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We have been learning about The risen Christ and the Holy Spirit.

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Faith is Action has been busy with their fundraiser for Mary's Meals this week. They raised an amazing £614 by selling homemade crochet bees, pocket hugs and badges. This amount of money will feed 32 children every day for a year in schools supported by Mary's Meals! Amazing effort!

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The Junior led families in a beautiful prayer service this morning. The theme was the Holy Spirit and how he transforms lives.

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Stay as you Pray -  Holy Spirit, June-26

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Today we listen to the words, 'Freely you have received, freely give.'

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This week we have listened to the Gospel and learned about Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi means Body of Christ.

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Today we hear about God's love for us and how this links to The Most Holy Trinity.

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The children spent time making doves and flames to complement our display on the prayer table. They spent time thinking about the power of the Holy Spirit and how we get courage and strength through the Spirit. They also spent time in prayer asking the Holy Spirit to guide them and give them strength when they need it most.

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Our annual May Procession in honour of Mary

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Father Dan and year 3 led our annual May Procession. The children waved flowers, sang and processed into the hall. The event was both joyful and reverent.

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Monday 18.05.24

Junior disciples led our families in prayer this morning. The focus was our Blessed mother, and our gratitude for her courage in saying yes, to carry the Son of God. It was a beautiful start to our week!

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Today we talked about how Jesus prayed for his disciples and prayed for us. We talked about how lucky we are to have friends in our lives.

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Last week, we looked at Prayers of Petition together, focusing on the Year 6 children who completed their SATs papers.

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Today we celebrated the start the Month of Mary by creating beautiful artwork in our prayer journals. Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord be with Thee!

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Today we listened to a story from John's gospel about Jesus being a good shepherd. Jesus knows and loves each of us.

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Year 2 spent time in peaceful contemplation, reflecting on how Jesus walks with us every day. They thought about how we might ask for Jesus's support or help on journeys we may undertake in our lives. We asked Jesus to strengthen our faith and trust in Him. The children placed sets of footprints on a 'road' before sharing their own individual prayer.

Pupil responses:

Gracious Father,

Walk with me when I am disheartened and lack faith. Jacob

Glorious Lord,

Walk with me when I am peaceful. Archie

Gracious Father,

Walk with me when I am full of dread. Olivia

Lord, God

Walk with me when I am scared or have no faith. Nicholas

Gracious Lord,

Walk with me when I am happy and full of joy. Darcie

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Our Summary CSED

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Today we started our CST project - We started with a prayer and made beautiful prayer cards with our own prayers on. Then we discussed what it meant by The Common Good and that we are all responsible for each other. We conducted a survey to see how we can make our playtime even better for all children and will spend a week supervising the playground next term.

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Faith in Action is learning new skills to help us raise money for Mary's Meals

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Through service and shared activities our children created joy and a wonderful sense of community

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Our fabulous day, helping out at the Human Kind cafe.

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We continue to reflect on this Gospel story today. The children started walking prayers yesterday during lunch having been inspired by the scripture.

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The children planned and delivered their own class prayer. They thought about this week's gospel reading and spoke about how we can still believe in Jesus, even though we might not see him.

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A spontaneous prayer after our class liturgy.

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6B Prayer Journals - Jesus' resurrection

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6B Prayer Journals - Jesus' resurrection

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This morning we listen to the story of two disciples who walked with Jesus. At the time, they didn't recognise who it was. Jesus had dinner with them, broke bread, and they saw it was him.

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Our Mantras. We came up with our own mantras or used the mantra prayers that we said in Celebration of the Word. Examples include: 'My Lord, My God' and 'God is love' and 'I believe'. 

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2B Prayer Planner Jesus and Thomas 17.4.26

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The children spent time in quiet reflection thinking about the story of Thomas who doubted Jesus' return and resurrection. They reflected on the message the story conveyed and thought deeply about their own faith and need to trust. They used mantras in their responses.

Pupil Responses:

Orla:

“The nails and the coins made me think about Jesus’ crucifixion and how he had been betrayed.  It made me sad to think of so many people against Jesus”.

Bella:

“ The music made me think about my trust in God”.

Jacob

“ I heard the words… I will Trust in You…”

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Handing over the goods to Billericay Food Bank

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Class 6a researched local charities and decided they wanted to make a collection of foods to give to Billericay Food Bank for their CST Project answering the call to Preferential Option for the Poor. Every member of the class brought in dried food and tins and 3 crate fulls of food were given to the charity - for which they were extremely grateful.

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We repeated our Mantras today and have invited pupils and staff to add to a Mantra Wall.

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Today we welcome the children back to school and listen to the story of doubting Thomas.

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Grandparents Afternoon Y2 CST Project - 27.3.26

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Grandparents Afternoon Y2 CST Project - 27.3.26

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Year 2's wonderful Grandparents' Afternoon - 27.3.26

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2B Pupil Led Prayer - Jesus' Healing Power

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2B Pupil Led Prayer - Jesus' Healing Power

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Today the children planned and delivered their own class prayer. Everyone had a part to play in the delivery. They worked together in groups to create short prayers, choose music and arrange the prayer focus with thoughtful objects that linked to last Sunday's Gospel reading. They were calm and focussed, reflecting deeply on how they can 'see' with their hearts. They thought how they would be healers like Jesus and try to 'see' and notice others when they are perhaps downtrodden or sick, offering help and support where they can.

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2B Prayer Planner Healing~Blind Man Final

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Today 2B planned and led a beautifully reflective Class Prayer  and invited the teaching staff to attend. The theme: Jesus, as healer and how we should open the eyes of our heart.  The children constructed their own spontaneous prayers to God, asking for forgiveness for their wrong doings as well as help in noticing the plight of others in times of need.  

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Year 2 Pupil Led Class Prayer - Sorrow 20.3.26

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Year 2 Pupil Led Class Prayer - Sorrow 20.3.26

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Pupil Voice:

It was respectful and peaceful and gave me time to reflect.

I felt that I could talk to God.

We all contributed to the class prayer.  It was nice to plan it together.  -  Orla

It was a good chance to share ideas and discuss it. - Ivy

We all had a part in this.  I really liked it when we invited the teachers in to share our class prayer.

I liked choosing the objects to go on the prayer focus.  We could choose the things we liked that linked with the Gospel Reading.

I really felt the hymn went well with the class prayer.  It was nice to have a choice. - Jacob

The class prayer made me feel calm and peaceful and ready to be in God’s presence – Oscar L

The candles are really special because it reminds us of Jesus’ power for healing and he is the light of the world.  – Giuseppe.

I felt like I was speaking to God. – Nancy.

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As the end of Year 2's CST Project drew to a close, Year 2 spent some time this afternoon in the company of their grandparents/parents, sharing a short activity or game. It was amazing to watch the children interacting with their families and having the best time! Thank you grandparents and parents for coming in today. A short but sweet session, thoroughly enjoyed by all.

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Our beautiful prayer journals in 5B

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Pupil Voice 1B Class lead Prayer

"I grew closer to God with each word I said in my prayer"

– Phoebe

"Reading the Gospel made me feel close to God"

– James

"I really thought water would help us be prayerful and remind us of when Jesus washed the blind mans eyes so he could see."

– Olivia

"I liked saying my lines when setting up the prayer table. I had a special part to play."

– Niamh

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3B’s CST principle is peace. We have decided as our project to help spread peace and kindness in our local community. We decorated peace pebbles to take home and hide in our local area for people to find and help put a smile on their face.

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The Year 1 children lead a beautiful class prayer today with a focus on prayers of sorrow. They reflected on what they were sorry for and planned a wonderful class prayer to spend time with Jesus saying sorry.

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Children in 6B led a class prayer about the Raising of Lazarus. They chose the music, prayer table decor, they decided how they would respond to the gospel.

The children decided to respond with the use of mantra and a gesture. they held pebbles in a close fist and stated 'Jesus, bring us hope' and then opened their fist and said 'Jesus, bring us new life'.

During their evaluation, the class told the group that they really enjoyed this response.

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In Year 6, as part of their CST value of Preferential option for the Poor, they decided to research and action this value.

They decided they should help tackle the problem of food availability in their local community. Therefore, the children have donated tinned food and non-perishable items. The children did a fantastic job and have donated lots to help their local community and locals in need!

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Some examples of the beautiful work that 4A have done in their prayer journals this term. The children's art work shows a deep understanding of the week's Gospel and they show great reverence and peace when completing their work.

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Children in 5B led a class prayer about sorrow. They used many different symbols on the prayer table. Pupils chose the music, prayer table decor, prayers, how pupils will be seated and how the other pupils will respond and reflect on the prayers. Children had the opportunity to write on water droplets about what they are sorry for. They were also able to spontaneously pray by dropping a pebble into the water. A lovely and peaceful class prayer 5B.

