School Mission Teams
Here at St. Mary’s we have a family of school mission teams who lead the way setting an example of how we can put our faith into action.
Our Understanding of Mission
Our Mission Day
We wanted our school mission tagline to be a reflection of the values and aims of what we believe our true mission to be. The children were asked to think about what they believe our mission is and then to capture it in a mission tagline.
Our Student RE Leaders and Staff Mission Team considered all of the children’s entries. They felt that the winning mission statement encapsulated our daily attentiveness in being open to listening to God’ so that we know what he wants us to do, to us carrying out his work and to do so through the two special values of love and compassion.
Our new mission statement tag line is:
‘Learning to live out our calling with compassion and love.’
To celebrate and explore our mission we held a Mission Day. All of the children took part in drama, music and art activities to both explore and celebrate out new mission.
Catholic Life Pledges
‘Serving others will change the world.’ Pope Francis, 2018
At St. Mary’s, we are aware that we are called to act out our faith. Being a Catholic is about showing our love for God by serving others in our daily lives. Our mission statement ‘Learning to Live Out Our Calling with Compassion and Love’ is at the core of the life of our school. We strive to actively live out our lives by listening and understaning the teachings of the gospel. We serve those around us with compassion and love and carry out our own personal discipleship.
Our calling to serve has led us to support each other and the wider school community through a very challenging time. We have served by focusing on charity projects, school community projects and environmental projects. Through these projects we answered the call to help those in greatest need of our love and compassion.
Our School Song
As part of our new Mission line launch, Year 6 have helped to write a new school song;
CHORUS
At St. Mary’s from over the water, in Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
As children of God we are guided, to learn and to grow through this time.
Verse 1.
The water on our badge is no mystery. It’s there to remind us of our history. The Lyme Brook running beside our school, surrounded the castle and protected its walls. CHORUS
Verse 2.
The castle had a chapel and so do we. God has been worshipped here for centuries. We have a special garden where we go to pray. It’s a quiet peaceful place to reflect on our day. CHORUS
Verse 3.
Mary is our mother and the star of the sea. Father Paul is our priest at Holy Trinity. We go to the Library and the Cinema in town. We are often at John Fisher and the College has us round. CHORUS
Verse 4.
There’s fitness clubs on after school. We are a healthy bunch. The gardening club grows lots of veg. We have it for our lunch. We sing and play in music clubs with opportunities-to bring our music into the community. CHORUS
