This week we celebrated Irish Catholic Schools Week. Throughout the week our Junior and Senior Infants classes focused on how to show kindness in their lives. They realised that when they choose to be kind, they not only fill the buckets of those around them but they also fill their own bucket. They conducted an interview with Ms. Swinburne during our Friday assembly who disclosed the ways in which she observes kindness in our school. Showing kindness and appreciation of others definitely goes a long way to making this world a happier place for everyone, including ourselves.
First and Second class learned about the qualities that make a good friend. They shared these ways with us and performed a lovely song about gathering together to celebrate Jesus and His love for us. 'Friendship isn't a big thing, it's a million little things'.
Third and Fourth class concentrated on vocations this week and discovered that the word 'vocation' originates from the Latin vocare which means 'to call'. They identified any callings they may have in their own lives and learned a great deal from Fr. Martin about his own vocation. Together with Fifth and Sixth class, they recited a decade of the Rosary daily, asking Mary Our Mother to guide and protect them always.
Fifth and Sixth class completed projects on The Miracles of Jesus which highlighted the ways in which Jesus served others selflessly. They concluded our Friday Assembly with a hymn which asks us all to use the gifts and talents that we have been given. Learning what our gifts and talents are is one way of finding our true vocation and putting them to use for God.
As we conclude our celebration of Irish Catholic Schools Week, we ask God to fill our school with warm welcomes, happy hearts, a love of learning, contented classrooms and friendship and fun. Amen.
