This week classes have been visiting Holy Week Prayer Stations.
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Monday, 31 March 2025
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Centenary Challenges
To celebrate 100 years of St Joseph’s Church and to coincide with the Jubilee we undertook various 100 challenges. Each of these challenges was an act of Catholic Social Teaching.
The
Reception Class made 100 gingerbread men. These were given away to friends and
family as an act of kindness.
Year 2
wrote and hung 100 messages of hope on a school playground tree.
Year 4 collected 100 items for our local food bank.
Based on a famous Japanese story during the time of the Hiroshima bomb, Year 5 made 100 paper cranes for peace.
Year 6 planted over 100 seeds.
The Chaplaincy Team collected over 100 pieces of rubbish.
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
St Joseph's Day Prayer Stations
Today for St Joseph's day, the children visited different St Joseph prayer stations in the school hall.
A special Centenary St Joseph's Day Mass
This morning, we celebrated a special centenary St Joseph's Day Mass. Today marks 100 years of St Joseph's Church.
Friday, 24 January 2025
Jubilee Year Launch Day
Today, we made and launched paper boats to mark the beginning of the Jubilee Year 'Pilgrims of hope'. We decorated the boats and wrote messages and prayers of hope. During the launch we had some reflection/prayer time thinking about our hopes for the future.