Celebration of the Word: Gallery
Y1 Parent Celebration of the Word - Galilee to Jerusalem (12th February 2025)
Date: 19th Feb 2025 @ 2:17pm
Year one loved celebrating our branch 'Galilee to Jerusalem' with our parents and the children from Reception and Year two.
We acted out two of our favourite pieces of scripture from Luke's Gospel, about 'Jesus and the Little Children,' and 'The Presentation of the Lord.'
The most important message that we were able to share with everybody, was about Jesus being like a light for the world.
Our dance to the song, 'Here I Am to Worship' helped us to show this and so did the beautiful candle holders we had made to take home to our families with tea lights glowing inside.
We also shared what we had learned about the Christian Feast of Candlemas which takes place each year.
The happiest parts of our celebration, were inviting everyone to sing 'Share the light' and 'Love like Jesus did' with us. We were so pleased to see and hear some parents and children joining in too - thank you!
Praying together was so special and we are excited for the next time we will do this together.
Here are some of the things that our parents said after the Celebration:
"Children you really helped me to think about the love of Jesus - thank you."
"I enjoyed everything about the worship but especially the singing."
"The message that I experienced was that we are all blessed."
"Children continue to pass the word."
These are the words that were used to describe how our Celebrtaion of the Word made our parents feel: happy, humble, proud, lovely, together, amazing, joyful, thoughtful, emotional and blessed.
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 2:07pm
On Thursday children from 5JS plannd and delieverd a Celebration of the Word for Upper Key Stage 2. This celebration was all about our own personal mission. Here in the picture the children are sitting in a semi circle as planned by the children in 5JS. The Worship table was put togther throughout different stages of the worship with all of the children participating in responses when the cross, candle and Bible were added.
Y5 CG Celebration of the Word- The Presentation of the Lord
Date: 5th Feb 2025 @ 4:10pm
This weeks Celebration of the Word was The Presentation of the Lord. The pupils shared a beautiful Celebration of the Word through reading scriptures, leading prayers and songs.
KS1 Child led Celebration of the Word - Justice (January 2025)
Date: 1st Feb 2025 @ 8:38pm
This week, children in Year One helped to plan our celebration of the Word for Reception and Year two.
We enjoyed reflecting on what we have learned about Justice and reminding each other how important this is.
The scripture from Micah 6: 6-8 is becoming a real favourite for the children, particularly because they love singing about it!
"The song was my best bit today!" - Harry
"It's all about being fair." - Delilah
"We should always share." - Clay
"I liked sitting in a semi circle for this celebration." - Kit
"We should have put our Justice sign on the table too!" - Meredith
Jubilee Year launch - Pilgrims of Hope - January 24th 2025
Date: 26th Jan 2025 @ 11:42am
Our school community came together for an amazing launch for the very special Jubilee Year.
A Jubilee is celebrated within the Catholic church every 25 years. This year the theme will be 'Pilgrims of Hope'.
We are called together to experience joy and strength as we embarkon a journey to be 'agents of change,' working together for justice, love and peace, locally and globally.
After learning about the importance and theme of the Jubilee, the children across school have Celebrated the Word and written their own pledges.
We gathered together to reflect and share pledges before displaying them all around the hall.
We are excited for more events to come during the Jubilee Year and are filled with hope for the difference we can make in fulfilling our pledges!
Y5 Parent Celebration of the Word - The Jesse Tree
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 9:21am
Year 5 held a beautiful Celebration of the Word in church for family members and others in our local community. The focus was the story of the Jesse Tree.
KS1 Child led worship - The first week of Advent
Date: 10th Dec 2024 @ 9:29am
Year 1 guided us through a special and exciting worship about the beginning of Advent.
They enjoyed selecting and placing relevant items on the focus table, including an Advent calendar.
We used the colour purple, which Christians use during this important season.
"We are all getting ready for Jesus' Birthday" - Oliver
"I am excited for Jesus' Birthday" - Dexter
"Today the message in Advent worship is about hope" - Jonas
"It made me a bit sad because some people don't really have hope" Harry
"I liked closing our eyes today to think" - Grace
Together, we thought about how we could bring hope to others. We prayed for them together.
Whole School - Baptism Friday 22nd November 2024
Date: 1st Dec 2024 @ 12:46pm
The families of Tommy, Billy, Teddy, Ezra and Zach joined the whole school as we came together for an amazing celebration in the school hall.
Father Mark Moran welcomed brothers Tommy, Billy and Teddy with a special Catholic blessing.
Ezra and Zach were then baptised as we all watched on, what an amazing experience to be part of!
Congratulations to all of the boys and their families - we hope you enjoyed your special celebration, including the cake afterwards!
Thank you for sharing such a proud and important day with your St Basil's family.
Y5 - Parent Collective Worship - Life Choices
Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 10:07am
On Wednesday 20th November Year 5 delievered a Collective Worship to parents all about Life Choices. The children sang hymns, said prayers and created a receipe for a good friendship. We have had some lovely feedback from the parents. Thank you for coming.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 2:34pm
Year 3 delivered a collective worship about our Year of Prayer to LKS2 and talked about the importance of taking time out of our days to pray.
Y4 - Parent Collective Worship - Remembrance
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 2:30pm
On Wednesday 13th November, Year 4 delivered a special collective worship about Remembrance to Year 3 and our adults.
We listened to the words of Matthew 5.1-12 and thought about how we could create a more peaceful world. We talked about the importance of Remembrance and how we remember others in the month of November. We sang songs including "We will remember them, Peace Perfect Peace and Imagine." The children created some art work to match a poem, created a role play to show Remembrance and choreographed a dance to the song "Imagine."
