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Advent Spirals and Rev Jenny Assemblies 10th - 17th December 2024
The children throughly enjoyed taking part in the Advent Spirals this week. It was a lovely, calm, spiritual atmosphere that allowed pupils to consider the true meaning of Christmas. A huge thank you to Rev Jenny for setting up such wonderful workshops, which followed whole school assemblies she led.
Christingle 29th November 2024
Rev Jenny Worship 6th November 2024
The children had the chance to reflect on Psalm 23 today, thanks to a wonderful Rev Jenny assembly.
Rev Jenny Worship 2nd October 2024
We were delighted to welcome Rev Jenny to school today. She led a wonderful worship, before visiting classes to discuss prayer and the Bible.
Harvest Celebration 1st October 2024
Today, we celebrated Harvest at St John's with a wonderful whole school assembly. Class 1 recited a poem and held up the vegetables they had drawn and then painted. Class 2 sang a Harvest song while wearing the Harvest hats they had made. Class 3 taught us about Harvest traditions that are celebrated across the world. Finally, Class 4 shared Harvest facts about farmers and encouraged us to help save the planet. Thank you for all the family members who came, and for all the donations to the Silklife foodbank.
St Oswald Diary Dates Autumn 2024
We are so thrilled to share with you some diary dates from St Oswald’s. Please see the attached information sheet below, called Sacred Spaces.
- A whole school assembly on Wednesday 2nd October
- A Year 7 reunion event for all the children of Bollington on Thursday 24th October at St Oswald’s
- A Christingle Service at St Oswald’s on Friday 29th November at 4.30 pm. You are invited to go along and make the Christingles from 3.30pm
- An initiative called Sacred Spaces. This will run at St Oswald’s on Wednesdays from 3.30-4.30pm. There will be Contemplative Crafts to try, quiet music, a kettle and a brew and time to rest a while, or light a candle for someone you love. At 4pm, in one part of the church, there will be a chance to taste an ancient prayer practice - just for 10 minutes, suitable for all faiths or none, and each week there will be a different practice
Wednesday 17th July 2024
We held a wonderful annual event in school today. Our Year 6 children received their Leavers' Bibles from the Bollington Sunday School Foundation Trust.
Tuesday 16th July 2024
Thank you to Rev Jenny who came to school today to talk to the Year 6 children before they transition to High School. She gave them each a prayer bracelet, and the children shared their favourite school memories.
Wednesday 27th March 2024
Class 3 have had a fantastic day at St Oswald's church. They joined friends from Bollington Cross. The children were led around different stations, to think about the Easter story. After lunch there was a silent Easter Egg hunt. Finally, they performed songs for their parents.
Friday 22nd March 2024
Delighted to welcome Rev Jenny to school today, to lead our Easter worship. The children beautifully sang the Easter story and left the hall in quiet reflection.
Tuesday 13th February 2024
Today, we explored the importance of Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the Christian Calendar. We finished the day with a pancake treat!
Thursday 1st February 2024
Thank you to Rev Nancy for leading her first assembly of this academic year today.
Nativity December 2023
Our infant children were delightful retelling the Nativity today. Based on 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt,' the children journeyed to Bethlehem to meet the baby Jesus.
Harvest Celebration on Friday 29th September 2023
What a wonderful Harvest Assembly we held today. The children eloquently explained the Sustainable Development Goals and how we weave them into our learning. Thank you for all the donations which will be collected by Silklife on Monday. Our order of service, prepared for our Harvest Assembly, is attached below.
Thursday 13th July 2023
Thank you to Rev Nancy who held a special Year 6 assembly today, to talk to the children about transition and new beginnings.
Summer 2023
We have been delighted to welcome Rev Nancy to school this term to lead our Thursday worships. Here she is on St Peter's Day, 29th June, telling the children all about this saint and St Paul.
Easter 2023
Rev Nancy has visited school, and delivered an assembly on the significance of Lent and Easter. Please scroll down to 'Files to Download' to see the Easter services at St Oswald's this year.
Spring Term 2023
We are delighted to welcome Rev Nancy into school for worships again this term. We are currently focussing on our 'Christian Value' of Forgiveness.
