"For you are precious in my eyes"
Isaiah tells us that we are made by God and we are unique and special. It is God’s word that we hear and work hard to follow in things that we say and in things that we do.
In our prayer and liturgy we use Scripture as a starting point, with God’s word as the focus of our prayers and thoughts. Opportunities are provided to use the Scriptures to celebrate and gather together so we can demonstrate the glory of God in our lives.
Across school, prayer time is a time for reflection as well as worship, with words from Scripture inspiring the pupils to think and reflect deeply on what God's word means for us today, in our everyday lives.
As children move through school, they take an increasingly active role in planning and leading prayer & worship. This is a responsibility which our children welcome and respect, sharing the word of God thoughtfully and reverently with their peers.
Ten:Ten Newsletter September 2024
September marks the return to term-time and as your children get used to routines, a new class or maybe even school, the new term promises to bring lots of change.
Our September resources have a new look and introduce new ways of praying but, in amongst all the change and newness, this month we remember God’s unchanging nature and how extraordinary change can come when we allow God’s love to work in and through us.
This newsletter shares some of the content children will experience in school throughout September and suggests ways for you to engage with them about it. We hope it is a useful resource for your family prayer time.
Loving Jesus
Our previously titled Collective Worship programme has now re-launched as ‘Prayer and Liturgy: Loving Jesus’.
Rooted in the Sunday Mass readings, the Celebration of the Word assemblies will continue to see children encountering media-rich resources, plus diverse and creative times of prayer supported by new resources to facilitate pupil-led prayer.
Our aim is to help all children to know and love Jesus for themselves and through the Prayer and Liturgy programme, you can be assured that your children will continue to engage with special prayer times that explore a rich variety of Catholic prayer traditions and styles.
We hope you’ll notice your child(ren) deepening in head and heart knowledge of Jesus and His great love for them, as we roll out this new programme from the start of the term.
The Rule of Love
The first assembly brings focus to the most important rule – love!
Based on the response of Jesus to the Pharisees criticising the actions of the disciples, children will learn that God’s rules are the most important and that we should focus on our hearts first! Love forms the basis of where we want all our thoughts, words and actions to come from.
Through a story about following rules, children will also be reminded that Jesus’ rule of love means loving others and treating them as we would want to be treated.
With your child, you might like to…
Walk In His Presence
This term will bring children the opportunity to explore journalling as a form of prayer.
This is first introduced in the daily prayers for the week beginning 16th September. In these prayers children will be learn that in every situation, every day, every hour, every minute – Jesus is with them.
Children will spend time inviting Jesus to walk with them and ask His presence to be known to them in different situations in their life.
Through journalling prompts, children will write and draw their prayers to Jesus as a way of speaking to Him each day.
You might like to use this short prayer to invite Jesus’ presence into your family prayer time…
Jesus,
Thank you that you are always with us.
You’re just waiting for us to notice!
Help me remember to walk with you each day.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen