There are some great daily reflections to use at home with the family during Holy Week. These will help us to focus on Jesus in his final days - leading to his crucifixion on Good Friday.

Have a look at Year Three's Class Pages/Home Learning/Holy Week Reflections. 

https://www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/our-lady-all-saints

Don’t forget to join Father Des at 5pm tonight or 10:30am tomorrow for Palm Sunday Masses. 🌿🙏🌿

We may not be together but we can pray together! #loveolsk ❤️

This Holy Week there will be no public Chrism Mass or washing of feet on Maundy Thursday, no public veneration of the cross on Good Friday, no public Easter Vigil. But what we can do is live Holy Week at home. Here are some tips on how you can enter into the spirit of the week. Follow the link .....

https://www.ctsbooks.org/live-holy-week-at-home/

Our first Weekly Worship & Song is tomorrow! Dan and Emily from One Life Music have kindly prepared a time of prayer for us to share whether we are at home or at school. 
 

Follow the link to join in: https://t.co/tpq4cF1awj?ssr=true

A poem from the Earth 🌍 

Fear not dear people of this land, I will never cease to turn,
Support each other through this time, take time to grow, to learn. 

My lands became a busy space, no place for nature’s rest,
This plague it over runs you now, 
but from me it is no test.

Humanity both old and young, share time in hidden spaces,
But look outside, a shoot has sprung,
In their absence nature graces.

The skies are clear, the birds can soar, collecting for their nesting,
While humanity waits behind closed doors, 
my lands out their are resting. 

No winged machines engulf the sky, with people land to land,
Now the swallows can migrate,
 and with their young they’ll stand.

No wheeled machines on concrete paths, that paint my landscape grey,
A hedgehog guides her young across , they look, they run, they’re safe. 

The air above united lands  is clear and at its best, 
The trees don’t have to work so hard, 
even they can rest. 

When Mother Nature came to me so many years ago,
She promised us a place called home, she brought sun rain and snow.

Too many years have gone by now,
upholding all she could,
She was trodden down and over run,
And at a halt she stood.

Mother Nature, please help them now, I know you hold no grudges, 
Help the people on my lands, for they will not be judges. 

Help take back this vicious plague where people fight for breath,
And in return humanity,
will make sure you still rest. 

How scared they’ve felt behind closed doors, it’s paused their thoughts and cheers,
They get it now, a humble link, they share with you their fear. 

So Mother Nature do your thing, do what you do best,
Overturn this vicious plague,
And they’ll promise you can rest.

 While most of us are staying home at the moment, a handful of children are still coming to school each day so that their parents who are 'Key Workers' are able to keep working.

Have a look at what we've been up to earlier in the week!

Hello my lovelies,

We hope you are all keeping well during these times when many schools have closed and we have to stay at home for long periods of time. Life may feel very different at the moment; you are spending more time at home than in school and you cannot meet your friends or play out- remember that little word that Miss Meese taught us in Assembly, about not being able to do things 'yet!' Well, hold onto that thought, because whilst we cannot meet our friends or play outside...not YET, hopefully we will be able to soon.

We are missing all your lovely, smiley faces; school is extremely quiet without you all in it; hopefully we can all be back together very soon, our wonderful OLSK family; when this nasty virus goes away. 

We hope you are enjoying all the activities on the Home Learning page of the school website; staff are constantly updating it for you; please keep learning...remember my rhyme....The more you learn, the more you know, the more you know, the more you grow! 

Keep following us on Twitter too; let us know what you are up to; send us some pictures of what you are doing. #loveolsk 

We are keeping you all in our prayers. Stay at home! Stay Safe!

God Bless, love from Mrs F xxxxxxxxxxx

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to extend the gratitude of the DES to all those working in our Diocesan schools at this difficult time as you offer support to our children and young people, their families and our wider parish communities. Schools are now closed for many of our pupils for the considerable future, but we do wish to thank you for what you have done to assist them in continuing their learning at home and offering the practical and pastoral support that they will need in the days and weeks ahead.

We are particularly grateful for the way in which you have cooperated with the government’s request to find ways of offering educational provision to the children of key workers and vulnerable children beginning this coming week. This provision is obviously going to be important to those who must assist in supporting the sick and the needy at this very difficult time and the maintenance of key services. I know that for many of you, this has meant additional challenges with detailed plans and preparations being made. It has demanded the willingness and support for so many to serve the common good of Catholic education and our wider community at this critical time. This is also a sure and certain sign that as a Catholic community we are always willing to put the gospel in action to care for the needs of our neighbour.

T

he DES will remain operative whilst schools are closed. Adam Hardy and the staff can be contacted by email and phone. They will do their best to assist you at this time. Please remember to inform the DES of any critical incidents that take place over the next few weeks concerning your school.

There will be a dedicated page on the DES website to provide you with updated news from the DfE, the Catholic Education Service and the Bishops Conference of England and Wales on responding to the Covid-19 situation. The page will also contain any key information about DES work with our schools that may be impacted by the Covid-19 situation. Additionally, the Catholic Education Team at the DES are putting together a resource page for use in schools and at home. This will also feature some prayer and spirituality resources to use at this time. Please keep an eye on this page as it continues to develop.

https://www.bdes.org.uk/des-support-for-schools-through-the-coronavirus-outbreak.html

Finally, at this time it is important to pray for all those who have become ill, for those working to stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus, those who are assisting the sick and for the safety and well being of our children and families and those who are most vulnerable in our society.

Sincerely yours in Our Lord,

Fr Jonathan Veasey

Lead Trustee for Catholic Education

URGENT - Government update

Dear Parents and Carers, 

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement this evening, we would like to confirm the following restrictions that have been put in place to keep us all safe –

LEAVE HOME ONLY FOR –

    •    Shopping for basic necessities

    •    One form of exercise a day

    •    Any medical need/care for vulnerable person

    •    Travelling to and from work, only if absolutely necessary and unable to work from home

At this present time, we will continue to open the doors of Our Lady & St. kenelm to care for the children of the most critical keyworkers previously identified by the Government.

However, we have a duty of care to both the children and staff in our school communities and need to keep them safe. Therefore, we ask you to think carefully about your need to send your child to school. Please only bring your child if absolutely necessary – if you can work from home you must keep your child with you.
 

We understand that it can be difficult to work from home and take care of your children, but please understand we need to ensure that we are all doing what is desperately needed to fight this terrible virus.

We are keeping you all in our prayers.

St. Kenelm – Pray for us.

Kind Regards from, 

Mrs Finnegan, all the staff & the Governing Board