RE Ambassadors' Walk of Faith 

 Our KS2 RE Ambassadors enjoyed a wonderful day out today, taking part in a ‘Walk of Faith’. The children began their journey by walking to Holy Rosary Church, where they met Fr Philip before taking the train into Liverpool. Their first stop was the Metropolitan Cathedral, where they were given a guided tour by Fr Philip.

They explored the beautiful chapels, statues and stained glass before attending a very special Mass together in the Crypt, led by Fr Philip. They then visited St Nicholas’s School, where Mr King, Headteacher and our Mrs King’s husband, kindly welcomed them for lunch. In the afternoon, the pilgrimage continued along Hope Street to the Anglican Cathedral, where they received a warm welcome and completed an education trail inside. They heard singing in the Lady Chapel and admired the stunning stained glass and impressive space. The children were particularly interested in how different the two cathedrals felt. The day ended with prayers of thanks. It was a wonderful experience, and the children were a credit to the school throughout, showing respect, interest and enjoyment. A special thank you, as always to Father Philip who not only gives a lot of his time to support our children in their faith journey but always does it in a such a fun way, even egging them on to start singing on the train station I believe! Well done to all involved.

                

Our next walk of faith is to explore all the different churches in Aintree...

Y1 Celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart

Our Year 1 children had a wonderful opportunity to visit the Cathedral for a special service celebrating the Feast of the Sacred Heart today. We were delighted to be invited as part of the Archdiocese Music Service, and the children were an absolute credit to the school, singing beautifully with enthusiasm and joy. After the service, the children visited St Nicholas Primary School, where they enjoyed lunch and the chance to spend time with new friends. The afternoon was full of fun, with games, dancing, arts and crafts, and lots of opportunities to get to know one another. We are incredibly proud of how our children represented the school. They were friendly, polite and welcoming throughout, living out our values and forming new friendships with confidence and kindness. Inf 1 94.07% Inf 2 91.11% Inf 3 86.56% Inf 4 90.36% Inf 5 88.67% *Inf 6 96% J1 94.83% J2 92% J3 94.52% *J4 98.33% J5 97.5% J6 97.33% J7 87% J8 95.17% Total for whole school 93.1% Thank you to Mr King and all the staff and children at St Nicholas Primary School for making us feel so welcome. We look forward to welcoming them to our school soon and continuing to build special links between our communities.

 

The May Procession

On Tuesday, our whole school- from Reception to Year 6- took part in our May Processsion. Led by Father Philip, and Mr Walker carrying the statue of Our Lady, we all sang hymns to Mary as we walked from School to Church. We were blessed with good weather and it was lovely to be joined by so many parishioners along the route. 

Inspired by the Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee  year, each class prepared work around the Jubilee themes: Modern Slavery; Food Poverty; Care for Creation; Managing Debt; Forgiveness and Rest. Every child brought up symbols to represent the theme they had studied and placed them on the altar to create a wonderful presentation. We sang, prayed and had a truly wonderful celebration. 

 

Book Swap Event

The children designed posters for our Book Swap Event and put them up around school.  

       

The Big Lent Walk

Once again, we supported the CAFOD Big Lent Walk to raise funds and fulfil our obligation during Lent to think of others and support those less fortunate than ourselves. The field was set up with obstacles, music and a lively and energetic atmosphere. Classes took turns to complete the course, walking as many laps as they could in their time slot. Thank you once again for the very generous sponsorship from our families. We will let you know our grand total once all the sponsor money has been collected...

 

Our Easter Gardens

The Charity Champions made Easter gardens for each class in the school. They wanted to make sure that every child fully understood the Easter Story and that there was no better way than having a real garden in classrooms as a reminder. Class teachers added flowers and plants to their gardens and made them unique for their own class. Children reflected as they were told each part of the story. The children in Year 2 wrote prayers and lit the candle. 

Once again, the children made Easter cards and we bought Easter eggs to deliver to our housebound parishioners.  

                                           

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas 

Shoe Box Appeal

The Charity Champions helped Father Philip to collect items for the Shoe box appeal at Church. They enjoyed sorting them into the different categories. Our parents are always so generous.  

Mrs King took the school choir along to a local care home and sang Christmas Carols. 

Christmas Lunch for the parishioners

The children also helped to serve parishioners at Church with a hot lunch and even performed a few carols for them! The children lit up the room and brightened up the day! 

 

Christmas Card deliveries

The Charity Champions delivered Christmas cards to local housebound parishioners.  

    

 

   

Christmas Stocking Competition

We sent out Christmas stockings for the children to design and colour. We asked for 50p to enter and the winners received chocolate selection packs. All monies raised went to Cafod World Gifts and we were able to buy a £70 stocking.  

 

 

Fundraising

We also raised money for Zoe's place through a non-uniform day and raised a huge  £1772.25! 

Advent 

We posted daily challenges throughout Advent on our whole school dojo. Travelling nativities went home to Reception and KS1 

Here are some gorgeous pictures from Mr William’s class.

  

A Special Visit

 

Bishop Tom Neylon visited our school on Wednesday 20^th March as part of his diocesan work. He joined our Key Stage One assembly and spent time in all the Key Stage Two classes, where he kindly answered the children's questions, ranging from what it is like to be a bishop to what football team he supports! Some of our older pupils were intrigued by the large gold cross that Bishop Tom wore around his neck and couldn't quite believe it when Bishop Tom happily allowed them  to hold it, while he told them about the details engraved on it- linked to the Gospels. It was a real honour to have Bishop Tom with us for the day and we would like to thank him for taking time out of his busy schedule to visit our school. 

 

“Always be kind”

Our Charity Champions meet weekly after school to discuss concerns they have identified within our school or community. They initiate plans on how they can actively go out and help others. Charity Champions take part in Christmas/ Easter deliveries of handmade cards and gifts to local housebound parishioners. They organise collections for food banks and women’s refugee centres and have been involved in organising Christmas collections of toys and pyjamas for local families in need. The children are always willing to help with our Liturgical Year display in school and have been part of designing and making displays in Church too.  Most importantly, the children are wonderful role models for children in our school.