Learning In RE

Today, pupils from Junior 2 to Junior 6 celebrated the Holy Communion Mass at St Francis Church. We congratulate Joseph, Amelia, in Junior 3 and Ben in Junior 4 on this special day and give thanks to their parents and family in supporting them on their spiritual journey. It was lovely to see the church so full again and hear the fantastic Junior 6 readers: Lily, Aaron, George, Faye and Agnes. Special mention to our Altar Servers: Dillon, Sebastian, Joseph and George who looked extremely smart on the altar and did a wonderful job. The congregation joined in the responsorial psalm sung beautifully by Mairen and Julia, who made their First Holy Communion last year. All the children in the school received a cookie to thank them for their support to the three Holy Communicants who have received the Blessed Sacrament today.

During Monday’s Weekly Mission assembly, the pupils heard all about Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s early life to coincide with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. With Mr Cottrell leading the Assembly, we learnt all about the Queen’s role as Head of State, as Head of the Armed Forces and Head of the Church of England, as well as representing the nation, presenting awards and conducting Royal visits. We all agreed that the Queen definitely has all the attributes of the school’s Crackley Compass. We ended by saying a special prayer for our Queen.

In Junior 2 we learnt all about Pentecost as we understood how Jesus’ promise to send the Holy Spirit was fulfilled and we made a poster to display our interpretation of this. We also role-played the story and presented this to the class. Some of the pupils also wanted to create a Peace poster and with the First Holy Communion fresh in our minds, we also made some cards to congratulate the First Holy Communion children.

To help your child learn about their faith in a positive and enjoyable manner, please look out for the Children's Liturgy and the Weekly Missions in the Spiritual section of the Chronicle for this coming Sunday - the seventh Sunday of Easter - where we can think about what unites our global family instead of what divides us, and the following Sunday - Pentecost - where Jesus reminds the disciples that if they love Him, they will keep His commandment of love. He promises to send the Holy Spirit to help them.