Catholic Virtues
The development of the Catholic Virtues ensures that pupils value and respect themselves and others as made in the image and likeness of God.
We think about what kind of person God wants us to be, as well as what virtues or qualities we need to grow in order to become that person. This is where the Catholic Pupil Profile supports everyone’s journey within the school to become that person. It is made up of eight Virtue Pairs based on Jesus’ teaching.
Pupils are reminded to ‘live out’ the virtues and their actions are recognised in Friday’s celebration assembly through caught moments. These caught moments are celebrated and placed on the ‘Virtue Tree’ by the Faith Ambassadors, and celebrated in our weekly newsletter.
At Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School, we are growing to be all of these virtues. Each half term we will be focusing on a different virtue pair. Each virtue pair is 'launched' at the beginning of each half-term through an assembly led by our Department of Spiritual Life and Faith Ambassadors. Each class is then set an activity to complete to deepen their knowledge and understanding further. Scroll down to view our Virtue focus for each half-term.
Our Virtue focus for Summer 1 2024
Pupils in Mary Immaculate are growing to be:
Eloquent and truthful what they say of themselves, the relations between people and the world.
Our Virtue focus for Spring 1 2024
Our Virtue focus for
Spring 2 2024
Our Virtue focus for Autumn 1 2023
Our Virtue focus for Autumn 2 2023
Pupils in Mary Immaculate are growing to be:
Compassionate towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and loving by their just actions and forgiving words.
Pupils in Mary Immaculate are growing to be:
Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.
Pupils in Mary Immaculate are growing to be
grateful for their own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day; and generous with their gifts, becoming men and women for others.
To be grateful is to always appreciate the gifts and blessings we have been given.
To be generous is to give something to someone else, to share with someone else, willingly and happily, without expecting anything.
Pupils in Mary Immaculate are growing to be
attentive to their experience and to their vocation;
and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.
To be attentive means that we take the time to notice the big and small things in our lives, each day. We notice how others respond to what we do and say. We pay attention and listen to God and others when they are speaking to us.
To be discerning means that we are able to choose better what is good for us and for others. It helps us to choose God’s will for us. It helps us to become the person God has called us to be.
