Today, year 4 have had a wonderful faith-filled morning with a visit from Malachi, a seminarian (he is training to become a priest). The children were very respectful and attentive when listening to Malachi speak and they showed great interest in his life and work!  They asked lots of thoughtful questions and learnt a lot about priesthood and the Catholic faith. The children also carried out a class prayer service all about refugees around the world. The children had prepared this themselves! They had written prayers to say aloud, had chosen a song to sing and had incorporated ways for all members of the class to actively take part in this group worship. Whilst some of the children organised and led the service, others were able to participate by sharing their thoughts about what they would miss if, like refugees, they too had to leave their homes and move to a new country. It was an inspirational, spiritual and peaceful prayer service and it was lovely to be able to share it with our visitor! All of the children should be very proud of themselves.

This half term, the children in year 4 will complete a design company project in which they will develop core skills in leadership, creativity and team work. In small groups, they will be creating companies with their own logos and brand identities. Then they will work together to produce welcome bags for refugee children which will be given to a local charity for refugees at the end of the project. The first activity involved developing the children’s ability to work as a team through a fun team building game which they thoroughly enjoyed.