Attentive & discerning
This half term (Autumn 2, 2019), we are focusing on the Catholic virtues of being attentive and discerning.
Pupils are growing to be attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.
What does it mean?
Catholic schools help their pupils grow by promoting the practice of attentive reflection and discerning decision making in teaching, in the examen, prayer and retreats; and through the practice and example of school leaders and staff.
This half term (Autumn 2, 2019), we are focusing on the Catholic virtues of being attentive and discerning.
Pupils are growing to be attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.
What does it mean?
Catholic schools help their pupils grow by promoting the practice of attentive reflection and discerning decision making in teaching, in the examen, prayer and retreats; and through the practice and example of school leaders and staff.
Pupils at St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School are growing to be . . . Grateful for their own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day; and generous with their gifts, becoming men and women for others. Attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices. |
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Compassionate towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and loving by their just actions and forgiving words.
Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.
Eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.
Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.
Curious about everything; and active in their engagement with the world, changing what they can for the better.
Intentional in the way they live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience; and prophetic in the example they set to others.
Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.
Eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.
Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.
Curious about everything; and active in their engagement with the world, changing what they can for the better.
Intentional in the way they live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience; and prophetic in the example they set to others.
