Celebrating Faith

We are learning to follow in the footsteps of Jesus with our friends, family and parish.

Here at the Abbey, we celebrate Our Faith in many different ways. Look at some of the fabulous work that goes on in and around our school.

Each class has adopted a saint that has a special meaning to them. Our house saints are chosen from different continents across the world.

New Signage around School - March 2012

We are delighted to display a fabulous new sign in the school hall. The image is of Jesus' face, and is made up of tiny images of pupils from school. It is proving to be very popular as children search to find themselves and their friends. We are delighted to celebrate that we are all made in the image and likeness of God.

The new sign in our hall.		A close-up of the sign.
Our new sign is very popular.

Presentations - Spring 2012

• Lenten Fundraising 2012 Presentation (pdf)
• Saint Vincent de Paul Society (pdf)

Displays - November 2011

Around school there are always lovely displays celebrating our faith. Here are a few.

Confirmation display.		Holy Communion display.
A display on Creation from Y5OC.

Artwork signage - July 2011

We are so proud of our artwork that we have had some examples transformed into signs to adorn the front of our school, for visitors to the school and parish to see. There are three different signs and they represent pupils' work from Reception right through to Year 6. There are representations of images of Jesus, the Holy Family and Our Blessed Mother, Mary.

Images of Jesus.		Images of the Holy Family.
Images of Mary.

RE in Foundation Stage

Reception know that Jesus loves their families.

Reception use sorry stones at a Lenten prayer service. We promise to make the right choice during Lent.

RE in Year 1

Exploring making difficult choices during our Lenten preparations.

Acting out parts of the Nativity story after looking at different styles of paintings.

RE in Year 4

Year 4 used Holy Water to bless our classroom.

We sketched the Holy Family using chalk on black card.

RE in Year 5

Deacon Andrew visits Year 5.		Year 5 visit St Chad's.
Children act out the Rite of Baptism during RE as part of their Confirmation preparation.		Year 5 display created during 'family' RE week. The display includes photos of children's family members.

RE in Year 6

To have a greater understanding of the Rite of Baptism, pupils took the role of parents, godparents or priest and acted out a Baptism ceremony.

After reading the Parable of the Sheep and Goats pupils relected on their abilities to make choices. They worked in groups show real-life scenarios where they have to the choice of being selfish or generous.

Assemblies 2010 - 2011

One of the ways that we celebrate our faith as a school is by having class assemblies. Each of the assemblies has an aspect of our faith represented. This shared worship is very important to us, and we also enjoy sharing our assembly presentations with a local school - Osborne Junior and Infant - who are invited to attend our class assemblies.

RBW 'Growing' in June 2011.		RMcC 'Animals' in June 2011.
Y1MMT 'Celebrations' in April 2011.		Y6EB with friends from Osborne School in April 2011.
Y2D and friends from Osborne School in February 2011.		Y2H 'Chinese New Year' in January 2011.
Y6C 'Resolutions' in January 2011.		Y5F 'Smile' in December 2010.
Y3PB in November 2010.		Y3P 'Teamwork' in November 2010.

Class Saints

• RW – Saint Nicholas
• RK – Saint Francis
• 1P - Saint David
• 1JMT – Saint Patrick
• 2HN – Saint Gerard Majella
• 2D – Saint Thomas
• 3PB – Saint Vincent De Paul
• 3McT – Saint Melangell
• 4H – Saint Peter
• 4L – Saint George
• 5G – Saint Bridget
• 5OC – Saint John the Baptist
• 6B – Saint Rose of Lima
• 6R – Saint Maximillian Kolbe

Our House Saints

Our House Groups are named after these Saints: St Charles Lwanga (yellow house); St Rose of Lima (blue house); St Maximillian Kolbe (green house) and Blessed Mother Teresa (red house). We pray to them for guidance.

St Charles Lwanga

St Rose of Lima

St Maximilian Kolbe

Blessed Mother Teresa