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Chaplaincy Team Hi there, we re the Chaplaincy

as a team and we d love to tell you a bit about

1 Chaplaincy Team Hi there, we re the Chaplaincy Team and we d like to tell you about what we ve been doing this term. We would love to tell you all about what we do as a team and we d love to tell you a bit about us and why we wanted to be on the Chaplaincy Team. Find out all about us inside...

unimportant We always work as a team. Well, this year we have done lots of interesting things already so we will try hard to fit in as many as possible. they seemed, you did it for me.

2 What have we already done this year? 1st Christmas Half Term Volume 1: Issue 1 Thoughts of the week Some of the thoughts of the week that we have had so far have been: Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant We always work as a team. Well, this year we have done lots of interesting things already so we will try hard to fit in as many as possible. they seemed, you did it for me. Also we had: This is a new year, a new start and things will change. What we have done Well, as you all know, we Us, doing our Children In Need assembly have had a non-school uniform day for Children in Need. Also, we have launched a competition to write an advent prayer. We are all very exited for we will be organizing lots of wonderful things for Christmas.

3 All about us... Who we are... What we do... Volume 1: Issue 1 Lucy Harry Arthur Elizabeth Grace Bea Helena Dylan Thomas Molly Tallulah We meet every Monday in the ICT Suite and discuss how we can help the school to grow in fun, faith and friendship. We also organize many events and lead the school in our weekly Gospel Preparation assembly. Sister Anita is always there to help us when we need it and she is an amazing leader. Sister Anita Sister Anita guides us at all meetings and is always there to help us and listen to us if we are in any difficulty. She attends all of the meetings and she also interviewed each of us when trying for the position

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE TO PUT

Advent Art competition with the parish to

4 WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE TO PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS??? We are hosting a prayer writing competition during Advent and we are doing an Advent Art competition with the parish to produce a piece of artwork on the subject of putting Christ back into Christmas.

5 Our Thoughts I wanted to join the Chaplaincy Team because I was assisting a member of the team to organise the Children In Need day, and so I was pretty much accepted into the family of the Chaplaincy Team. I went some meetings and saw the peace, joy, happiness and Good News that they spread around the school as well as their assistance in guiding others to the understanding of the meaning of the gospel. The Chaplaincy Team are great helpers, teachers, preachers and most of all, amazing friends. We all work together as the way to succeed with anything is teamwork. Everyone has a job, however small or silly, everyone is needed and everyone finds fun, faith and friendship. The group is led by Sister Anita O Leary who guides and helps us with all of our exciting, interesting and difficult decisions. The Chaplaincy Team are always there, ready to listen and to lend a helping hand to those who need it. By Elizabeth

6 Our Thoughts As I walked up to my Chaplaincy Team interview I felt a little bit nervous. I have wanted to be in the Chaplaincy Team ever since I saw their interesting assemblies I quite like making PowerPoints so I thought I would be good for the job. A few weeks ago I had filled out a sheet asking me why I would be a good member. Sister Anita, the youth coordinator, asked me about my sheet and why I had given those certain answers. Fast forward to the last day of term I found there was a letter with my name on it. It read You have been chosen for the Chaplaincy Team. I was really excited that I had been chosen to be in the Team and I really enjoy working with them. By Arthur

7 The Christmas Story Mary s Story Hi, I m Mary and I d like to tell you about something very special that happened to me long, long ago.. I have a son, you may have heard of him. His name is Jesus, Jesus Christ. I think you should know how he was born. It all started nine months before. I was just cleaning up after breakfast, my husband Joseph had already gone out to work, when an angel came to my house. I was frightened. Well of course I was. I fell to my knees and the angel, called Gabriel, told me I was going to have a baby and I was to call him Jesus.

It was terribly dark when we finally arrived and it was such a picture to see Bethlehem after our long, long journey.

8 The Christmas Story It was a cold winters day when we began our journey to Bethlehem. Lots of other people were also going. We journeyed for hours and hours and we soon became very tired. It was terribly dark when we finally arrived and it was such a picture to see Bethlehem after our long, long journey. I couldn't wait to get to my nice, warm bed, but, as I was soon to find out, I would not have a bed that night... Many months later, a message came from Cesar Augustus telling us that all men were to travel to the town of where they were born to be counted. At this point I was almost nine months pregnant and having to travel to Bethlehem, where Joseph was born, by donkey was not a welcome thought.

It warmed my heart that people could be so, so kind as to leave what they were doing and come to see my son.

9 The Christmas Story Eventually, my baby was born, and, as there was no cradle, I laid him in a manger. Some time later, a group of shepherds came to see us and brought us some lambs. It warmed my heart that people could be so, so kind as to leave what they were doing and come to see my son. They also offerd to help us for, they knew I was only a young girl. They knelt by my side, staring in awe at my firstborn son. Of course, we then had to find somewhere to stay BUT even though we tried many, many places only one inn let us stay but, we didn't get to go into the inn... They gave us their stable for the night so that was where we settled, arranging our things to make it as homly as possible.

Wise Men s Narration Far in the East three wise men, had seen the star

and followed the star for many days and nights.

They thought that a stable was an unlikely place for a KING to be born

country or state but the king of all people.

10 Wise Men s Narration Far in the East three wise men, had seen the star proclaiming the birth of a Messiah, Jesus, so they loaded their camels and followed the star for many days and nights. When they arrived in Bethlehem, they saw the star over a stable. They thought that a stable was an unlikely place for a KING to be born but God spoke to them and told them that his son was not the king of a country or state but the king of all people. They entered the stable and bowed their heads and gave them their gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh on Epiphany morning.

Prayer Competition Class 1: Class 2: Class 3: Class 4: Class 5: Class 6: Class 7: Class 8: Alicia Moss Adelina Amparan Charlotte Taylor Dylan Doyle Celeste Jones No Entries Isabelle Ablett Ben Dodd

11 Prayer Competition Class 1: Class 2: Class 3: Class 4: Class 5: Class 6: Class 7: Class 8: Alicia Moss Adelina Amparan Charlotte Taylor Dylan Doyle Celeste Jones No Entries Isabelle Ablett Ben Dodd The overall winner was Christine Bond and her prayer was read out in a recent school assembly. We d also like to thank everyone who took the time to enter our competition. We were very impressed with the standard of prayers that were entered and it was a very hard job to judge but we could only choose one winner for each class.

12 Merry Christmas So, I guess it s goodbye from us for now and we will look forward to seeing you again next term. I hope that you have enjoyed reading this newsletter. GOODBYE Have a happy and holy Christmas

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