#catholiceducationweek2023 | St Mary's RC Primary School

Wow what another busy week we have had in Primary 5!

We have started our subtraction in numeracy and everyone has been putting in so much effort with our new topic! Keep it up!!

In writing, we were researching our own topic for our Information Reports using our class technology and will be writing our reports on Monday!

It was Book Week and we had lots of activities relating to this. We made book character wooden spoons and we may have contacted a couple of famous people to show them off to them!! Everyone did so well with this activity and all the spoons looked amazing!!!

It was also Catholic Education Week – ‘Pilgrims of Faith.’ Everyone researched a Saint they were interested in, some of the Saints were St Margaret, St Ninian, St John Ogilvie and St Bernadette. Everyone completed some great research and it was amazing to hear their different reasons for who they chose to look into. We then spent some time reading about St Margaret as the 16th of November is her Feast Day. We learned some very interesting facts!

Thanks for another amazing week P5!! Have a great weekend 🙂

Catholic Education Week 2023

Today marks the beginning of Catholic Education Week. It starts each year on the Feast of St. Margaret of Scotland (this week – 16th November) until the Feast of St. Andrew (30th November).

The Catholic Church in Scotland encourages schools, parishes and other agencies to work closely together in order to celebrate the successes of Catholic education particularly during one week each year. Catholic Education Week highlights the significance of education, not only for our children, but for society as a whole.

This year the theme for Catholic Education Week is “Pilgrims of Faith” and children across the whole school will explore this in different ways. They will be introduced to the Catholic understanding of saints and how they continue to influence our lives as models of holiness. They will discuss examples of saints and how they could be preserved as role models in our journey to draw closer to God. They will identify ways we can be followers of Jesus in our daily lives. Children will also focus on the meaning of “pilgrim” and “faith” and learn that a pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place and a person who makes that journey is a pilgrim. To have faith means to have belief and trust in God and faith is a gift from God.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK PRAYER
Jesus our Teacher,
in your love for us,
help us to develop our own talents
so that we may become like you
and lead lives of goodness.
Bless all learners
and all teachers.
May our Catholic schools continue to serve our families,
our communities and our country.
Help us, through our learning,
to believe in you
and to celebrate the life of your Church.
Help us to grow in holiness
as we grow in friendship with you
and try to become saints.
We make this prayer
in the name of Jesus, our Lord. Amen

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