Glass Window

Father Cecil came to bless our new stained glass window which was witnessed by the children in KS1. Thank you Father for taking the time to come in to school today.

Operation Christmas Child Assembly

We gathered together to pray the Rosary live with Archbishop Bernard. Some of the children used their Rosary beads from home.

Our Harvest offerings for the B31 foodbank and the SVP

Mini Vinnies - Pizza Treat

4CR prayer buddies with STACS

Year 6's visit to St Chad's Cathedral

The Good Shepherd Mass at St Chad's Cathedral

First Holy Communion

Year 3 have been working extremely hard getting ready for their First Holy Communion. On Friday 17^th May, the children met with Father Cecil and tried the unconsecrated bread in preparation for receiving the sacrament. On Saturday 18^th May, the children came together with their families and received Jesus for the first time. Congratulations children!

May Procession

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Children in Year 3 received the Sacrament of Reconciliation with Father Cecil and Father Nicholas. The children responded with reverence as they confessed their sins for the first time.

Waste Week - Caring for God's Creation

As part of our Waste Week, all children in school were asked to collect waste which was used to create murals for our school playground. We discussed how we can look after God's planet by recycling our waste.

St Patrick's Day Parade

Lenten Prayer Buddies

All year groups in school were allocated another year group to work with during Lent. We met together for our Collective Worship session at the start of Lent and promised that we would pray for each other during this Liturgical Season. We will then meet again in the last week of term to create special prayer cards.

Liturgy Leaders Monitoring

Our Liturgy Leaders went around school to monitor the prayer areas in classrooms. They filled out a monitoring form stating what they observed, what was good about the prayer area and what could be improved. These were then passed on to class teachers.

Lent

To mark the start of Lent, all pupils came to school dressed in an item of purple clothing. KS2 pupils joined the parish for Mass on Ash Wednesday to receive ashes. KS1 children received ashes in a school prayer service. Each child received a Walk with Me calendar to help them prepare during Lent. We also received a Good Shepherd Collection box so that we can collect money during Lent as part of our alms-giving promises.

Mini Vinnie Assembly

Mini Vinnies Presentation

On Tuesday 26^th February, the new Mini Vinnies were given their badges and certificates in a ceremony during our Whole School Mass. Mrs Hodgkinson our Chair of Governors and our SVP representative for the parish gave out the awards. Congratulations children. We cannot wait for you to ‘turn concern into action’.

Mini Vinnies Assembly

We were delighted to welcome Lynn from Mini Vinnies for our assembly. We learnt about the Society of St Vincent De Paul and the work that they do to support people in our world. We were very excited to learn that we can become Mini Vinnies!

Liturgy Leaders Event

We welcomed the Liturgy Leaders from our MAC schools to join us in prayer and reflection at our parish Church. We took part in some quite prayer activities and meditation in the Church before moving into the parish centre. Here we discussed the charity work that each school does throughout the year to share ideas. We also made some St Brigid's crosses to celebrate the eve of St Brigid's Day. We were delighted to welcome our friends from our MAC schools and enjoyed spending time together sharing our faith.

Happy St Brigid's Day

We celebrated the feast of St Brigid in many different ways. We gathered together with our parish community for our whole school Mass and sang our special hymn about St Brigid. We then received a special treat in our classes of a jam doughnut - yum! We made St Brigid's crosses using art straws and thought about the qualities she demonstrated throughout her life. We then finished our special day with Brigid's Got Talent! What a special day we had in school!

Brigid's Got Talent

To celebrate the feast of St Brigid, we held our annual talent contest - Brigid's Got Talent. All of the children had the opportunity to showcase their many wonderful talents which God has given to them. We even had a special surprise when our teachers showed us their talents too!

Prayer Partner Masses

Pupils in Year 3 joined Year 7 pupils from St Thomas Aquinas for Mass. We joined together to introduce ourselves and share prayer cards with each other. We will continue to pray for each other as we progress through the school year.

Food bank donations

We donated our left over party food to the local food bank to support people less fortunate than ourselves during the Christmas season.

Carol Concert

The Church was set for our KS2 Carol Concert. We helped our parents, families and parishioners prepare for the birth of Jesus by leading them in reading, acting and singing.

Choir Singing at Frankley Beeches Care Home

Choir Singing at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

Members of our school choir brought the true meaning of Christmas to the local community as they sang carols at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. Well done to all involved, your voices were angelic!

Advent Craft Afternoon

On Monday 3rd December, pupils came to school dressed in purple to mark the start of Advent. We held an Advent craft afternoon where we made items related to Advent in classes.

Walk with Me Calendar

All pupils in school were given a Walk with Me Advent calendar to help to prepare them for the coming of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day. Thank you to our parish who kindly provided these for our pupils.

Advent

Working with St Thomas Aquinas

A teacher from St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School came in to work with our choir who will be performing in an evening of carols and reflection. We are looking forward to hearing their beautiful voices.

Choir Singing at the Christmas Fayre

Well done to all the members of our school choir who sang at our Christmas Fayre. Look out for them at the Royal Orthopeadic Hospital next week when they will be singing carols for the local community.

