Congratulations to all the children in Year 4 who have made their First Holy Communion during the past few weeks.

We pray that receiving the sacrament will bring them closer to God, deepen their faith and strengthen their resolve to continue Christ’s Mission on Earth.

The School Council organised a Decorate an Egg Competition and the entries were outstanding! They ranged from unicorns, spiders, Willy Wonka eggs to farm animals and even a Hungry Caterpillar!

Winners were Jacob Innes (Rec F) with ‘Consett Rugby Eggs’, Molly Hogarth (Yr3C) with ‘The Greatest Showman’ and Megan Shield (Yr6C) with ‘Eggie the Eagle’. Overall winner was Elika Gray (Y2C) with ‘Toy Story’. To see more photos, please click here.

Before we broke up for the Easter holidays, the children took part in an Easter Walk organised by the Friends of St Patricks.

For more photos, please click here

Led by the Mini Vinnies, our children marked the events of Holy Week with prayer stations in the school all. The children reflected on the solemn events of Jesus’ final days and prayed together.

Lenten Prayer Stations

Lenten Prayer Stations

Lenten Prayer Stations

Congratulations to the winner of the Fairtrade poetry competition, Daisy Pringle-Scott in Year 5.
Please click here to read her fabulous poem. Well done also to runners-up: Erin Southern and Harry Clark.
Well done to the Fairtrade group who raised £28.30 for the Fairtrade Foundation.

Pope Francis has asked for 2018 to be the Year of Mary.

“Mary is exactly what God wants us to be, what he wants his Church to be: a Mother who is tender and lowly, poor in material goods and rich in love, free of sin and united to Jesus, keeping God in our hearts and our neighbour in our lives.”

In St Patrick’s we are reflecting on Mary’s life and remembering the way she followed God’s plan for her.  To help us to celebrate our Year of Mary we would like to invite you to share our “Mary bag”. On the night you have the bag in your home please use the Rosary beads to say a decade of the Rosary and the following morning pack away the Mary Bag and return it to school for the next family to take home.  In school we have been saying the Rosary on Wednesday lunchtimes. We choose a different intention each week for which to pray.

Please click here to see how to say the rosary.