Our main reason for coming to school is to learn. We learn how to read and write in English. We learn how to add, subtract, multiply and divide in maths. We learn about the Romans, Egyptians and Ancient Greeks in history and about different places around the world in geography. We learn how to play different sports in PE, how to draw and paint in art and how to use different programmes in computing. However, we learn so much more than what our teachers teach us in our lessons. Our school motto is “Learning through Faith” and that is the other learning I am talking about. We learn how to be followers of Jesus. How to act as he would have acted. How to be kind, to be forgiving, to be caring, to share, to look after each other, to love one another.
| A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians May you always be joyful in your union with the Lord. I say it again: rejoice! Show a gentle attitude toward everyone. The Lord is coming soon. Don’t worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart. And God’s peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus. In conclusion, my friends, fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honourable. Put into practice what you learned and received from me, both from my words and from my actions. And the God who gives us peace will be with you. The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God In this reading, we hear how we should learn from God and how we should act as a result. Our mission this week is therefore to show what we have learnt from God. How could we do this? By helping others By being kind By being thankful By working hard By giving to others Dear Lord, Thank for giving me the gift of knowledge, for teaching me how I can be more like Jesus. Help me to love others, to share what I have, to give to the poor and to be kind and helpful to my fellow pupils and the adults at home and at school. Help me to be more like Jesus every day. Amen Don’t forget to let us know in the comments below how you achieved this week’s mission. |
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This week, year 5 have been discussing the different ways of learning. We spoke about learning facts and being educated in school but we also spoke about learning to be good people. The question was asked, ‘How do we learn to be a good person?’. We said that we must follows God’s path and have faith throughout the harder times of our lives. We must also not be tempted by evil that comes our way and remember that God is always with us.
Year 4 have discussed the different ways we can learn. We all knew that we learn at school, through reading, writing and listening to everything. We also said that we learn from God by following his rules and Jesus’s example. We have learned this week about trusting in God and how Joseph trusted God and did what his messengers told him to keep Jesus safe.
This week, Year 1 discussed the different ways we can learn to be like God and follow in his footsteps. We talked about being children of God and how we can show kindness, love, and care to everyone.
In Year 3 the children discussed how they have learned by God’s example. They spoke about how He has, through his actions modelled to us how to respect others, to be kind, to include others and to never give up. They also spoke about how they have learned to never give up because God is always by our side.
In Year 6 we have been thinking about the ways we learn from God to be good, kind people. We spoke about how God sent Jesus to be a role model – not just to teach us how to love one another but how to actually live it out. We linked this to our RE lesson when we learned about The Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount. Not only did we learn how to follow Jesus’ example this week, but during our liturgy we also spoke about how we are always learning from each other and can be role models to others. To demonstrate this Julia taught us all a response to a prayer in Polish that we all tried to use this week!
Year 2 have been talking about what they have learned from God. They have learned how to be kind to each other, how to be helpful, especially if someone is stuck in their learning. They have learned that if someone is hurting someone to tell the teacher, that we are God’s children and that God is always with us.