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St Francis Catholic Primary School
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St Francis' Catholic Primary School
Horns Lane, Goosnargh, PR3 2FJ.

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    • BBC North West- our TV debut!
    • CHILDREN’S QUESTIONNAIRES AND VOICE
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    • WEBSITES FOR ME
    • SCHOOL MAGAZINE
    • CHILDREN’S BLOGS
      • BEACON CLASS BLOGS
    • Gardening
    • Choir
    • Here to Keep You Smiling!
      • STORY TIME WITH MISS DEAKIN
        • BOB AND THE MOONTREE MYSTERY
        • NORMAN THE SLUG
        • MERMAID
        • HANDA’S HEN
        • MISS. DEAKIN’S BLOOPERS
        • THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT
        • THE GRUFFALO
        • SHARING A SHELL
        • THE SMARTEST GIANT IN TOWN
        • ROOM ON THE BROOM
        • WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
        • WINNIE IN SPACE
        • WINNIE THE WITCH
      • STORY TIME WITH MR MCGILL
        • BARRY THE FISH WITH FINGERS
        • BARRY AND THE HAIRY SCARY MONSTER
        • GORDON
        • SUPERTATO
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Latest News

Preston Small Schools Champions!

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Achieving the Primary Science Quality Mark-GILT AWARD…

Well done to all of our dedicated staff…

CAFOD CLUB Help the Homeless

HELP THE HOMELESS THIS WINTER! Our schoo…

Season of Creation! Laudato, we’ll Si what we can do!

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Collaboration Concert 2023

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Art Gallery beauty

What a stunning art gallery we held in s…

Aargh! It’s all go!

Last week, we had our first ever joint r…

Celebrating 100 years of Disney

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Collaboration Music Showcase-come along!

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First Holy Communion

Last Sunday was incredibly special for 1…

A beautiful May Procession

What a glorious day for our annual May P…

Amazing Learning Bonanza!

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Easter at Hill Chapel

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Strawberry DNA…with Reception Class?!

Well, this is an interesting week and I…

Action packed!

As we return to school this week, we loo…

Trout farming, The Linking Network and lots of fun!

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A lovely end to 2022-Merry Christmas from us all!

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Christmas Mass times

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Last Friday, we had a superb band and ch…

Infant Nativity Joy

As we reflect on what Advent means for u…

Prayer and Liturgy

Prayer and Liturgy

COLLECTIVE WORSHIP

Prayer and Liturgy

During the season of creation

Beacon Class Year 5/6

Fairsnape Class Year 3/4

Parlick Class Year 1/2

Pendle class – Reception Class

 

PLANNING THEIR OWN PRAYER AND LITURGY

 

 

CHILDREN TAKE THE LEAD

The children from Fairsnape class have been planning their own class Liturgies. In groups, they have selected a topic to plan for. They have gathered their own resources, found bible readings and prayers.This week we have learnt about Creation from the Children. The sessions were delivered beautifully with so much maturity.

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PRAYER SPACES AROUND SCHOOL

DEEPENING OUR FAITH TOGETHER

‘deepening our faith and rejoicing together’

With Christ at our centre, prayer, worship and liturgical celebration are central to our Catholic values and form an integral part of the school day. Prayer is encouraged in a variety of methods; – private individual prayer, group prayer, and whole school prayer. We have a prayer area in school, bible buddies, prayer bags (which are sent home in each class), prayer leaders in assemblies and our enthusiastic and liturgy leaders during our class prayer and liturgy time.

Every Monday morning, Miss Deakin leads the assembly base on the Sunday Gospel and this follows the liturgical year. The children are active participants and displays in the hall support the teachings of the assembly. Every Tuesday, we have class mass and Fr Sony leads us in church. Each Friday morning, Miss Deakin leads Golden award celebration assembly and the children enjoy learning traditional hymns and engaging songs. Sometimes, we have a focus which the children will lead, especially if they have planned a charity event and the children will also present to the whole school as party of care for our common home.

Each child takes part in a daily act of worship that lasts for 10 minutes. Traditional and formal prayers are used at lunchtime and to open and close the school day sessions. The children also plan and lead acts of worship within each of their classes. This happens daily and the children from Year 3  lead Lectio Divina and we are beginning to incorporate Visio Divina to further enhance and deepen our experiences with God.

