Hello boys and girls! Welcome to our third Home Learning Assembly.
We hope you are all well and continuing to enjoy the tasks and activities from your teachers. We have loved hearing from you and seeing all the great things you are doing at home. Remember just do what you can, when you can and know that we are here to help you.
We will begin our assembly by taking a moment to speak to God-
Dear God,
Thank you for our homes and our families. Please continue to help us and keep us safe. May we live like Jesus and show others your love in all that we do.
Lord in your mercy, Hear our Prayer.
A few weeks ago Bishop Nolan asked for pictures of our priests to be sent to him and we know that many of you had great fun drawing pictures of Father Martin! This week Bishop Nolan has a new challenge for you – he would like you to paint or draw a picture of your family. These will then be used to fill the Cathedral at a time when it cannot be filled with people. Ask a grown up to send your pictures via Facebook Messenger to the RC Ayr Page or you can email them to Mrs McGahon on Glow.
On the Wellbeing blog you will see lots of top tips on how to stay positive and have a healthy mind. This week for Mental Health Awareness Week we are asked to think about how kindness can make us all feel better.
Over the last few months we have seen many wonderful acts of kindness. From Captain Tom’s pledge to raise money for the NHS to each and every one of our amazing Key Workers who have put patients, customers and others before themselves. Kindness is spreading everywhere!
What does kindness look like for us? How can we feel better by helping others? Click on the link below and we can watch this short video together –
“Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give”. Here are some ideas of ways that you can show kindness from home –
- Send a friend a card to let them know you’re missing them.
- Invite a friend to play a safe online game with you.
- Sort through your old clothes or toys and choose a few things to donate to charity.
- Give a compliment to someone at home – this could be yourself!Remember all the wonderful compliments your friends and teachers at school gave you.
- Help a younger brother or sister with something they don’t understand.
- Set the table for dinner and help to clear up afterwards.
- Leave a thank you note for your postman/woman or your bin collectors.
- Clap to thank the NHS and put a rainbow in your window.
We know that lots of you will be doing these things already and it would be lovely if you could share some of your acts of kindness with us! Let us know what you did and how it made you feel. You can email them to your class teacher or to Mrs McGahon.
We have so many reasons to be proud of ourselves and others during these unusual times. This week Mrs Duff and Mrs McIntyre would like to share their Proud Clouds with you!
Thank you also this week to Jessica (P1), Hannah (P3) and Olivia (P7) for sending in their Proud Clouds, check them out on the Wellbeing blog! Remember you can send yours to Mrs Crawford at claire.crawford@eastayrshire.org.uk. We are so proud of all of you!
This Sunday would have been the celebration of First Holy Communion for our boys and girls in P4 who have been preparing for their sacraments –
Maia, Kinga, Megan, Lexi, Marcie, Harry, Oliver, Chloe, Annalise, Ethan, Emily, Damon, Zak and Indigo we are thinking of you and sending our love and prayers.
There will be a special Mass streamed live by Father Martin at 10.00am from St.Matthew’s Church. Just search for ‘Kilmarnock St Matthew’ on You Tube and you will be able to take part.
Let us now finish our assembly with a prayer sent to us by Father Martin –
Father of kindness and of all calm, help us to find peace in you.
You showed your friends how to find happiness through love.
Touch our hearts that we will always know that you are with us and that we are not alone.
Teach us that we can find your love in our brothers and sisters, in our family and friends.
Help us to find you and your love every day of our lives.
This prayer we ask through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Continue to stay safe boys and girls. We love and miss you all very much.
Together we are #Team MC
