St Mary's Primary School

We always enjoy meeting the young people from St. Mary's as we always have a wonderful day. There were lots of conversations about the Sacrament of Confirmation and it was great to hear the young peoples' opinions and thoughts.

We also played games and had fun doing lots of different activities.

 

Focus: 

For our focus we decided to do the sun, sky, sand and sea to represent the land that God gave us to live on, and we put the kites in the sky to represent our feelings going everywhere.

Music:
We picked The Climb because this song reminds you that we have to overcome things in life.
We also picked You've Got a Friend in Me because we're going to secondary school and will be meeting new friends and we have to remember each other.

Scripture:
You are the light of the world - (Matt:5)

Prayers:

Dear God

Help us to live like Jesus and love people 

who are less fortunate, and help people this year 

who receive the sacrament of confirmation

Lord hear us

Poster:
We picked Helping Hands because we are all children of God and we should all give him a helping hand as he wanted us to do it.

St. Patrick's Primary School

It was great to see the young people from St.Patrick's again. We all had a lovely relaxing day and talked about Confirmation. Everyone participated in the activities and games. The young people also took the time to listen to their classmates. The effort the young people put into their prayer service showed they enjoyed their day.

Focus:

We made the sea because it looks like it is calm, and we were very calm and peaceful during prayer time.

We made the sun because Jesus is the light if the world and so is the sun. The night background makes the sun stand out and Jesus shines through the darkness.

The stars are the children of God because there are so many stars and children of God.

Music:

We picked Born This Way because we are different in our own way, but can always be the same by helping others. We want everyone to clap there hands to this song.
You've got a friend in me - We picked this song because it is a song about friendship and when someone  feels down we can always make them feel better

Scripture:
You are the light of the world (Matt:5) We think this story means, do not be afraid to show your personalities and let people see what you can do. Remember that there is no need to hide away, so show  yourselves and everyone will see how good you are.

 Prayers:

Poster:
We are all unique in a very different way and we reach for our goals.
We chose we are special because everyone is unique and special in the own way.

Our Lady's Girl's Primary School

 It was lovely to see the girls of Our Lady's primary school. We had such a wonderful retreat day talking about our Confirmation. We participated in a lot of fun activities, games, discussion, art and meditation, and had a great time listening to everyone on their ideas of confirmation.

Focus:

We made water because it is a symbol of Jesus being baptised, the candles symbolize fire which is a sign of the Holy Spirit, and the kites represent us, the wind guides the kites like God guides us.

 Music:
Born This Way - Lady GaGa: We chose this song because we are all different, and we should be proud of who we are.
Hero: We picked this song because God is our hero and we should follow our heros.

 Scripture:

You Are The Light of The World (Mt 5) - Because God gave all of us a light and it's up to us to each one of us to shine that light. We can do this by helping others.

 Prayers:

 Poster:

We chose Hands of God because we think it's suitbale for our picture, and we are the hands of God. We do God's work for him when we are kind, loving, gentle, caring, friendly and forgiving.

Focus:
We made this because it represents Jesus. Jesus is the light of the world.
We made the cross because Jesus died on the cross and it reminds us of Jesus.
We made the kites because they represent us.
Our hands represent our class.

Music:
Miley Cyrus - The climb. No matter how hard life gets or how many goals we have to reach, we always have help from our friends and God.
Michael Jackson - Man in the mirror. We chose this song because we are making a change. We are looking at our reflections on the day of our confirmation.

Scripture:
You are the light of the world (Matt:5). This story told us that we all have a light inside of us that God gave us and we need to shine that light for everyone in the world.

 Prayers:

Poster:

We chose Helping Hands because everyone is working together.