We finished our branch 1 topic- Creation and Covenant with a collective worship reflecting on what promises we will make to look after the world 🌎 We made finger print rainbows 🌈 to remember that God made a promise to Noah not to flood the world again. OSJ_RE

Reception @ St James' Y1@St James’ and Year 2 @ St James' went to church today to consolidate their learning about Baptism. Father Philip reminded us about the words spoken and the signs and symbols used during a Baptism: sign of the cross, water, oil of chrism, candle, and white garment. OSJ_RE

We have had a busy morning making 3D lanterns and then drawing lanterns and illustrating them with the scripture from Isaiah with words which are most important to us. OSJ_RE

Y6 attended mass this morning. Thank you to Father and the parishioners for making us so welcome Orrell St. James' Catholic Church OSJ_RE 🙏⛪️

We did a special collective worship to remember all the soldiers who had given up their lives to fight in the war and discussed why we wear a poppy. OSJ_RE

Our special Remembrance Day Collective Worship. OSJ_RE “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.”

This morning, Father Philip spoke to Y6 about his calling to priesthood, his Ordination and his role as our parish priest. Thank you Father 🙏⛪️ Orrell St. James' Catholic Church OSJ_RE

Today, we completed our beautiful lanterns, decorated with our favourite phrases from Isaiah’s prophecy about Jesus. In Collective Worship, we responded to the scripture by placing our lanterns on a tree and created a beautiful display for our current R.E. topic. OSJ_RE

On ‘Prayer for Peace’ day we have learned about what peace means to us and how we can spread this through school. We shared lovely prayers from different schools as part of our celebration. 🙏🏼🕊OSJ_RE

In Collective Worship we used the power of prayer to pray for peace along with other children in the local area.

#prayerforpeace Year 4 taking part in prayer for peace today OSJ_RE

To celebrate Prayer for Peace Day we listened to prayers from St James and other local schools. Then we reflected on what peace means to us and completed a jigsaw piece to illustrate what peace means to us. OSJ_RE

Y5M took part in Prayer for Peace today, writing on jigsaw pieces how we can show peace in our school. OSJ_RE

Y5A took part in Prayer for Peace today, writing on jigsaw pieces how we can show peace in our school. OSJ_RE

As we near the end of the Church’s Jubilee Year, we celebrated a special Prayer and Liturgy this afternoon. We reflected on the words of Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV and responded to the scripture with a special Prayer for Peace, written by our school’s Mini Jimmies. OSJ_RE

We joined our local cluster schools to ‘Pray for Peace’ together today in the hope of a more peaceful world for all 🌎 ❤️ 🙏 OSJ_RE

Y6 celebrated a special prayer and liturgy today, as we joined with our cluster schools to ‘Pray for Peace’. 4 children read beautifully, we shared a special prayer and thought of ways to promote peace in our school 🙏OSJ_RE

Fantastic jigsaw pieces illustrating how we show peace. OSJ_RE

This morning, we completed our ‘Go Forth’ puzzle pieces from yesterday’s Prayer and Liturgy. 🧩 We responded to the scripture in today’s Prayer and Liturgy by sharing all the ways that we hope to promote peace in our school.🕊️ OSJ_RE

Thank you Fr Philip for a lovely Mass this morning. Year 4 really enjoyed the final hymn ‘Give me Joy.’ It had everyone singing and clapping along 🎶 OSJ_RE Orrell Saint James' Catholic Primary School