Mr Curry led our Gospel Assembly, reflecting on Matthew's Gospel and reminding us that God wants us to keep growing—in faith, kindness, and love. Through listening to God's Word, we were encouraged to think about how we can become more like Jesus each day.

              

    This week our Year 6 pupils gathered for their Leavers’ Mass, celebrated by Canon Norbert. It was a beautiful and reflective occasion as the children gave thanks for their time at Our Lady Catholic Primary School, sharing memories, prayers, and reflections on their journey through school life. As we prepare to say goodbye to this special group of pupils, we celebrate all that they have achieved and wish them every blessing and success as they begin the next chapter of their education.

             

             

This week's Gospel Assembly, led by Mr Curry, was based on Matthew 11:  25-30 and focused on the word "Companion." The children reflected on Jesus' invitation to come to Him and how He walks alongside us as our companion, offering comfort, guidance, and strength.
The children listened attentively and shared thoughtful reflections on how they can be good companions to others by showing kindness, compassion, friendship, and support in their everyday lives.

This afternoon we gathered together with Canon Norbert for a beautiful celebration at our Special Mass for our Year 3 children who recently received their First Holy Communion. We are so proud of each of them as they continue their faith journey. A special congratulations to our readers, who proclaimed God's Word with confidence and reverence, and to our talented actors, who gave wonderful performances and helped bring the Gospel message to life.
 

 

Our Gospel Assembly provided an opportunity to reflect upon the immeasurable love of God — a love that reaches every heart and unites us in faith and purpose. May we continue to embody His message of compassion, understanding, and grace.           

Crowning of Mary Service
We gathered to honour Mary, the Mother of Jesus, in this special Crowning of Mary service. Through scripture, prayer, and reflection, we remembered Mary’s faith, humility, and loving “yes” to God’s call. As the crown was placed upon her, we gave thanks for her example of devotion and asked for her prayers for our community, our families, and the wider world. May this celebration inspire us to follow Christ with the same trust, compassion, and hope that Mary showed throughout her life.

Year 6 attended a special mass at church with their EYFS buddies. It was a beautiful service led by Canon Norbert.

      

Mr Curry led a reflective Gospel assembly for the whole school, including music and prayer, encouraging pupils to think deeply about the message shared.

Our Chaplaincy team invited us to celebrate the Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima and reflect on her message of peace, prayer and hope. The assembly encouraged us to show kindness, compassion and courage in our daily lives and bring positivity to those around us.

      Our Chaplaincy team spent the day at John Henry Newman School,  learning about Saint Francis of Assisi and his values of humility, peace, and care for others and the environment

 

                       Year 5 pupils performed a thoughtful and reflective                                                 presentation of the Stations of the Cross.

                

        Our children representing the school so beautifully at  the Mayor's Civic Service at Our Lady's Church.

       A beautiful service to mark the Feast of the Epiphany with Father Norbert.

    

          Christmas Carol service

       

 

Our Year 6 and Year 4 class visited Oakview Lodge and Garden City Day Service to sing Christmas Carols.

   

          Our EYFS Nativity.

             

         Fr Norbert came to celebrate Mass to mark the start of the Advent Season. 

              

                 Our Chaplaincy team attended a mass with the parish before being led on a tour of the Church (which was led by Canon Norbert). Our Lady's Church is the official Jubilee church for Herts

                                                  

                     

                                     

 

 

                          Kath Greenwood from the Mini Vinnies Society came to                                 support the commissioning our new Mini Vinnie                                      members.    

 

               Canon Norbert came into school to bless our new Bibles.

 

          We celebrated our EYFS and KS1 Mass at the church.

 

 Ian Matthew from the New Zion Food Bank and Canon Norbert, kindly joined us for our annual Harvest Festival.

                                    

     During the month of Mary, the Chaplaincy Team lead our lunchtime Rosary Club.

 

Our Year 6 children spent time at Aylesford Priory as part of their annual retreat. This year they were joined by Canon Norbert and the Year 6 pupils from Holy Family School.

                  

 

                    Canon Norbert joined us for our Our Lady of the Rosary assembly.

 

                Canon Norbert came to give his special blessing to the children at the EYFS Welcome Service.

 

                Members of our Chaplaincy Team lead our assembly on the Feast Day of Our Lady of Walsingham

 

               Canon Norbert, Father Jose, and Father Javier came to celebrate our beginning of term Mass.

 

 

DIOCESAN INSPECTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (October 2021):

In October 2021, the school's provision of Catholic Education and the Catholic Life of the school was inspected by the Diocese.  Since the date of the last inspection back in 2017, the school has worked incredibly hard to improve both the standards of teaching and learning in RE but also to place our Catholic identity firmly at the heart of everything that we do.  We are delighted to announce that the Diocesan inspectors agreed with our judgements that Classroom Religious Education is GOOD and the Catholic life of the school is now OUTSTANDING.

To read the report, please click on the link below.