Each class has a rota for leading prayer and liturgy and four children come together to plan the special worship time for the rest of the class. There are four children to correspond with the four parts of our prayer and liturgy structure and each class has four separate packs of resources to support the children’s independence and leading of the worship. The children use this template to plan and ensure careful connection with the class to enable the scripture to reach and touch each individual child. This is all part of deepening our relationship with God and developing our human person.

 

 

LIVING, FEELING, DREAMING BIG BOOKS

Collective Worship across every class uses the same structure.  We gather, using prayers or actions or music.  We encourage children, who play musical instruments to use their talents in the gather part of the worship, to set the mood and calmly engage their peers. We then listen to scripture readings.  We reflect on the meaning of the scripture and something picture to consider what it is saying to us.   Finally, we go forth by reflecting on the scripture and taking this forward into our work throughout the day.  In each class, there is a prayer and liturgy book where pictures, planning templates and responses are kept as a reminder and record of the acts of worship.

 

REFLECTIVE PRAYER AND LITURGY

Thoughtful and reflective prayer and liturgy

Children in Beacon class have been planning and leading some very thoughtful and reflective prayer and liturgy sessions this term, all based on different themes.

 

 

 

ST FRANCIS’ FEAST DAY MASS

LEADING THE WAY

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Not only do children lead their own liturgies in he classroom, the children played a huge part in the mass to celebrate the feast day of St Francis. Many parishioners and parents commented oN how ‘grown up’, ‘thoughtful’ and ‘amazing’ our children are. Thank you to everyone who came along to celebrate our important feast day. 

