The 6 form Chaplaincy Group help a great cake sale today in aid of Macmillan Coffee Morning. Students and staff brought in cakes and biscuit galore, many were home made by parents, pupils and staff. We had so many donations that the sale had to be held over both lunch times and break time.

We also had a huge chocolate cake, and for 50p you could guess the weight of the cake. The winner was Mrs Devi from the Technology Department, who guessed 3pound 5 ounces and the weight was 3 pound 10.

The six formers and staff worked very hard and successfully raise £143.67 well done to everyone who contributed in anyway. I am sure the money will contribute to the hard work the Macmillan Charity do in caring for people with cancer. Bless you.

Today we had our first Lightfever of this academic year. The students of St Edmund’s love Lightfever, they welcome the opportunity to come into the Chapel during lunchtime or tutor time to light a candle and say a quiet prayer quietly for their friends, family or themselves. All our welcome, sometimes members of staff come in to join us too.
We ask that each students that comes, bring a friend, sometimes students go back into the dinner hall and invite their friends into the Chapel.
After they have lit their candle, said a prayer and had some quiet reflection time, they often want to light another candle. We have music playing in the background from many artist including music by CJM and Matt Redman.
Lightfever is on the last Thursday of every month and is based on the ‘Pillar nights’ that take part in the Diocese. Invited people into your place of worship.

On Friday our 6 form and Chaplaincy Team will be holding a Macmillan Cake Sale. This Charity is close to many people’s hearts and we are kindly asking students and staff to bring in any cakes for sale. Also, parents could you please send you child into school with some extra money, 50p if possible.
There will also be an opportunity to guess the weight of the cake, this will be 50p a go, the winner gets a cake for Friday night tea!
There are now 2.5 million people in the UK living with cancer. By 2030, it will be 4 million people, and we want to be there for them all.
One in three of us will get cancer, and it will be one of the toughest things we’ll ever have to face. Our goal is to make sure no one faces cancer alone.
We provide medical, emotional, practical and financial support, as well as campaigning for better cancer care. And because cancer affects more than just those facing it, we’re there for friends and family too. We are Macmillan.

Thank you in advance for your support and generosity

St Edmund’s Catholic Academy were placed 3^rd in the Tettenhall & District Horticultural Society’s Annual Show on 2 September 2017 at a presentation at Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton.  Year 8 student Bhavesh Balarajan was presented with a Certificate and received the Cooper Cup for the 3^rd Best School Garden for this year.  The garden has been nurtured by our member of staff, Mrs Rous, who attended the event with Bhavesh and his family.  A group of students with an interest in horticulture have worked tirelessly with Mrs Rous this year to learn about and grow a variety of produce.

Bhavesh was  very proud to collect the award on behalf of the academy.

Education Sunday
Education Sunday took place in all parishes yesterday, on Sunday 10 September 2017.
Education Sunday is a day of celebration for all those involved in education. For over a century it has been part of an ecumenical celebration in which the Catholic Church participates. The Catholic Education Service’s theme for Education Sunday 2017 is ‘gathered in my name’.
Education Sunday is an opportunity for schools and parishes to come together to celebrate and give thanks for all the students, staff and parents who work so hard in and for Catholic schools. It is also a chance for us to reflect upon the contribution that Catholic education makes to our communities.
The staff of St Edmund’s Catholic Academy ’ gathered’ together to marked this day during their Staff Briefing with the intersessions;-
INTERCESSIONS
Lord, we pray that we may be a community where all are welcome. Welcome to pray, to worship,
to explore. May these communities provide comfort to the lonely, hope for the broken and rest
to the weary. Help us to create spaces where people can come together with love and respect for
difference.
Be present in those spaces, to heal divisions and to forge friendships.
Lord, hear us
O Lord hear my
We pray that our schools may be places where all are welcome, Welcome to learn, to study,
to work. Help us to support the excluded and to stand alongside those who need us. We pray
particularly for students and staff who come to us as refugees. May we greet them with the love
they deserve, and provide the safety they seek. May our campuses be places of tolerance, inclusion
and diversity.
Lord, hear us
O Lord hear my prayer, O Lord hear my prayer
We pray that governments may see the value of difference and enact policies that welcome and
do not turn away. Where injustice reigns, may hearts be changed and may walls that have been
built be torn down. Make us instruments of change and give us the courage not to stand on
the sidelines but to fight injustice in our communities and be witnesses to the Gospel message
of inclusion. Mould us into prophetic voices for change, that we may in turn mould our
communities into your kingdom.
Lord, hear us
O Lord hear my prayer.

The Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception as the child of Saints Joachim and Anne.
We celebrated this Feast on Friday by welcoming the New Year 12’s in their next part of their education here at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy, many who were already members of the St Edmund’s family and others from different schools.
We hope they feel the presence of our Lord every day and that his love gives them the strength to be people of God in all they say and do.
After Mass some of the Altar Servers placed a plant at the foot of our new statue of our lady in the peace garden. Saint Augustine described the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary as an event of cosmic and historic significance, and an appropriate prelude to the birth of Jesus Christ. “She is the flower of the field from whom bloomed the precious lily of the valley,” he said.

On Tuesday September, we welcomed year 7 to the Community of St Edmunds Catholic Academy by inviting them and their families to celebrate Mass in the Arena.

Many of the new students took part in the mass, reading and bringing the gifts of bread and wine to the Altar. We are blessed with lots of new Altar Servers from different churches who are a credit to their parishes. Fr Mark and the staff  were impressed with the service they gave.

We wish all the new students and staff a happy time at St Edmund’s and look forward to seeing them develop into the saints they can be, as Mrs Hughes said ‘one of them may even be the future Prime minster or a future Olympian’.

Prayers to Begin a School Year

God of wisdom and might,

we praise you for the wonder of our being,

for mind, body and spirit.

Be with our children as they begin

a new school year.

Bless them and their teachers and staff.

Give the strength and grace as their bodies grow;

wisdom and knowledge to their minds

as they search for understanding;

and peace and zeal to their hearts.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Part of Bishop Cleary Catholic Multi Academy Company, St Michael’s are seeking to appoint a motivated, adaptable and well-qualified Site Manager to maintain and improve the academy building and grounds. Our excellent, hard-working staff and pupils are looking for a site manager with a high calibre of DIY skills, excellent communication at all levels and good working knowledge of Health and Safety to join our team.

For more information, please follow this link below:

http://stmichaels-academy.co.uk/jobs/