Education Sunday
Education Sunday took place in all parishes yesterday, on Sunday 10 September 2017.
Education Sunday is a day of celebration for all those involved in education. For over a century it has been part of an ecumenical celebration in which the Catholic Church participates. The Catholic Education Service’s theme for Education Sunday 2017 is ‘gathered in my name’.
Education Sunday is an opportunity for schools and parishes to come together to celebrate and give thanks for all the students, staff and parents who work so hard in and for Catholic schools. It is also a chance for us to reflect upon the contribution that Catholic education makes to our communities.
The staff of St Edmund’s Catholic Academy ’ gathered’ together to marked this day during their Staff Briefing with the intersessions;-
INTERCESSIONS
Lord, we pray that we may be a community where all are welcome. Welcome to pray, to worship,
to explore. May these communities provide comfort to the lonely, hope for the broken and rest
to the weary. Help us to create spaces where people can come together with love and respect for
difference.
Be present in those spaces, to heal divisions and to forge friendships.
Lord, hear us
O Lord hear my
We pray that our schools may be places where all are welcome, Welcome to learn, to study,
to work. Help us to support the excluded and to stand alongside those who need us. We pray
particularly for students and staff who come to us as refugees. May we greet them with the love
they deserve, and provide the safety they seek. May our campuses be places of tolerance, inclusion
and diversity.
Lord, hear us
O Lord hear my prayer, O Lord hear my prayer
We pray that governments may see the value of difference and enact policies that welcome and
do not turn away. Where injustice reigns, may hearts be changed and may walls that have been
built be torn down. Make us instruments of change and give us the courage not to stand on
the sidelines but to fight injustice in our communities and be witnesses to the Gospel message
of inclusion. Mould us into prophetic voices for change, that we may in turn mould our
communities into your kingdom.
Lord, hear us
O Lord hear my prayer.

The Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception as the child of Saints Joachim and Anne.
We celebrated this Feast on Friday by welcoming the New Year 12’s in their next part of their education here at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy, many who were already members of the St Edmund’s family and others from different schools.
We hope they feel the presence of our Lord every day and that his love gives them the strength to be people of God in all they say and do.
After Mass some of the Altar Servers placed a plant at the foot of our new statue of our lady in the peace garden. Saint Augustine described the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary as an event of cosmic and historic significance, and an appropriate prelude to the birth of Jesus Christ. “She is the flower of the field from whom bloomed the precious lily of the valley,” he said.

On Tuesday September, we welcomed year 7 to the Community of St Edmunds Catholic Academy by inviting them and their families to celebrate Mass in the Arena.

Many of the new students took part in the mass, reading and bringing the gifts of bread and wine to the Altar. We are blessed with lots of new Altar Servers from different churches who are a credit to their parishes. Fr Mark and the staff  were impressed with the service they gave.

We wish all the new students and staff a happy time at St Edmund’s and look forward to seeing them develop into the saints they can be, as Mrs Hughes said ‘one of them may even be the future Prime minster or a future Olympian’.

Prayers to Begin a School Year

God of wisdom and might,

we praise you for the wonder of our being,

for mind, body and spirit.

Be with our children as they begin

a new school year.

Bless them and their teachers and staff.

Give the strength and grace as their bodies grow;

wisdom and knowledge to their minds

as they search for understanding;

and peace and zeal to their hearts.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Part of Bishop Cleary Catholic Multi Academy Company, St Michael’s are seeking to appoint a motivated, adaptable and well-qualified Site Manager to maintain and improve the academy building and grounds. Our excellent, hard-working staff and pupils are looking for a site manager with a high calibre of DIY skills, excellent communication at all levels and good working knowledge of Health and Safety to join our team.

For more information, please follow this link below:

http://stmichaels-academy.co.uk/jobs/

We are seeking to appoint an Academy Cleaner to carry out under reasonable direction the appropriate duties in the case of buildings and the teaching environment, in matters of safety, cleanliness and comfort, conducive to the working needs of pupils, staff and other site users.

Required as soon as possible

Scale 1 £7.83 per hour

15 hours per week – 3.45pm – 6.45pm Monday to Friday

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

See our vacancies page for more information: http://www.stedmundscloud.co.uk/jobs/academy-cleaner-6/

Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running. Orders can be placed using the C2C Booklet and returned it to school with payment.  Alternatively go to http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/st-edmunds-wv3 to browse the latest books and order online.

For every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 25p in Scholastic Rewards.

Please place your order online by September 25th, 2017.

See Mrs Lowe in the Library for more information.

We would like to invite you to celebrate our excellent results for our former year 11 and 13 outcomes, as part of our Presentation Evening. This will be a wonderful opportunity for ex-students to catch up with friends and teachers and celebrate in each other’s successes.

Our Chief Guest and Principal Speaker will be our former student, James Potts, a researcher and assistant to the Deputy Mayor of London.

There will be a special award ceremony followed by an informal reception so why not come along and celebrate with us.  Guests are required to be seated by 6.30pm.

If you would like more information please contact the Academy: 01902 558888

Ever thought of becoming a Director, Governor or Representative in an education setting? Are you 18 or over with approximately 10 – 12 hours free each month with a genuine interest in supporting Catholic education?  Then we may have a role for you.

 Diocesan Education Service Opportunities