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Latest Posts

  • Preston Small Schools Champions! 24th November 2023
  • Achieving the Primary Science Quality Mark-GILT AWARD… 22nd November 2023
  • CAFOD CLUB Help the Homeless 10th November 2023
  • Season of Creation! Laudato, we’ll Si what we can do! 13th October 2023
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  • ABOUT US
    ▼
    • Mission Statement
    • VISION, VALUES AND AIMS
    • Our School
      ▼
      • School Day
      • School Dinners
      • School Uniform
    • Contact
    • Catholic Life at St. Francis’
    • RE Inspection Section 48
    • Meet the Staff
    • Governors
      ▼
      • St. Francis’ Governors
      • Foundation Governors
      • Governor Attendance
    • Prospectus
    • Parish Links
    • Privacy Notices
    • British Values
  • PARENT INFORMATION
    ▼
    • Holidays & Term Dates
    • Breakfast and After School Club
    • PTFA
      ▼
      • PTFA Review 2022 2023
      • Social Media Link
      • 50/50 Club
    • Parent Questionnaire
    • What do parents and children think?
    • Admissions and Prospectus
    • Attendance and Working Together
  • SCHOOL INFORMATION
    ▼
    • Ofsted
    • News
    • Newsletters
      ▼
      • Newsletters 2022 2023
      • Newsletters 2023 2024
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    • Headteacher’s Blog
    • CONTACT FORM
    • Sports Premium
    • Pupil Premium
    • POLICIES
    • Special Educational Needs
      ▼
      • Special Educational Needs
        ▼
        • ACCESSIBILITY PLAN
        • FIND NEWSLETTERS
    • REMOTE LEARNING OFFER
    • Complaints
    • Financial Benchmarking
    • Exam & Assessment Results
    • Financial Benchmarking
  • CLASS PAGES
    ▼
    • PRE-SCHOOL
      ▼
      • The Land of Pure Imagination
      • About our Nursery and Pre-School
      • Meet the Team
      • Prospectus
      • Gallery
      • Things you need
    • Pendle – Reception Class
      ▼
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
    • Parlick – Year 1&2
      ▼
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
    • Fairsnape – Year 3/4
      ▼
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and home learning
    • Beacon – Year 5/6
      ▼
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
  • Faith, RE & HRSE
    ▼
    • Catholic Life & Mission
      ▼
      • Catholic Mission – LIVING, FEELING, DREAMING
      • Catholic Social Teaching at St. Francis
        ▼
        • Catholic Social Teaching in action!
        • Fundraising and Charity Work
        • Mission Together
        • CAFOD Club
          ▼
          • CAFOD KIDS
      • Parish Links
    • Religious Education
      ▼
      • RE INTENTION WHOLE SCHOOL
      • RE Curriculum Nursery & Pre-School
      • RE Curriculum Reception Class
      • RE Year 1 & 2 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Year 3 & 4 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Year 5 & 6 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Policy
      • Prayer and Liturgy Policy 2023 2024
      • RE Inspection Section 48
    • Collective Worship
    • Wednesday Word
    • RE Inspection Section 48
    • HRSE
      ▼
      • HRSE/RSE
      • HRSE Policy
      • TenTen Parent Portal
    • Catholic Education Service – support and resources
      ▼
      • Mental Health Resources
      • Laudato Si and Environmental Resources
        ▼
        • Laudato Si at Home
        • Laudato Si at School
        • Laudato Si Role Models
      • RSE in Catholic Schools
  • Curriculum
    ▼
    • Whole School Curriculum Overview
    • Curriculum Progression Maps
    • Curriculum Leaders
    • CURRICULUM OVERVIEWS
      ▼
      • St. Francis Nursery and Pre-School Curriculum Map
      • Reception Class Curriculum
      • Year 1/2 Cycle A
      • Year 1/2 Cycle B
      • Year 3/4 Cycle A
      • Year 3/4 Cycle B
      • Year 5/6 Cycle A
      • Year 5/6 Cycle B
    • English
      ▼
      • Writing
      • Reading
        ▼
        • Reading Resources
    • Phonics
      ▼
      • Phonics and Reading Schemes
    • Maths
      ▼
      • Maths Progression Maps
      • Maths Progression Maps
    • Science
      ▼
      • Working Scientifically Progression Map
    • History
    • Geography
    • Art and Design
    • DT
    • Music
    • Computing
    • PE
    • Sports
      ▼
      • Sports News
    • MFL
  • SAFEGUARDING
    ▼
    • Safeguarding
    • Parents & Family Support
    • Early Help
    • WELL-BEING
    • Childrens’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
    • Online Safety
    • Safer School App
    • COVID-19 INFORMATION
      ▼
      • REMOTE LEARNING OFFER
      • COVID-19 CATCH-UP FUNDING
      • COVID-19 POWERPOINT REPORT
  • ENRICHMENT
    ▼
    • CAFOD Club
      ▼
      • CAFOD KIDS
    • Rabbit Kingdoms and Cluckingdom Palace!
    • The Land of Pure Imagination
    • Tower Wood
    • ST. FRANCIS CLUBS
    • TRIPS AND VISITORS
    • BBC North West- our TV debut!
    • CHILDREN’S QUESTIONNAIRES AND VOICE
    • GLEE CLUB
  • KID’S ZONE
    ▼
    • Hold On – The Only Way Is Up!
    • ST.FRANCIS TEAM – ELECTRIC DREAMS!
    • SCHOOL COUNCIL
    • ECO-COUNCIL
    • WHAT MIGHT THE FUTURE HOLD?
    • WEBSITES FOR ME
    • SCHOOL MAGAZINE
    • CHILDREN’S BLOGS
      ▼
      • BEACON CLASS BLOGS
    • Gardening
    • Choir
    • Here to Keep You Smiling!
      ▼
      • STORY TIME WITH MISS DEAKIN
        ▼
        • BOB AND THE MOONTREE MYSTERY
        • NORMAN THE SLUG
        • MERMAID
        • HANDA’S HEN
        • MISS. DEAKIN’S BLOOPERS
        • THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT
        • THE GRUFFALO
        • SHARING A SHELL
        • THE SMARTEST GIANT IN TOWN
        • ROOM ON THE BROOM
        • WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
        • WINNIE IN SPACE
        • WINNIE THE WITCH
      • STORY TIME WITH MR MCGILL
        ▼
        • BARRY THE FISH WITH FINGERS
        • BARRY AND THE HAIRY SCARY MONSTER
        • GORDON
        • SUPERTATO
        • SUPERTATO AND EVIL PEA
        • THE HIGHWAY RAT
  • Catholic Mission Shalom Academy link in Kenya