Year 6 Leavers Mass

The Year 6 leavers and their parents gathered together to celebrate their time at primary school. The children took time for reflection; to stop and think; to look back and remember, with gladness, the years they spent with us at St Vincent's Primary School. The children prayed for support as they looked forward to a new school, new friends and new beginnings.

End of Year Mass

Today the children reflected on the theme of holidays. When the weather gets hot - and we have been working hard for a long time - we look forward to a break. Sometimes, we say that we cannot wait to "get away from it all". That is good, because having a rest, or a holiday, is all part of God's plan for us. When God created the world, he worked hard for six days, and then he rested. We also need a rest - time to grow strong again, so that we can live and work and play properly.

Racial Justice Mass

Due to their incredible range of work around advocating for racial justice this academic year, our children were invited to present their songs on racial justice at a diocesan mass hosted at Westminster Cathedral. The children received a personal thanks from our Bishop who was stunned by the beauty of their words and singing.

St Peter and Paul Mass

The school joined together to mark the Feast of St Peter and Paul. Reflecting on two people who made significant contributions to the Church the children were encouraged to think about the fact that they had “two part” lives – the first part of their life was quite different from the second. Peter (he was called Simon at first) was a humble fisherman on the Sea of Galilee until Jesus called him Peter and chose him as the leader of His Church. Paul (he was called Saul at first) was a persecutor of Christians until Jesus chose him to be His Church’s greatest teacher. The power of God transformed both of these great men.

Corpus Christi

With the disruption to communion services due to covid, the Year 3 & 4 children took part in a mass to mark the Feast of Corpus Christi. In a day of celebration of the children's momentous receiving of the sacrament of communion, the children engaged with a wonderful class party and celebratory disco.

Ascension Day Mass

The school came together to mark the Feast of the Ascension. The Feast symbolised that while on earth, He was a servant. Now in heaven, He is the ruler and Lord of all. By entering heaven as the representative of mankind, He completed the work of our salvation and guarantees the eventual glorification of all who love Him.

May Procession

Children from across the school began the Month of May with a service of devotion to Our Lady. The children considered their role in society - reflecting on the messages of the Mother of Jesus passed on by Fr Fergal. Year 5 provided some beautiful singing throughout.

Easter Mass

As the children returned to school from our Easter break, we came together as a school community to celebrate the momentous events of Easter Sunday. The Easter Mass was dedicated to an individual who impacted many lives within our school community. Fr Fintan was a man of God who devoted his life to his faith - his teaching and message was celebrated in our Mass through prayer and song.

Action against Homelessness

Our day of Action against Homelessness once again reminded our children of the need to use their voices for change. The children's light lunch, as well as additional donations from our community, raised £279 for The Passage Charity. Most importantly, our children flourished in their understanding of using their actions to make a change - we experienced a fraction of the hardships faced by homeless people on a daily basis but the children's desire to help as well as their messages of home and love showed that the future is bright with our children leading the way.

Acton Homeless Concern Interviews

As a part of our day of action against homelessness, the RE Prefects and School Council representatives visited Acton Homeless Concern to interview volunteers about the work they do within our community. It provided a fascinating insight into the vital work of this charity and really inspired the children ahead of our day of action.

Tackling Homelessness

As a part of our commitment to almsgiving during the season of Lent, the Mini Vinnie team presented their day of action against homelessness to the school during a Gospel assembly. We hope our children's desire to advocate for those in their community continues to flourish!

Year of St Joseph

Together with schools across the Deanery, our Mini Vinnie Team marked the Year of St Joseph by attending a mass organised by St Joseph's Primary School.

The children prepared a cross to mark the occasion and had the following to say:

At St Vincent’s, we have worked incredibly hard on our oracy skills this year. As a part of this, we have looked at inspiring individuals who have used their voice as a means of change. Oscar Romero inspired our collage design which is shown here. In addition to working on our oracy skills, one of our big focuses has been on oracy for advocacy. The Year of St Joseph has been incredibly inspiring to us, St Joseph speaks a grand total of zero words in the Gospels and he only makes an appearance in two of the four. He is the model example of the fact that actions speak louder than words and his model leads us to continue to advocate for a more fair and just society.

Acton Homeless Concern Visit

Our RE Prefects and School Council visited Acton Homeless Concern to get an insight into what motivates and inspires the volunteers who work there. Ahead of our day of action against homelessness the children recorded their interviews to share with the school community.

Racial Justice Sunday

Our children continued their focus on building their oracy skills to become advocates for change in our society by focusing on the concept of Racial Justice. Watch this space as our children have produced some inspiring work this week.

Oracy Gospel Assembly

Our fantastic oracy lead - Mrs Grear - continued to inspire the children through her assemblies to get the children talking about the lessons brought to us by Jesus. The children really embraced the notion of all words having power!

Ten Ten Year of Pilgrimage

Our amazing RE Prefects led the Gospel Assembly this week - a year of pilgrimage is an exciting time for our children. Pupil leadership and voice translating into action!

Advent Fundraiser

The children across the school took part in an Advent fundraiser organised by the Mini Vinnie team.

Children worked together with another year group to create a Nativity Scene. In all, the children raised over £1,000.

Tree Planting

A mixture of our School Council, Mini Vinnie Team and RE Prefects attended a Tree Planting session as part of a project to rejuvenate North Acton Playing Fields.

The children enjoyed the experience and really had a hands on go at Caring for God's Creation.

COP26 Walk to School

The beginning of COP26 has inspired our children to take action in order to create change. The children have begun campaigning in support of Laudato Si encouraging our community to walk whenever possible and reduce our carbon footprint. The school will be involved in a number of events in the coming week so keep an eye on our Twitter page.