Catholic Life and Mission
‘When Jesus is asked which is the greatest commandment, the answer is the same in all three of the Gospels in which the question is asked: to love God with all your mind, heart, soul and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself. This call to love is at the heart of the educational mission of every Catholic school. Its first purpose is to ensure that all pupils understand the faith that gives the school its identity as a Catholic school. The second, is to ensure that all are invited to learn how to worship God in spirit and truth through the prayer and liturgy of the Church. The third, is the formation of all to live in conformity with the pattern of human goodness, truth and justice that we find in Jesus Christ.
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Jubilee Day June 2025
On Friday 27th June 2025, we celebrated our school Jubilee day as a school family. We joined together for a Celebration of the Word, discussing how we can put our faith into action and live out our Catholic Social Teaching Principles. Each class then went forth and completed their ‘Jubilee Pledge’.
The Year 6 children, who have completed their ‘Faith in Action Award’ this academic year, acted as facilitators for the children to complete a pilgrimage around the school grounds. Each class stopped at a prayer station, led by the a Year 6 child, where we reflected on our place in the world and how we can leave a lasting a positive impact. Our pilgrimage journey ended in our school prayer garden, where a selection of children read out their pledge and then we finished with a Jubilee Prayer.
The children behaved with reverence and responded to our Jubilee call to action, reflecting on Catholic Social Teaching principles and how we can walk in the footsteps to Jesus to build a fairer and more just world.
St. Oswald’s Celebration Day 2024
Year 5 – Comparing St. Oswald with other significant saints
As part of St. Oswald’s Celebration Day, Year 5 compared St. Oswald with St Maximilian Kolbe and St Mother Teresa. We thought about significant things that they did in their lives and then thought about their own individual qualities. We linked the Catholic Social Teaching values to each saint and discussed how they are like Jesus and living out their mission. Finally, we discussed how each saint was similar.
Year 3 – An acrostic poem about St. Oswald
In Year 3, we learned all about what St. Oswald had done throughout his life. We talked about why he was such an important figure, and discussed why our school is named after him. We then wrote our own acrostic poems about St. Oswald and how important he was in the spreading of Christianity.
Nursery
In Nursery we learned about how brave St. Oswald was and how important he was in spreading the news of God. We decorated crosses to celebrate him and we went to our school prayer garden where we said a prayers asking him to help us to be brave and try our best.
Year 2
The children in Year 2 learnt about St. Oswald’s life and decorated a sword to celebrate his bravery and how he fought to bring Christianity to Northumberland.
Jubilee Year 2025 – Pilgrims of Hope
A Jubilee year takes place every 25 years, and Pope Francis has given this Jubilee the theme, “Pilgrims of Hope”. He has called the Church to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee year with “deep faith, lively hope and active charity.”
Celebrating The Year of Prayer 2024
Celebrating 60 years of praying together and walking in the footsteps of Jesus
Praying the Rosary At Home
Well done to Scarlett and Callum for leading an end of term Celebration of the Word for the Central Team at Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust
- Jubilee Year 2025
- Travelling Crib 2024
- Christmas Events 2024
- Mini Vinnies Advent Prayer Group 2024
- RE Family Crafts Night 2024
- Advent Wreath 2024
- Our Parish
- Rosary – October 2024
- Catholic Social Teaching
- Fundraising Events
- Mass at St Oswald’s Catholic Church
- First Holy Communion
- Rosary – May 2024
- Easter Gardens 2024
- Holy Week 2024
- Stations of the Cross 2024
- Easter Mystery Reflections
- Advent Wreath Services 2023
- RE Craft Night 2023
- Joy in my Heart – BCCET
- Harvest Celebration 2023
- Rosary – October 2023
- Prayer Garden
- Prayer Stations
- School Displays
- The Liturgical Calendar
