Shared Resources from Diocesan Schools

Below are some useful documents, activities and resource materials which schools have produced and are happy to share with other schools in the Diocesan family. You may choose to use, or not, or adapt accordingly. Please note that they have not been checked or approved by the DES and the choice to use them is a decision to be taken by the individual school.

Daily Worship

Here's Anna O'Driscoll's (St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Kings Norton), regular contribution for the final week of term. There is no Friday prayer for this week. Updated 13/7/2020

Here is Jen Roger's ( St. John Fisher Catholic College, Newcastle) contribution for this week. They are PowerPoint presentations.
Updated 13/7/2020

Georgie O'Gara (St. Benedict's, Alcester) has shared worship for the whole of this week. Updated 22/6/2020

Laura Byrne (Lay Chaplain at Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Coventry) has shared this video reflection especially for the Feast of the Sacred Heart on Friday 19 June. Updated 18/6/20

Weekly Worship and Take 5
Lauren Stunden (Lay Chaplain at Bishop Ullathorne School, Coventry) has created a Weekly Worship PowerPoint to share. The school are also participating in 'Take 5 Tuesday' where the whole community, wherever they are, stop to join together in prayer.
Updated 13/7/2020

Tim Oxley (St. Edmund Campion, Erdington) has shared the school's Catholic Newsletter for this week. Please click on the image on the right to download it. Updated 13/7/20

Looking forward to First Holy Communion
This beautiful video was created by the Year 3 children and their teacher Laura Cole from St. Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Stratford.
Updated 15/6/20

Remembering the Month of May
The children at St. Wulstan's Catholic Primary School, Stourport, have shared their memories of the Month of May dedicated to Our Lady. And, over in Wolverhampton, the children of Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy have shared their May Procession Updated 17/6/20

The Children at Our Lady's, Cowley, Oxford

Laura Byrne (Lay Chaplain, Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Coventry) has shared a reflection for this week. It is really pertinent in relation to the recent events in America. You will also find one for next week, the feast of Corpus Christi. Updated 11/6/20

Prayer Card Our Lady of Lourdes MAC have created this prayer card which is going in the stationary packs for pupils on their return to school. Updated 11/6/20

The Modern Foreign Languages Department at St. Edmund Campion, Erdington, have also produced some prayers to Our Lady of Fatima and prayers of The Rosary in Spanish, French, Italian and Polish. Updated 27/5/2020
St. Martin de Porres is the patron saint of interracial harmony as well as the patron saint for public health and education, barbers and hairdressers too. The MFL department have created a fact file and translated a prayer into Spanish asking for St. Martin's intercession . There is also an audio recording of it.

Trinity Sunday You may wish to share this prayer service with your students. It is from the team at St. Thomas Aquinas. The reflection has been written by Monsignor Timothy Menezes and is especially poignant referencing the death of George Floyd and the importance of relationships. You can download it as a Word document here.

Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing
Fran Fisher (St. Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester), has shared two of the school's Wellbeing Bulletin for students. They are Word copies so that you can adapt and modify them for your own settings.
Updated 3/6/20

Mental Health Awareness Week 18-24 May 2020
Allie Mason (St. Augustine's Catholic High School and 6th Form, Redditch) has shared a short PowerPoint Assembly.
Updated 18/5/2020

St. Peter's, Leamington Spa, wanted to share their Lockdown Party. We have really enjoyed seeing all the imaginative ways in which teachers and pupils across the whole Diocese are sending out messages of love and support to one another. Updated 19/5/2020

Charlotte Rowley (St. Thomas More, Longton) was inspired by ideas from other schools and so has created a Spirituality Bulletin for the school. Updated 19/5/2020

We Will Remember
Trish Johnston (St. Anne's, Streetly) has shared an audio recording of CJM's beautiful hymn of remembrance to those who gave their loves for others. This could be used in Collective Worship. Updated 19/5/2020

May is the Month of Mary

Virtual May Procession: St. Bernard's, Moseley, have shared their beautiful May Procession. Updated 27/5/20

Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School have just published their May Newsletter. The front cover is another beautiful piece of art from Miss Ward.

A Prayer Card for the Month of Mary shared by Sarah Mullin (Priory School, Edgbaston)

Katherine Hodgkinson (St. Filumena's, Caverswall) explains how to create a May Altar at home.

Hymn Practice

James Shingler (St. Mary's, Cannock) is going to pray the Rosary using Zoom. He's wondering if all 100 spaces will be filled.

Hannah Davies (St. Augustine's Catholic Academy, Meir) has filmed a short hymn practice. Hannah leads on guitar whilst her brother accompanies her on drums. The three hymns are: Sing it in the Valleys, Veronica's Song and Happy Day. It can be used at home or at school. Please click on the image. Updated 4/5/2020

Daily Worship

Jen Rogers (Assistant Headteacher at St. John Fisher Catholic College, Newcastle) has kindly shared her Collective Worship for the week.

Anna O'Driscoll (Lay Chaplain at St. Thomas Aquinas School, Birmingham), has kindly shared a week's worth of Collective Worship for schools to use and/or adapt as they wish. Please click on the images to download.
Updated 27/04/2020

Audio recording of All Heaven Declares

Many thanks to Georgie O'Gara from St. Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester, who has shared this liturgy based on the 3rd Sunday of Easter: The road to Emmaus. Please click on the image to download the PowerPoint.
Updated 27/4/2020

Prayer

Lucy from St. Patrick's, Stafford has shared this lovely idea for children to create a prayer jar either at home or at school. Click on the image to see the instructions.
Updated 24/4/2020

Teachers at St. Peter's, Leamington Spa have produced a beautiful signed version of 'Be Still for the Presence of the Lord.' Please click on the image to download.
Updated 24/4/2020

Teaching Resources

Tara Hart from one of our Leamington schools reads The Tale of Three Trees
Updated 23/4/2020

Katherine Hodgkinson from the Painsley MAC shows children how to create their own Prayer Wall.
Updated 23/4/2020

Daily Worship

Kayla Pratt (Lead Spiritual Life Coordinator at Bishop Challoner Catholic College, Birmingham) has kindly shared these resources and links. Click on the images to go to the website pages. Updated 23/4/2020

Anna Howard, Lay Chaplain (Primary) at Painsley MAC has kindly shared this activity. A really clever way of sharing the Easter message by tearing up just one piece of paper. Click on the image to download the instructions.
Updated 20/4/2020

Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School have created a Holy Week edition of their school bulletin. It contains information about Holy Week and Easter. In addition to this are The Stations of the Cross so that all members of the community, although apart, are able to pray together.
The front cover artwork was created by Miss Ward, one of the teachers of Art.
Please click on the image to download the bulletin.
Updated 8/04/2020

Thank you to the resources shared from Anna O’Driscoll Lay Chaplain at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School

Prayer Service

Prayer Service Notes

Bidding Prayers

Isolation Poem