Catholic Social Teaching

Learning Council led staff meeting

The Learning Council led a staff meeting on the 22nd February to the full staff around Sustainability. They are working on Sustainability as it is part of the School Development Plan and is key in trying to keep costs down and keep the school site tidy.

The pupils led the staff meeting extremely well and presented key findings from their pupil questionnaires. They challenged staff to think about ways we can improve the provision for Sustainability further.

Sustainability Staff Meeting.pptx (2).pdf

Catholic Social Teaching at STM

Catholic Social Teaching is based on the belief that God has a plan for creation, a plan to build his kingdom of peace, love and justice.

It holds that God has a special plan for every single one of us, whoever we are. Our part in this plan isn’t just limited to things ‘spiritual’, or times when we do “religious things.” It involves every aspect of our lives, from the things we pray about, to how we live as a responsible global citizen.

Our part in this is a vocation for the common good, a call to treat everyone as our brothers and sisters. It is something that we all share.

The Catholic Church has principles of social teaching that we share with our children through all that we do, through the curriculum, special events and activity and through our ordinary actions in school. These principles include:

Human Dignity

Common Good

Participation

Subsidiarity

Stewardship

Solidarity

Preferential Option for the Poor

Distributive Justice

Promoting Peace

The animal mascots are used throughout the school during whole school assemblies, class worship and teachings in RE.