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As Catholic Schools Week comes to a close we are asked to think about how we can share our common home. Our world is a gift to all who live here: the people, the animals and the plants. Our world is not always shared equally: there are people who have no home, no food or water; people forced to leave the place they live because of war, natural disasters, famine or drought; plants and animals treated cruelly. In the letter he wrote to us, Pope Francis told us that ‘we must share with others’. This reminds us of the words of Jesus, who told us to love one another, to be kind and caring. To show God how much we love him and how thankful we are for the home he has given us, we have to work to share our home equally with all who live here.

Lord, help us to share our common home

Well done to Primary 5 and Primary 6 who had a busy Thursday afternoon sorting the recyclable and reusable materials donated for our Marvellous Movers project.♻️️ Thank you for all the donations so far... we have a wide range of different resources that can be used to help us build our moving vehicles. 🚙🚘
As our designs near completion, we are excited to start the building phase of the project! ⚙️🔧

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Today we think about how we can protect our common home. God has entrusted us with the care of the earth. We can protect and care for our home in all we do each day; for example, by reducing our rubbish, recycling and using the resources of our world carefully. We pray that God will give us the courage to make changes in how we treat and use the resources of our home so that every creature on earth can see the beauty of his creation and come to know their responsibility to be a steward of the earth.

We pray that we may all work to protect our common home.

Today we celebrated Grandparents Day and St. Brigid’s Day with a special assembly. We were asked to think about how our grandparents have watched over our common home, just as they watch over us and the special role they play in our lives. Once again lovely singing from our school choir and super readings.

As a special treat, we watched a wonderful video dramatising the story of St. Brigid starring Primary 2. (We hear it will be released on DVD soon!)

Well done everyone!

Don't forget to check out the photos in the Gallery. http://www.stcolumsprimaryschool.co.uk/gallery/

Today is Grandparents’ Day, and we are asked to think about how our grandparents have watched over our common home, just as they watch over us. Our grandparents can play a special role in our lives. They can be very important teachers who show us how to love, how to be caring and how to share. They can teach us about the past and about the importance of our common home and how to cherish it. They can teach us about the beauty of God’s creation and help us to learn to care for it as we grow.

We thank you Lord for our grandparents, help us to be thankful for all they teach us.

Today we are asked to think about how we can care for
our common home. God gave us the earth and the earth gives us
many gifts which help us to live. It gives us water, food and energy.
It gives us so much to help us care for ourselves, but Pope Francis
asks us to think about how we can care for the earth. We can try to
use only what we need and try to live our lives in ways that help the
earth. We can do this by recycling, wasting less water and caring
for plants and animals. The care we give the earth shows God how
much we love him and the beautiful home he has given us.

Lord, help us to care for our common home.

Seeing The Beauty Of Our Common Home

This year we are learning with Pope Francis about caring for our common home. Our common home is not just the community or the country we live in, but our entire world. Caring for our home is so important that Pope Francis wrote a letter to remind everyone about our responsibility to love and care for the earth. Today we think of the beauty of the world that God created for us. Our world is a gift from God. From the shining sun to the twinkling stars, the deep blue seas and the snowy mountain tops, God made it all. From the colourful flowers to the beautiful animals, God made it all. We can see the beauty of God’s world all around us if we stop and look. When we take time to see the beauty of our world we can learn how important it is and we can remember to thank God for the beauty of his creation.

Lord, help us to always see the beauty of our common home

Catholic Schools: Learning with Pope Francis to Care for Our Common Home

During this week we aim to celebrate the unique contribution that Catholic schools, both primary and post-primary, make to the mission of the Church in our local faith communities and throughout the wider church. This year’s theme is Catholic Schools: Learning with Pope Francis to Care for Our Common Home. We are reminded of the beauty of the world God has created for us and our responsibility to care for the home we share.

Our Primary 6 and 7 cross country runners took part in Flahavin’s Porridge Primary School Cross Country League at Roe Valley Leisure Centre, Limavady last week. A super performance once again by ALL our runners and CONGRATULATIONS to Sophia Coyle who took first place in the girls race. 🥇
Sophia also won the trophy for Best Overall Female Athlete in the Causeway Coast District having won both races she competed in. 👏

Well done to all our athletes! Amazing team spirit and support for each other. You should be very proud of yourselves. 👏