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The children in 2A led a beautiful prayer service thinking about the healing power of Jesus.

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The children of 5A recently led a thoughtful and reverent prayer session centred on the theme of sorrow. Through carefully chosen readings, reflective silence, and heartfelt prayers, they encouraged everyone present to consider times of sadness and how faith can bring comfort and hope. The pupils showed great maturity and sensitivity in the way they guided the session, creating a calm and respectful atmosphere. It was a meaningful experience for all involved and a wonderful example of the children living out their faith in a compassionate and reflective way.

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A collection of some of our prayer journal entries in response to the Gospel over the past few weeks. After Celebration of the Word, the children are given time to reflect on the message and record their personal responses using a range of materials.

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Every member of the class contributed to our pupil-led prayer this week. The children planned, led and evaluated their class prayer. From preparing the prayer table, to reading the Gospel and selecting the music, they made thoughtful and meaningful choices, creating a reflective and engaging experience for everyone.

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Year 3 and 4 performed shared a thoughtful and moving presentation of the Stations of the Cross with the school community this week. This special occasion gave us all the opportunity to pause and reflect on the sacrifices Jesus made for us. Through each station, we were reminded of the suffering Jesus endured and the unkind treatment he faced, yet he still remained faithful to God.

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Children in class 6A led a beautiful class prayer reflecting on the message from Celebration of the Word .

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The children enjoyed taking part in our class prayer, where our helping hands led the sign of the cross, turned the lights off, opened the Bible and turned the candle on. We were all very respectful as we said out prayer together.

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In the Light house we have dived into parables and their meaning. We have talked about how we are loved and valued by God.

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Last week we hosted Father Dan once again for the pupils to take part in Reconciliation on Monday and Wednesday.

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Our Junior Disciples have been leading small groups of year 3 children in prayer. These moments of silence and reflection are helping us to grow in our relationship with God.

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Today we listened to the Gospel reading about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. We thought about how Jesus promises eternal life in heaven, and how he gives us hope.

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Our pupils wrote prayer intentions for those who need healing and looking after.

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Class 3A wrote sorry prayers during this week's pupil led worship and put them in our prayer box for Lent.

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Today, Year 4A celebrated a class liturgy reflecting on the story of Jesus healing the blind man. We prayed and thought about the ways that Jesus is the light of the world and how He is our comfort and helps us to believe and see clearly, even in times of sadness and darkness. The children prepared this liturgy themselves and showed their great respect and understanding for the Word of God.

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Pupil - led class prayer about sorrow.

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A first for us at St. Peter's! We had our first Morning Mass at 8am with a link to Saint Patrick's Day. Thank you to those families who attended and to Father Dan for leading us.

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We reminded ourselves of the Gospel reading and thought of prayer intentions to offer to God.

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Today we heard about Jesus healing the blind man. We talked about people in our lives who may need healing.

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Our children wrote prayers of sorrow for the well.

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This week some Year 6 pupils led our prayers of sorrow in Celebration of the Word. They met with Mrs. Walker to plan ahead of the COTW and then after to evaluate it.

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Prayer Planner Sorrow 09.03.26 inc. evaluation

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For World Book Day we read a book about the damage to our world and how an Indian tribe in America stood up to the oil companies. We thought about who should be standing up for our world and produced a poem which we decorated. We also researched all the ways the tribe stood up for the world and produced a ladder of activity.

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We researched how the real-life Water Protectors - The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - stood up and took action against an oil pipeline on their land.

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Some of our pupils have planned and prepared our Celebration of the Word this morning. They discussed the Gospel reading about Living Water and planned prayers of sorrow.

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Some of our key words from the scripture.

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We heard again today about the powerful message in the Gospel. We thought about the language within the scripture and talked about key words - bright, light, Jesus, Peter etc.

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The children spent time reflecting on the story of The Transfiguration and how Jesus was revealed to his disciples in all his glory. They considered the idea that in that moment Heaven met Earth. They then spent time reflecting on how they might try to bring 'Heaven to Earth' themselves, through their actions and words.

'I will try to bring Heaven to Earth by following the right path that Jesus showed us' Giuseppe.

'I will try to bring Heaven to Earth by putting others first'. Penny.

'I will try to bring Heaven to Earth' by following Jesus as my role model' Violet.

'I will try to bring Heaven to Earth' by being humble like Jesus'. Reggie.

