Jubilee Year of Hope

January – Jubilee Year of Hope launch

Our CAFOD Club led the launch in song and prayer about the Jubilee Year of Hope. Gathered together we looked at how scripture and the Catholic Social Teaching principles can guide us to bring hope to those who most need it.

February – St. Jude’s Community

We asked our families to help us find out about their culture and where they come from. Then we gathered all this wonderful information and displayed it on our map to show how diverse we are as a school community, bringing hope locally and globally.

March – The Big Lent Walk

We participated in The Big Lent Walk and raised money for CAFOD to help those most in need in our global community.

April – Jubilee Day of Colour

Everyone came to school dressed in the Jubilee colours to brighten up our school and show everyone how WE can bring hope to others. Children had the opportunity to do self-portraits and think about how they can be a pilgrim of hope as well as thinking about people in our local and global community and how they have brought hope to people near and far!

May – Letters to the Poorly

Year 4 and Year 5 wrote letters of hope to the sick in hospital. Year 4 wrote letters and delivered them to patients at Wigan Hospital and they were asked to read a letter aloud which had such a positive impact on the patients. Year 5 chose to write letters to patients at Children’s Alder Hey hospital as it is very close to their hearts.

June – Jubilee Pledge

The whole school participated in the Jubilee Pledge. Each class spent time exploring what they could promise to do using the CAFOD resources and then our CAFOD Club led a prayer and liturgy where a representative from each class shared their class pledge. Mrs Jackson even pinned our school on the Jubilee Map on the CAFOD website.

July – Participate in the CAFOD Jubilee Rosary

KS2 classes have participated in the CAFOD Jubilee Rosary this July. They have taken time to reflect on asking for God’s help and guidance to bring hope to the lives of others.

August – Preparing for the Season of Creation

During the summer break we asked families to spend time outside reflecting on the world around them in preparation for the Season of Creation. We were blown away with the response and how children and parents found signs of hope in the simplest of things.

September – Windows of Hope

Each class chose a piece of Scripture which brings hope to others and created a ‘Window of Hope’ for their classroom door. Classes held a Celebration of the Word for their ‘Windows of Hope’ and took time to reflect on how the Scripture brought hope to them.

October – Harvest Thanksgiving

We gave thanks for the Harvest. Children helped throughout the mass and we welcomed Fr. Michael to lead his first mass with us. We collected food donations and we were lucky enough to have a representative from Community Grocery to tell us all about how our donations will help in the local community.