Today we remember all those who lost their lives in conflict; past & present! This year marks 75 years since battles in 1944. We offer our thoughts and prayers for all those left behind. 🙏 Tomorrow, at 11am, we will be holding our own Remembrance Service in school, where we will display all the children’s art work, to celebrate this momentous occasion! 🙏💕🙏 

 

Let us pray for all those who have died through war or acts of violence; may we never forget their sacrifice.

Let us also pray for peace-makers and peace-keepers, who seek to keep this world secure and free. 🙏💕🙏

A huge thank-you to our wonderful Y5 children who gave up their playtimes & after school to sell poppies for the Royal British Legion. You are true disciples and we are very proud of your selflessness! ☺️

Mini Vinnies have been shopping today and bought all their stock, ready for when they open their shop next Friday! How exciting! 🙏😊🙏

 

All of the profits, will go to supporting the homeless people in our local community of Halesowen. Please support them; they have done wonderful items on sale- you will find them in the playground every Friday, starting next week! 💕💕

Today, we congratulated Harry, Elizabeth, Jude & Orla in a whole school assembly, as it was announced that they had been chosen to join our SLT, as our Head Boy/Girl and their Deputies.

 

We are so proud of each and everyone of them, and we know that they will be great ambassadors for our school; supporting the Governing Board, Mrs Finnegan, SLT and the School council, to follow our Mission Statement by bringing out the best in everyone, for the benefit of all, in the Spirit of Christ. Congratulations again; so proud! 

Scripture is at the centre of everything the Church does. The word of God shapes our prayer and worship. The Bible shows us how to understand the world, how we are called to live and relate to each other.

 

2020 is the 10th anniversary of Verbum Domini – Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation on ‘The Word of the Lord’ and the 1,600 anniversary of St Jerome’s death. These dates have inspired the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales to dedicate 2020 as a year of focus on the Bible and ‘The God Who Speaks’.

 

During the year, we will be celebrating, living and sharing God‘s word with an exciting new Scripture initiative. It’s an opportunity to enrich current practice and to develop and explore new ways of responding to ‘The God who Speaks’.

 

God who Speaks Prayer 🙏 

Living God, 
you walk alongside us
and speak to us throughout the Scriptures.
Your Son, Jesus Christ, listens to our hopes and fears
and shows us how to live for one another.
Send us the Holy Spirit to open our hearts and minds
so that we may be your witnesses throughout the world.

Amen

V. Your word is our path and your truth is our light.
R. This day and every day.

Thank you to our lovely mums & their babies who joined us at our meeting today. We hope you found it really useful, finding out about all what is happening this year in school & how you can get involved. 🙏😊🙏

Parents, I know you will join me in saying a huge ‘Thank You’ to our amazing staff, who gave up their family time, to ensure our children from Y4, Y5 & Y6, experience fabulous opportunities through our Performing Arts Curriculum, by visiting Ingestre Hall in Staffordshire.
 

All 65 children had the opportunity to specialise in an art form of their choice: art, music, dance, music & film making. The children produced some amazing pieces, which they presented to their peers and shared with our whole school community on our Website! Wow! What fantastic talented children we have among us!
 

What a privilege it is to watch you grow in confidence, using your God given talents, to bring out the best in yourself & others around you! Thank you to all the staff & children for being great ambassadors for our school. 💕😊💕

We had a wonderful day celebrating the canonisation of John Henry Newman.  The day started with a whole school assembly where we prayed for the new saints and thought about the day ahead.  Each class had time in the hall for quiet reflection together.  The children made fact files and stained glass windows and many other activities about sainthood and St John Henry Newman.  At the end of the day we came together as a school with some of the parents and had a final reflection of the day.  What a beautiful way to brighten up a wet & dismal Monday!

John Henry Newman has now officially been declared a saint by Pope Francis, on a beautiful sunny morning in Rome! 

Pope Francis has declared the English theologian John Henry Newman a saint.

The Pope pronounced the formula of canonisation before a packed congregation in St Peter’s Square.

 

He also canonised four others: Mother Mariam Thresia, Marguerite Bays, Mother Giuseppina Vannini and Sister Dulce Lopes.

A very muddy year 6 playing rugby today at Old Halesonians. Although we didn’t win, we had a fabulous time, displayed true team spirit and worked together brilliantly.