Christmas Fayre

What a lovely time we had at the Christmas Fayre on Saturday. Our school community gathered together for carol singing, festive activities and festive food. Thank you to our CHAPS group for helping to run the event.

The Big Sleep

Members of our CHAPS group organised 'The Big Sleep' to raise awareness of homelessness in our city. Parents and children spent the night sleeping in the school playground on a cold November night. They raised money and donations which they took to the Fireside Centre and Tabor House.

Red Wednesday

We celebrated Red Wednesday by wearing an item of red clothing to school to raise awareness of persecuted Christians across the world. We learnt about what persecution means and why some people suffer for their faith beliefs. We prayed for all those who suffer across the world.

Year 3 Inspire Workshop

Year 3 were joined by their parents and family members for their Inspire workshop. We learned about the Sacrament of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. Thank you to all those who braved the wet weather; we hope you enjoyed your afternoon.

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes

It has been a very busy week selling cakes and collecting shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. The School Councillors and Liturgy Leaders would like to thank all those who supported the project. We collected 55 shoe boxes and raised £56.00 – Fantastic!

Diwali Dance Workshops

Year 3 Church Visit

Year 3 pupils visited our parish Church to learn about the signs and symbols of prayer.

Lest we Forget

Mrs Parker created a beautiful display to help us to remember those people who have lost their lives due to war.

Selling Poppies for Remembrance

We sold poppies and other items in school to raise money for the Poppy Appeal charity. We prayed for those who lost their lives due to war.

Book of Remembrance

The children have been writing the names of people they want to pray for during the month of November. In school assemblies, we place the book of remembrance on our prayer table to remind us of all the people who have died.

Liturgy Leaders Service of Commission

We joined together with the Liturgy Leaders from other MAC schools for a special Service of Commission. We worked in mixed groups on a range of different prayer stations. We joined together in prayer and singing thanking God for the opportunity He has given us to lead the faith in our schools.

Operation Christmas Child Assembly

Operation Christmas Child project has officially begun!

The School Councillors invited some guest speakers, from the charity, to tell the rest of the school all about this project.

Liturgy Leaders - Operation Christmas Child

Our Liturgy Leaders went to a workshop led by Opeartion Christmas Child. They learnt about how to support children in other countries this Christmas by filling shoe boxes of small gifts. They are now going to use their knowledge to promote this charity around school and encourage other children to get involved.

Rosary

During the month of October, we have been saying the Rosary in school.

Harvest Collection

A huge thank you to all of the children and families who brought in donations to the Fireside Centre. Mr O'Connor, a parishioner who volunteers at the Centre, has collected our tins and packets and delivered them. These will go to help the homeless in our city this winter.

Year 3 Baptism

During Year 3's R.E lesson, Mrs Goodes came to visit with baby Annabel. She told us all about Annabel’s Baptism. She was so impressed with our knowledge. We were able to tell her what we knew about the Oil of Chrism, the God-parents, the Baptismal Candle and the White Garment.

It was lovely to meet Annabel and hear about her special day.

Macmillan Coffee Morning

We held a coffee morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer charity. We raised £137.56 by bringing in cakes and selling them to parents and pupils.

Year 5 Collective Worship

Pupils in Year 5 led a prayer service thanking God for the gift of water.

Fr Hudson Assembly

We welcomed Teresa Clements from Fr Hudson's Society to our school. Teresa led a special assembly where she told us about a new project which we will be involved with. We learnt about refugees and how they have to leave their homes to start a new life. We will be working with Fr Hudson's in supporting Sophia House.

Year 6 Inspire Workshop

Our parents joined us for our Inspire Workshop linked to the Sacrament of Confirmation. We worked together to explore the seven Sacraments as well as the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Hednesford Pilgrimage

Our Year 6 pupils joined with pupils from schools in our parish on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes shrine and Church in Hednesford. We listened to Father Cecil and Father Jeremy talk to us about St Bernadette and what it means to go on a pilgrimage. We celebrated Mass in the Church and took part in praying the Rosary.

Adoremus

We joined together with our friends from across the Archdiocese in taking part in Adoremus 2018. Father Cecil brought the Blessed Sacrament over to our School Hall and joined us as we watched Archbishop Bernard lead us in prayer and reflection. We joined in with the special hymns we learnt and prayed in silence before Jesus.

Our Lady's Birthday

We celebrated the birthday of Our Lady with a special service of reflection. Each class produced some work about Mary which we presented before the statue of Our Lady. We said prayers and sang hymns to remind us of how special she is to us.

May Procession

The sun shone as we joined Father Cecil to celebrate our May Procession. Children in Year 3 brought flowers to lay before the statue of Mary. After Mass, we all processed into the playground where we gathered around the statue of Our Lady. Father Cecil led us in prayer and song as we reflected on the importance of Mary in this month of May.

The Angelus

Every day during May, children in key Stage 2 have been saying the Angelus prayer to remind us of how special Our Lady is to us.