Who were Jesus' Grandparents?

On July 26th, the Church celebrate the Feast Day of St. Joachim and St. Anne, the parents of the Virgin Mary. Despite the importance of their role as the maternal grandparents of Jesus, we do not know too much about them.

Regarding Joachim, we know that he was a shepherd from Jerusalem, married to Anne. They did not have any children, and they were a rather elderly couple when, one day, while Joachim was at work in the fields as usual, an angel appeared to announce the birth of a child, and Anna also had the same vision.

So they called their little girl Mary, which means “loved by God,” and then they moved to Nazareth, where they educated Mary, teaching her the law of the Lord. 

We keep our grandparents in our prayers and look forward to welcoming them into school and celebrating Grandparents Day together when the weather is warmer. We will keep you updated when we finalise a date for this special day.

SCA Feast Week

Our school's Feast Week is coming up in Week 4. A timetable of events will be coming out this week via Compass to all families. Please take note of three important events that need forward planning:

• Mass - all students will attend our Feast Day mass on Thursday 11 August, which is St Clare's Feast Day. Please complete the permission form via Compass for your child to travel to and from the Church.

• Special Lunch orders - to celebrate Feast week, Michelle in the canteen is providing special pasta days for us. Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 can have their special lunch order on Monday 8 August. Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 can have their special lunch order on Tuesday 9 August. You can place your child's order via QKR.

• 'S' dress up day - We do this every second year for Feast week and take a letter from our school's name each time - SCA. This year we are up to the letter 'S'. Come on board and have your child's outfit ready for Friday of Week 4, 12th August 2022!