St Malachy's Catholic Primary School

OUR COMMUNITY

As a worshipping community, we actively encourage our parents and carers to join us for our Masses and liturgies across the year. 

The feedback from both parents and children is always very positive!

Our Year 6 children are all included in our Prayer Liturgy Teams (each team takes the lead in turn each half term) and they help to plan, lead and organise liturgies and school-home to worship throughout the year.

Our PLT for Half Term 1.

We know they will do an amazing job!

Scroll down to see some of the different things we celebrate through the year!

 AUTUMN TERM 2024

At our first Prayer Liturgy of the new school year we reflected on our school Mission and what we need to do to live by this each day. Each child and each member of staff placed a bead in our heart bowl.

Just as the heart bowl keeps every single bead safe, our school keeps each one of us safe as we work and live together, one family in Christ. 

Our school year began with Mass celebrated for us by Father Michael. We sang hymns, prayed together and reflected on what kind of person we want to be. Father reminded us to do and say everything with love for one another as we follow Jesus' command.

WHAT WE DO

Each day in school begins and ends with a prayer and of course we pray at other times of the day too.

We gather in Key Stages to worship together in prayer liturgy. These prayer liturgies are led by Mrs Hodges and Mr Harper. Each prayer liturgy is based around a piece of scripture from the Bible which reflects the particular Virtue we are focusing on.

Read our Prayer Liturgy Policy here

(Also referred to as Collective Worship)

We focus on different virtues each term as part of our Character Education. Find out more about the virtues we focus on by clicking this link:

St Malachy's Catholic Primary School - Virtues (stmalachysprimary.org.uk)

All the Virtues link to our Mission which underpins our worship throughout the school year which of course is linked to the Liturgical year!

SPRING TERM 2025

OUR PRAYERS

 Morning Prayer

O my God you love me, you are with me night and day. I want to love you always in all I do and say. I'll try to please you Father, bless me through the day.  Amen.

Prayer before Dinner

Bless us O Lord as we sit together; bless the food we eat today; bless the hands that made the food; bless those who have no food; bless us O Lord.  Amen

Prayer after Dinner

           O Lord we are so grateful for every cup and plateful, forgive us if we're wasteful, we are your family. Amen 

End of Day Prayer

    God our Father I come to say thank you for your love today. Thank you for my family and all the friends you give to me. 

Guard me in the dark of night and in the morning send your light. Amen.

SUMMER TERM 2025