Parent feedback
"This collective worship was very moving"
"It was lovely to have time to stop and think"
"The children all read beautifully and sang very well"
"My favourite part was the songs."
Pupil voice:
"I enjoyed singing the songs."
"I liked taking part in the dance"
Y1 Harvest Collective Worship for KS1
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 12:53pm
KS1 enjoyed a special worship led by a group of children from Year 1 on the theme of Harvest.
We heard an amazing story from the Bible in which Jesus and his disciples were able to feed 5000 people using only five loaves and two fish.
The children shared the CAFOD characters of Shrist the Sun bear and DJ the dolphin to show how we can also help to feed hungry people here in Widnes.
We asked if anybody was able to bring in boxes of cereal for the Foodbank. Doing this shows we are living in solidarity, just like Shristi the bear.
We are also helping to make sure that everyone has their fair share, which DJ says is called Distributive Justice.
Here is what some children thought and said after our Worship:
'I liked praying' - Ella
'I'm bringing a cereal box in so I can help' - Kit
'I loved that story about the food' - Roman
'It made me want to pray' - Delilah
Whole School: Blessing of Mary in memory of Christine Wilson
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 12:28pm
On Wednesday 16th October we gathered as a school family to remember Christine Wilson with Father Peter Ross.
Christine was a much loved and valued member of St Basil's and a former Chair of Governors.
We also welcomed Jim Wilson and members of their family, as well as some close friends.
Father Peter led us in prayer and dedicated our new statue of Mary to the memory of Christine, significant particularly during this special month of October.
The children shared in the our liturgy with readings and prayers, as well as with their absolutely beautiful singing.
The occasion was a heartfelt tribute which warmed all of our hearts and provided a lasting memory to treasure.
Y5 Child led Collective Worship
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 9:32am
Some of the pupils from Y5CG planned a wonderful collective worship on Our Lady of They Rosary. They included three different hymns and scripture from the Bible.
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 9:26am
Year 5 attended Mass at the church and were exemplary in representing our school within the local parish community. It was the perfect way to start the week.
Y6 - Parent Collective Worship - Justice
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 1:30pm
Year 6 led a Collective Worship on our school theme for the year which is justice.
We explored the theme of justice and explained the meaning of this and how we can be just in our lives.
We explored the theme of justice through song, drama, prayer and scripture.
Y4 - Collective Worship for LKS2 - Pope Francis and Our Common Home
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 8:16am
Today 4CS planned and delivered their Collective Worship based on Pope Francis,
They took his message to look after our common home and shared ideas on stewardship.
Maro wrote her own prayer for our respond section which we read together.
Lola and Lucy thought about what we could Go Forth and do in the week ahead to appreciate and admire God's world.
"It really made me think about how great the world is" - Henry
"I would have liked to sing another song about the world at the end" - Annie
Y1 - Collective Worship for KS1 - Pope Francis
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 10:14pm
Another group of children from Year one took a turn in planning their own Collective Worship today with help from Mrs Devonport and Mrs Dooley.
They confidently chose important items to add to the focus table, including a photo of Pope Francis.
We heard a story from the Bible about the first Pope, Simon Peter. Jesus called him a rock!
We thought about what makes somebody a good leader and the children shared words to describe important qualities for our Pope.
We ended by all saying the Pope's prayer for children from his charity, Mission Together.
These are some of the things we said when we talked about how our Collective Worship had gone today:
"I was proud of the special table I helped with today" - Harry
"I want to be kind like Pope Francis" - Jonas "And loving" - Zach
"I really liked the children's prayer" - Joel
"I would really like to have a little photo of Pope Francis" - Grace
Whole School Friday Worship - The Beatitudes
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 7:53am
This week's Friday Collective Worship was based on the Beatitudes
Our RE Ambassadors helped Mrs O'Donnell and Mrs Dooley to deliver a collective worship reminding us of the Beatitudes and our work on them last year. We looked at the artwork that Year 3 and Year 4 completed, and thought about the links in the Beatitudes to Catholic Social Teaching
Y3 - Year of Prayer Collective Worship
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 7:50am
3AW pupils helped to plan and deliver this week's collective worship based on the Year of Prayer.
We thought about when we pray and why we pray
We then chose a prayer from our KS2 prayer book to say together
Y1 - Collective Worship on Care for Our Common home
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 10:08pm
Children from 1DD helped to plan and deliver Collective Worship today for Key Stage One.
They thought about which music to use, what to have on our focus table and the reading and prayers we would share.
We reminded everybody about the letter that Pope Francis wrote to ask for help to care for his creation. This letter is called Laudato Si.
At the end of our Worship, we asked the children and grown ups to think about how they can each help to care for the earth and each other.
"I like doing the sign of the cross." - Clay
"I love gathering and singing." - Harper
"We should have put the Pope's picture on the table too." Meredith
"I feel happy about it." - Zach
"It made me feel calm." - Polly
Whole School Friday Worship - Catholic Social Teaching
Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 9:10am
Today we celebrated our first Friday Gospel Collective Worship with Mrs Sheppard.
It was all about Catholic Social Teaching
EYFS - Mother's Day Collective Worship
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 6:56pm
Today we invited parents and carers to attend our Mother's Day Collective Worship.
Y3 - Parent Collective Worship - Building Bridges
Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 5:01pm
At the end of our current topic 'Building Bridges' we gathered our parents for a Collective Worship.
Our theme was all about reconciliation, with God, each other and ourselves.
We performed a dance to 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' and showed some of our art work that we had produced in lessons. This showed a friend that we were close to, and a way that we could make our friendship bridge stronger.
Y4 - Collective worship - Sacramental Celebration
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 11:45am
Year 4 delivered a wonderful collective worship for parents and carers. The focus was on the sacrament of reconciliation and for those who took part in their Holy Communion.
