Live Simply Award
St. Oswald’s Achieves the CAFOD Live Simply Award!
Celebrating Three Years of Living Simply, Sustainably, and in Solidarity
We are thrilled to share some wonderful news with our school community—St. Oswald’s Catholic Primary School has officially received the CAFOD Live Simply award! This fantastic accomplishment comes after three years of commitment and teamwork from our pupils, staff, and families, all inspired by the values in Pope Francis’ Laudato Si.
A huge thank you goes to James, Connie, Jessica, Louie, Bethany, Ciara, Max, Fr Dave, Miss Morris, and Mrs Orwin, who met with the CAFOD assessor on Wednesday to showcase our journey and all the amazing things we have achieved together. Their enthusiasm and dedication helped us celebrate everything that makes St. Oswald’s special.
Over the past three years, our school has embraced the challenge to “Live Simply, Sustainably, and in Solidarity.” From reducing waste through recycling and reusing, to looking after one another and our wider community, we have worked hard to make a positive difference in our world. Guided by Laudato Si, we’ve focused on respecting and appreciating ourselves, each other, and our beautiful world.
Respecting and valuing ourselves and those around us. Supporting our community and caring for the environment. Reducing waste, reusing, and recycling wherever we can. Helping others in need, both locally and globally and raising funds for a range of charities. Becoming more aware of God’s creation and our responsibility to care for it.
Receiving the CAFOD Live Simply award is a huge honour, but our journey doesn’t end here! We are excited to continue living by these values every day, making St. Oswald’s and the world better for everyone
LIVE SIMPLY – CELEBRATION MASS
On Friday 13 March, we celebrated Mass with Bishop Tom Neylon in church, for St. Oswald’s school achieving the CAFOD Live Simply award.
We are very proud of our achievements over the last 3 years and we continue our journey to Live Simply, Sustainably and in Solidarity with those less fortunate than ourselves around the world.
Bishop Tom spoke of the importance of the Live Simply award and commended our efforts and achievements in reducing waste and recycling as much as possible.
The children of St. Oswald’s very much linked their pledges for the awards, with the Year of Jubilee and made both individual and class pledges which are referenced regularly in school through assemblies and our daily actions. We are very proud of our amazing staff and children!
Our special thanks to Bishop Tom and Fr Dave for helping us to celebrate our achievements and recognising all the hard work we have put in that has become a natural part of our daily lives in school. Also to our amazing Mini Vinnies and Year 6 prefects, who helped to lead the Mass, and were instrumental in the assessment process with a Mrs Orwin, Miss Morris and Fr Dave.
There are lots of things we can do at home to help us to live more simply. Ideas and tips are available on the Live Simply website.
