Celebrations and Special Events
Celebrations and Special Events at St Werburghs…..
Throughout the year we love to get together to host celebrations and special events in school, in Church and within our local community….
Fundraising Days
Throughout the year we have hosted lots of different fundraising days. Such as;
Children’s Mental Health Day
Last year’s theme is linked to the Disney Pixar film, Inside out and is titled ‘Know yourself, Grow yourself’. The theme is all about encouraging children to build self-awareness.
Throughout the week, the children participated in a range of activities and will discuss ways to manage their emotions and who they can speak to, if they are struggling.
We are finished the week with an own clothes day -Dress to Express. All children (and staff!) were invited to use colour to express themselves by wearing a colourful outfit. All donations were sent to ‘Place2Be’.
Jubilee- Pilgrims of Hope Launch Day and Pledge Day
The children marked the start of the Jubilee year with an Art competition. They also completed a range of fundraising activities on our Jubilee Pledge Day!
Shrove Tuesday- Pancake Day
The children celebrated Shrove Tuesday by enjoying pancakes in the school hall.
Visits from the Shrewsbury Youth Team
The Shrewsbury Youth Team helped us mark Holy Week in a very special way.
Crowning of Mary in May
The whole school celebrated Mass outside. We all processed around the school field and brought flowers to Mary and placed them at her feet. Some of us wore flowers in our hair.
Come and Share
Each half term, we invite our parents and carers into classrooms to pray and share the learning alongside their children. All year groups from our 2 Year olds to our Year 6’s have the opportunity to share their achievements and showcase their work to their parents and carers.
Welcoming ‘The Icon’-The Visitation
The whole school participated in a celebration of the word. We all sang the Marian hymn- ‘As I kneel before you’- as the image of Mary visiting her cousin, Elizabeth was placed on display at the front of the hall. We then pilgrimaged to Our Lady and St Edward’s Catholic Primary School to hand over the icon to their parish community.
World Porridge Day
World Porridge Day, celebrated annually on October 10th, is a campaign by the charity Mary's Meals to recognise the power of porridge to change children's lives and raise funds for its school feeding programs. Our children spent the morning making and selling porridge to raise vital funds to help Mary’s Meals deliver food to those most in need.
Visit from Bishop Mark
We were very pleased to welcome Bishop Mark to our school in October. Bishop Mark conducted a special assembly for our children. We presented the Bishop with a beautiful piece of artwork created by each and everyone of our children.
Remembrance Day
Our Year 6 children led us in our Remembrance Day assembly. We reflected upon the sacrifice others had made for our freedom and we prayed for their souls.
Our younger children created a fantastic piece of artwork.
