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St Mary's Catholic Church

Tue 24 Mar 2020 Fr M Pratt

The Catholic church of St Mary’s, Leek

Compton

Staffordshire

ST13 5NH

Monday 23 March, 2020

Dear Parishioners,

This evening, Monday 23 March, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, has asked everyone in the United Kingdom to stay at home except for shopping for necessities, exercise, medical care and travelling to and from essential work to stop the spread of the virus.

This means that it will no longer be possible to open the church for private prayer.

However, I want to assure you that I will celebrate Mass every day and keep all of you in my prayers.

I would like to encourage all of you to continue to watch the live stream Masses, making a daily Spiritual Communion with your daily prayers and to keep in touch with your families, friends and fellow parishioners.

Keep looking at the Deanery and parish Facebook pages.

Let’s encourage and look after each other. Let’s do all we can to stop the virus.

It may be tough, but we can get through this together.

‘O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.’ The psalm writer had strong faith, we can have confidence that the Lord will be our refuge at this time.

Fr Martin

Parish Priest

This parish is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham Registered Charity No 234216

Home-learning Information 23.03.2020

Mon 23 Mar 2020 Mrs M Kelsey

Dear Parent/Carer

Yesterday, Jesus reminded us in the Gospel that he is the light of the world. We remember the famous quote that, ‘It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.’ We pray that we have the strength to be His light in our community as we draw on the strength of Jesus, the light of the world.

As part of our community effort, we will try to develop some form of ‘new normality’ for our pupils. The lesson patterns for Year N- Y6 will be as follows starting from tomorrow morning (24^th March):

All information regarding your child’s learning can be found on our website. Please click onto the “Pupils” tab, then click on “Home Learning” and then double click on your child’s year group. Please ensure that the following timetable is followed:

EYFS to Year 4 will have work allocated daily via the school website by 9.30am

Year 5 and Year 6 – 9.30-10.30 and 11.00-12 there will be live lessons through the platform

Teachers have posted their email addresses on the individual class pages should you have any questions or queries regarding the work which has been set.

We expect all of our pupils to take part in the lessons like any normal school day. This will reduce a sense of boredom or frustration and establish a routine, which is so important to all of us as it improves our mood and feelings. Please remember to telephone the school office by 9:00am if your child is unwell so we know they will not be taking part in lessons that day. No doubt, there will be some teething problems. If your child is not able to access the lessons/online material, please contact the school office on 01538 493888. We are here to help!

We are currently working on the possibility of providing additional IT equipment for those that need it but please be patient. In the meantime, we can issue packs of work by arrangement. Again, please telephone 01538 493888 to let us know.

As a reminder, there will be PE activities posted on the class pages every day in order for your child to remain active and not fall into unhealthy patterns of behaviour, which in turn can make them feel worse.

I appeal to you to prevent your child from meeting friends and socialising in groups. It is clear that the government need us to self-isolate for the sake of our loved ones and, indeed, the whole nation. We must try our best to stay at home!

Again, I assure you that we will be here for you throughout the period of school closure. You may just want a chat or inform us about how your child is dealing with the social distancing requirements in the fight against COVID-19; please call or email! Any photos of your child working at home/ keeping fit etc. will be gratefully appreciated, as we want to keep all of our spirits high!

You all remain in my prayers.

God bless

Mrs G Turner

Principal

See you all soon......

Fri 20 Mar 2020 Mrs M Kelsey

Saying "Goodbye" to you all today was quite emotional.

We know that for most of our children, today will be the last day for quite some time that you will attend school. We did not expect to have to close so soon.

We would like to say a great big "THANK YOU" to each and every one of our families for all of your support and co-operation not only during this very challenging week but throughout the year as well.

This week has proven to be our toughest yet, but we are so lucky to be part of such a positive and spirited community.

We will update the website daily and remain in touch with you through Facebook and texts. And remember, we are always at the other end of the phone for you too.

Take Care all of you.
We will keep you all in our thoughts & prayers.

With love, all the Staff of St. Mary's xx

Information re Public Acts of Worship in our Church beginning on 20.03.2020 until further notice

Wed 18 Mar 2020 Mrs M Kelsey

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