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This year, our World Book Day on Thursday 5th March will be themed 'Be the Change', reflecting our Catholic Social Teaching focus on children being Agents of Change. Year 6 read We Are Water Protectors, which highlights the CST subsidiarity and preferential option for the poor. We wrote poems from the perspective of the earth.

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On World book day, 3B’s book focus was all about peace. This links to our CST and we spent time thinking about where we can find peace. 3B used watercolours to paint an image of where they find peace, using the book as inspiration.

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On World Book Day, Class 3A learnt the hymn 'Let there be Peace on Earth' and created 3D pictures of what peace means to them. They wrote a class poem together:

Let There Be Peace on Earth

A Joint Poem Written by the ‘Agents of Change’ in 3A

Let there be peace on Earth

Let it begin with me

Let me show peace on Earth

So we live in harmony

Let me show forgiveness

As I work and play

Let there be forgiveness

In every single way

Let me show kindness

As we spread joy and care

Let there be kindness

As we shine our light and share

Let me show justice

And fairnesss in my heart

Let there be justice

Without tearing us apart

Let me show friendship

To my friends and family

Let there be love

No fighting, only agree

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Lois Transifguration Class prayer 5.03.26 - Visio Divina

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5B Class Prayer Script for Transfiguration 

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5B Class Prayer Script for Transfiguration 

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Lois Transifguration 5.03.26 script for class prayer

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Our Junior Disciples planned and delivered a Stay and Pray to families and pupils this week to mark the beginning of Lent. We are so lucky to have such wonderful opportunities.

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Class 2B - Forgiveness and Reconciliation.

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Class 2B - Forgiveness and Reconciliation.

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Our short Reconciliation Service.

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After spending time with God and talking to Him, we took an Act of Sorrow card and reflected on how we might move forward with a fresh start. We reflected on penance and what we might do to 'make up' for our wrong doings.

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Today the children in 2B held a short reconciliation service. They thought deeply about what it means to be sorry and to be forgiven. They spent time in prayer and contemplation. The children were encouraged to examine their conscience and spend time talking to God through reflection and prayer. They posted their sins into a box, to represent giving their sins away to God and experiencing his forgiveness.

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After listening to the Celebration of the Word, Year 2 spent time in peaceful contemplation reflecting on what they had heard. Some children made responses through carefully constructed art pieces.

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Year 2s CST Project - Participation 27.3.26

Grandparents Afternoon

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Today we listened to the story of The Transfiguration and we thought about how Peter, James and John must have felt during this experience.

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Our Lenten promises

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Children in 4B have been lighting candles, arranging items on the prayer table and spending time saying a prayer at playtime.

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Our prayer focused on the season of the Lent, where the children shared their own Lent promises and reflected on how we can show love, kindness and care to others during this special time.

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Growing together in love...

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2B proudly presented their class assembly today to the whole school and their families. They spoke clearly and articulately with great feeling and expression. Each child sang beautifully and performing actions expertly too! They spoke about the last RE topic and linked it to their new learning in their current unit. They were impeccably behaved, showing respect and reverance as they delivered their message. Well done 2B you were amazing!

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Our Lent prayer table to begin the half term

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We listened again to the words of the Gospel and were invited to write our own Lenten promises.

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We welcomed our St. Peter's family back to school this week and listened to the story of Jesus being tempted in the desert. We talked about the importance of the special time of Lent.

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Pupils in class 6A wrote and led their own class liturgy at the end Spring 1 term. The children brought in their own items to dress the prayer table, chose hymns and prayers and led a beautiful prayer following the week's Celebration of the Word message.

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3B spent time today marking the beginning of Lent in our prayer journals. We reflected on Jesus’ time in the desert and what we are pledging to do this season of Lent.

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Our pupil responses. Children having been thinking about how they can 'be the light'!

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Class 2A enjoyed sharing the work they have carried out this half term within R.E. with the school this morning.

The main theme of the assembly was about parables and how Jesus used parables to help explain his teachings.

They loved leaning their words and singing the hymns!

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6A considered how they would like their books to look and produced a beautiful piece of pop-up artwork connected to the 'I am ...' statments.

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Class 6A performed their assembly to school and parents, re-enacting stories of women who are protaganists in the Old Testament including Miriam, Sarah, Deborah and Mary. They also performed this beautiful rendition of the Magnificat.

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Our Junior disciples have been busy helping out at the Mental Health fair this week. They helped children create Rosary keyrings as well as write their own prayers using our prayer stones.