The Chronicle

Junior 1 have been thinking about how we celebrate different occasions, at home, in school and in church; with our friends our families and with the wider community.

This week, we thought about how we celebrate ‘Mass’ in a Christian church. We researched the different parts of the outside of a church such as the steeple, the cross, stained-glass windows and the surrounding areas. Children illustrated their findings with a picture of a church thinking about the building materials, colours and textures. Ms Holmes chose a piece that demonstrated the wonderful talent of artistic creativity that God has given.

Mrs Van Zyl led Monday's Mission assembly on the parable of the Lost Sheep.  With a focus on the gospel of St John Chapter 10: "I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."  The special message of the parable was explored and pupils agreed that sheep recognise the important people in their lives and follow them - they would want to follow a Good Shepherd. It was discovered that sheep express their feelings and emotions by using their ears; they have best friends and form close bonds with other sheep in their flock, and they don't always get things right and sometimes they do go astray. Even when a sheep goes missing, a Good Shepherd will look for the missing sheep and love it just as much as he would the rest of the flock. Mrs Van Zyl then introduced Patrick from Junior 4, who lives on a farm and tends to the sheep, and pupils asked Patrick various questions about keeping sheep safe and what does he feed his sheep to keep them healthy. To conclude, the message which we listened to is that God, the Good Shepherd, is trying to tell us that we are all special and that He cares and loves everyone, and if one person strays from the right path, God will always forgive us and welcome us back. God wants us to show kindness and compassion to everyone.

We were delighted with the response to our previous request for donations for our local Food Bank.

We wish to continue to support our local community through the work of the Food Bank during this academic year. Each month a different class will be asked to bring donations for the foodbank. This month, November, we would like to ask Junior 5 and 6 pupils to bring in their foodbank contributions. This is an excellent opportunity to put love in to action.

We are very grateful for all the donations recieved so far.

Please bring in donations during the month of November. All donations will be sent out over the Christmas period so please contribute what you are able.

Please find information below:

Children's Liturgy

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Year A)
Jesus tells us that He is in all people, and that when we help others or treat them badly then we are doing the same to Him.

Activity Sheet

Please click on the link below for this week's Weekly Mission:

Weekly Mission