Christmas Worship 15th December 2022
Our thanks to Rev Nancy for leading a wonderful Christmas worship in school today. Rev Nancy would like to invite you to the following services at St Oswald's Church, Bollington:
Christmas Eve
- Crib Nativity Service at 4pm (for 45 minutes)
- Midnight Mass at 11:15pm
- Christmas Day Communion at 10:30am for an hour (bring your presents)
Christingle 4th December 2022
The Christingle Service this year is taking place at St Oswald's Church at 4pm on Sunday 4th December. It is a beautiful candlelit service, which is simple and short and designed to welcome all ages. It will be led by Rev Nancy, and you are all invited. The St Oswald team will be having fun making all the Christingles in the All Age Worship at 10.30am that day. You are all warmly invited to this event as well.
November 2022
Wonderful to see Rev Nancy in school today leading a worship based on our current ‘Christian Value’ of Joy. We are thrilled that Nancy is able to lead worship every fortnight.
Harvest 30th September 2022
Today, we welcomed family members, governors, the PTA and Rev Nancy into school for our Harvest celebration. Please see our Harvest order of service in the attachments below. It was so very lovely to see the hall so full, and to see the PTA refreshment area back up and running. We have gathered all your generous Harvest donations and will be ensuring they get to the Silklife Foodbank as quickly as possible.
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Easter 2022
We had a joyous time celebrating Easter. The infant children read and acted the Easter story, sang songs and had a wonderful Easter bonnet parade. The junior children retold the Easter story through narration and song. Beverley came into school and led all the children in a 'Walk through Holy Week'. Finally, on the last day of term, Rev Nancy visited the children to talk about the importance of Easter.
Christingle December 2021
A huge thank you to Bev for coming into school and leading Chrsitingle workshops and puppet shows in all the classes.
Christingle means ‘Christ’s Light’ and it is a symbol of the Christian faith. Lots of churches hold Christingle services around Christmas time. The custom of giving out lighted candles in these services began in Germany in 1747 but it wasn't introduced to the Anglican Church in England until 1968.
Christingles are made up of different parts, each one being there to remind us of something.
- The orange represents the world.
- The candle reminds Christians of Jesus who they believe to be the light of the world.
- The red ribbon goes all round the 'world' and being the colour of blood, reminds Christians that Jesus died.
- The four cocktail sticks could have either of two meanings; the four seasons or the four corners of the world.
- The sweets (or sometimes dried fruit) remind Christians of God's gifts to the world including kindness and love.
- The foil is only there to catch waxy drips from the candle.
Our Kindness Avent December 2021
Please see below for all of St Oswald's Christmas services this year, including Christingle on 5th December.
Welcoming the New Starters October 2021
Thank you to Rev Nancy and Beverley who came from St Oswald's to welcome all our new Reception children as they start their journey with us at St John's. They brought their puppet Scruffy with them, and the children were delighted to meet him too.
Harvest 4th October 2021
We were thrilled to welcome Rev Nancy and Bev into school today to help us celebrate Harvest. Our Harvest Worship consisted of Class 1 showing artwork (with help from their reading buddies); Class 2 singing in their beautiful Harvest hats; Class 3 showing artwork and reading poems and Class 4 reading poems and reciting prayers. Rev Nancy then led us all in a final prayer before we sang ‘Shine Jesus Shine’ to finish.
Thank you to everyone who sent in donations, which have been gratefully received and collected by Hampers of Hope.
Rev Nancy's First Worship
We were delighted to welcome Rev Nancy into school to lead her first worship at St John's. As our current Christian Value is 'Respect,' Rev Nancy told the children the story of the Good Samaritan. We then ended worship with prayers and the song, 'Shine Jesus Shine.' While in school Rev Nancy met some of the members of our Ethos Group and signed our visitor’s book. Here is Rev Nancy meeting some members of our Ethos Group.
Chester Cathedral
We have been gifted the use of this beautiful picture of a stained glass window depicting St John the Baptist.
You can find this stained glass window at Chester Cathedral.
Our thanks go to Chester Cathedral and Elizabeth Moncrieff for this gift.
