Several of our Year 6 children received the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Michael’s Church. This year was the first year that children from St Michael’s Academy, Ss Peter and Paul’s Academy and St Bernadette’s school were confirmed together. It was a very joyful occasion, celebrated by Bishop David McGough. Many thanks to all those who worked hard to make sure the occasion was very special.
Fr Mark Crisp celebrated 25 years of priesthood. We are so blessed to have Fr Mark as our Parish Priest – congratulations, Fr Mark, here’s to the next 25 years!
Today, Year 2 celebrated their class Patron Saint in style! Among their celebrations was a procession with handmade lanterns. Year 2 processed around the academy, singing “This Little Light of Mine” and “Share the Light of Jesus”. Well done Year 2 – you followed St Martin of Tours’ example of spreading the Good News of Jesus by word and kind deeds.
Today we gathered together for a service of prayer, reflection and silence to remember and honour all those who have died in wars. Each class made a wreath or other symbolic artwork during the week, which they presented during the service. These will be displayed in the school entrance throughout November.
We are very grateful for the generosity shown by pupils and families. So much food was donated this year! Our Head Boy and Head Girl helped to deliver the food to the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd who serve many people in our community who are homeless or struggling to feed their families. Did you know that the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd feed approximately 400 children per month in Wolverhampton?
Thank you God for all our many blessings.
What a wonderful time Year 6 had during their residential retreat at Alton Castle. We all enjoyed making new friends, strengthening old friendships and, most importantly, being able to focus on our very precious friendship with God.
We were blessed with beautiful weather for our May procession and were joined by lots of families and friends. This year we were able to process to our new grotto, which children from across the academy had helped to plant up. Mary, Mother of God pray for us.
We were delighted to welcome back Trevor Stockton back to St Michael’s to talk to us about CAFOD’s work and how our lenten fundraising would help special projects around the world. It was great to learn and pray together for all our brothers and sisters around the world.
On Tuesday 19th May, the children and staff of St Michael’s Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery, Wolverhampton, gathered together with parents, grandparents, parishioners and academy committee members to celebrate our annual May Procession.
The academy has a strong tradition of honouring Our Lady in October and May by praying a decade of the rosary together after school each day. The highlight of the celebrations, however, was the May Procession.
All the children, from Nursery up to Year 6, brought flowers to present to Mary. Year 6 led the liturgy, which included The Annunciation reading. The May Queen crowned the statue of Our Lady, ably assisted by the crown-bearer – traditionally the youngest boy in the Reception class.
Mrs McHale commented, “It is always so special to honour our spiritual mother, as we would our earthly mothers. I am so proud of all the children who helped to make this year’s May Procession extra-special.”
This year’s May Procession included a very special new song, named “Crown the Queen of Heaven” written by Mrs Jarvis who was inspired to write a unique piece especially for the crowning of the statue. The song has been an instant hit with the pupils, who commented, “From the first time that I heard it, I couldn’t stop singing it!”
On Wednesday 11th March 2015, we went to Castlecroft School. We worked with the author David Gatward. We explored that to create a story you have to have a character and purpose together. If you don’t, you don’t have a story!
We all enjoyed our day at Castlecroft School working with David Gatward. We did lots of literacy activities. One of the activities we did was describing a character with our imagination.
David sold signed copies of his book “Doom Rider” which we’re really enjoying!
By Haiden, Serena, Hari and Niamh
