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Sacraments

Arrangements for First Holy Communion – Saturday 29th August…

Dear Parents/Carers,

It’s hard to believe that the time has finally come for your child/ren to make their First Holy Communion.

 

I have spoken to Father Philip who has provided you all with the following advice and guidance;

  • Each child can be accompanied by 3 guests (who will sit together in a ‘bubble’)
  • Adults MUST wear a face mask.
  • Everyone MUST arrive just before 11.30am outside the church where they will be taken to their ‘bubble’.

 

Please confirm that you will be attending by completing the following form. (All information provided is confidential and will be kept for Track and Trace purposes only, should it be needed.)

 

See you there!

Miss Griffiths

My child will be making their First Holy Communion on Saturday 29th August 2020?

 

 

 

 

 

General

RETURN TO SCHOOL QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Parent,

We hope you are all enjoying this beautiful weather.  We are at school currently planning for next term.  One aspect we must think about is “What happens if we have another sudden lockdown?  What will happen to home learning?”.  We know many parents have told us over the last four months that they have found difficulties in home learning, in helping children of different ages with their work and in going on-line.

We would like your help.  If you have time, we would like you to have a look through these questions and answer them as best you can.  We will then use your answers to help us prepare, just in case.

Thank you

Mr Belbin, Miss Griffiths and Mrs Beaumont

 

Please select your response - On average, how much home learning have you been able to arrange for your child?

How helpful have you found the resources and support provided by school to assist home learning? (e.g.Maths and English workbooks)

How much extra learning material and support have you found to enhance the work provided by school? (e.g. TV programmes, websites, apps)

Overall, how happy have you been with the 'home learning' that you have been able to arrange for your child?

How easy is it for you to provide a suitable working environment for home learning? (e.g. a place for quiet study, a table to work at?)

To what extent do you (and other family members) feel able to help your child when they are stuck or do not understand their work?

Is it clear how you and/or your child can get help from school if you have a problem with home learning? (e.g. Class Dojo)

Are you worried about your child falling behind with their learning?

How do you feel now about your child returning to school?

Sacraments

Task 2- Jesus Announces The Eucharist

Jesus Announces The Eucharist

 

 

The Word of God

Read the following and then complete the task!

 

22 On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 However, boats from Tibe′ri-as came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Caper′na-um, seeking Jesus.

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; 39 and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46 Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread[a] which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”[b] 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; 54 he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.” 59 This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Caper′na-um.

The Words of Eternal Life

60 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?[c] 63 It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But there are some of you that do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and who it was that should betray him. 65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

66 After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him. 67 Jesus said to the twelve, “Will you also go away?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

Task Two (Please complete this and click ‘submit’)

Look at the following 9 words, then use them in a sentence of your own.(required)

 

I Pray (Go to a quiet place and say this prayer)

Jesus, you said:

“I am the bread which gives LIFE!”

Your words are too great for me,

they are so mysterious!

But I believe you can do all things!

I believe in your words,

I trust in you.

What you say, you always do.

Give me the bread of your word!

Give me the bread of your body!

I hunger for you, Jesus!

‘To whom shall we go?

You have the words of eternal life!”

Jesus, I love you,

I want to follow you,

I want to live with your life,

now and always.

Amen

 

LISTEN and REFLECT

Listen to ‘Breathe’ by Michael W. Smith.  Listen to the lyrics and think about Jesus saying the words. It’s a beautiful song!

 

Sacraments

Task 1 – Jesus Multiplies The Bread

The Word of God

Read the following (with a grown-up if you like) and then complete the task.

Mark 6:30-4     Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

32 So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. 33 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

35 By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late. 36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages[a]! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”

38 “How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”

When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

39 Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.

45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.

 

Task One (Please complete this and click ‘submit’)

Number the sentences in the correct order to match the Gospel:(required)

 

LISTEN and REFLECT

Listen to ‘A Little’ by Lindsay McCaul.  What does her song say you can do with faith and love when it is given to you?

 

 

 

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