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    • Catholic Life and Mission

    Mission Statement

    With Jesus in our hearts,
    we nurture each individual to reach their full potential.

    We aspire for every member of our school family:
    To learn and grow in a happy and safe place.
    To believe in themselves and be proud of who they are.
    To treat each other with respect, love and acceptance.

    With Jesus in our hearts, we can reach our full potential.

    Our Core Values

    Our school life is centred around our Catholic virtues:

    • Respect
    • Value
    • Faith
    • Community
    • Honesty
    • Love

    Our virtues influence our approach to everything we do and our attitude towards others. Every member of our school community holds these virtues with the utmost importance. These virtues should be visible in our work with others, at playtimes, in the classroom and within our community. They are steeped in gospel teaching and reflect the kind of person Jesus was and the person he wants us to be.

    You can find more information about our values on the "Values" tab of the website.

    Our Services and Liturgies

    Throughout the calendar year, we hold a number of services and liturgies. It is important for our students to engage within our services to deepen their faith, so we have seen numerous year groups performing wonderful liturgies.

    The liturgies we have done are:

    • Advent wreath blessing
    • Carols around the crib
    • Ash Wednesday Service (Y4)
    • Stations of the Cross (Y6)
    • The Crowning of Our Lady (Y2)
    • A liturgy for St Peter and St Paul (Y1)
    • Regular masses in school

    Collective Worship and Liturgies

    As a Catholic school, it is important that we foster a sense of community and develop our connection with God. We aspire for our children to know, understand, and love God. As such, collective worship is an important part of our ethos, aims, and relationships. Collective worships allows us to develop closer as a community and increase our connection with God and can only strengthen our faith.

    We also run a Wednesday Word liturgy club. 

    Weekly Gospel Assemblies

    Every week, we hold a Gospel assembly. We use the Mark 10 Mission Resources to learn about the Gospel for Sunday and we always sing a song of praise relating to the Gospel. 

    Our Four House Saints

    Maximilian Kolbe

    Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Catholic priest who volunteered to die in place of a man called Franciszek Gajowniczek in the Auschwitz camp in 1941. He was canonised in 1982 by Pope John Paul II and declared a Martyr of Charity.

    Carlo Acutis 

    Carlo Acutis was a British teenager of Italian Ancestry. He was known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his battle with leukaemia, which he sadly lost at the age of 15. He is currently up for canonisation, although he has been beatified.

    Fr John Augustus Tolton

    Fr. John Augustus Tolton was the first Black priest in the United States. Originally born into slavery, he was rejected from every North American Seminary he applied to before being ordained in Rome in 1886. He met resistance during his years as a Black Catholic priest, but, overtime, his following grew. He eventually gave Mass at the Colored Catholic Congress in Washington D.C. He maintained a prominent profile within the Catholic Church before his death. He is currently in the process of becoming beatified.

    Elizabeth Ann Seton

    Elizabeth Ann Seton was a Catholic religious sister and educator in the United States. She founded the country's parochial system. She also founded the country's first American congregation of religious sisters, the Sisters of Charity. Numerous congregations can trace their origins back to the Sisters of Charity. In 1952, a miracle involving the healing of a 4-year-old girl from leukaemia was attributed to Seton after a nun sought Seton's help. The miracle was a factor in the beatification of Seton and Seton was beatified by Pope John XXIII on March 17th, 1963. She was canonised on the 14th of September 1975 by Pope Paul VI. 

    Daily Prayer

    We say prayer in the morning, at lunchtime, and at the end of the day. 

    Our morning prayer:

    Oh my God,

    I give to you today

    All that I think and do and say.

    All my work and all my play

    I will give to you today.

    Our lunchtime prayer:

    Bless us O' Lord as we sit together

    Bless the food we eat today

    Bless the hands that made the food

    Bless us O' Lord, Amen

    Our end of the day prayer:

    God Our Father, I come to say

    Thank you for your love today

    Thank you for my family

    And all the friends you give to me

    Guard me in the dark of night

    And in the morning send your light

    Amen.

    Here is our prayer room:

    What Is Coming Up
    • Whole school and class retreats
    • Pentecost Party
    • Bonniefest celebration for our school saint, St Boniface
    • First Holy Communion
    • Liturgies for Our Lady and St Peter and Paul
    • A mass for our leavers and their families