Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust

#BCWCAT Newsletter: Autumn/ Winter Edition 🎄 A joyful celebration of faith, community & creativity across our schools – from Advent reflections to festive crafts & choir concerts! 📖 Read: sway.cloud.microsoft/Jc1ZMmveBP1UYx… Wishing you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ✨💛

Eid Mubarak to all in our Trust community who are celebrating this weekend. We wish you a peaceful and joy-filled Eid, surrounded by family, friendship and moments of gratitude. May this special time bring continued hope, kindness and unity across our communities 🌙✨

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. ✝️ Though school is closed for half term, we keep all our families in prayer. “Return to me with all your heart.” – Joel 2:12 We look forward to our Lenten journey together. 💜 @bcw_cat #AshWednesday #Lent #SJKRE

🥞✝️ Happy Shrove Tuesday! Today we prepare our hearts for Lent, remembering God’s call: “Return to me with all your heart.” (Joel 2:12) Wishing all our families a blessed day. @bcw_cat #BestDaysOfTheirLives #SJKRE

We have spent the first day of our French adventure learning about the First World War and we laid a wreath and said some prayers to pay our respects #lestweforget #bestdaysoftheirlives @bcw_cat #year6ontour

Footloose comes to the Ignis Theatre in February 2026! Come and support our talented students in this high-energy school production. Tickets are on sale at tickets.bcwcat.co.uk 📆Wednesday 4th February, Thursday 5th February, Friday 6th February 📍Ignis Theatre 🕖7PM 🎟️£7

Oak class started off the year with some musical theatre in P.E. They learned some choreography and showed excellent musicality and unison when dancing. #SJKpe #OakClass #dance

We celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany with a whole School Mass @bcw_cat @mark10mission

✨Wishing you a Happy New Year from the BCWCAT✨ As 2025 ends, we thank our pupils, staff, families and governors for their support and togetherness - thank you for making it such a special year. May the new year bring you peace, joy, and all the best for 2026!

🌟 Amazing year at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Keighley! 🌟 ✅ Good Ofsted 2025 🎉 Jubilee Year of Hope Summer Fayre bringing our community together 🎓 Celebrating our wonderful Class of 2025! Huge thanks to our pupils, families, staff & parish 💙👏

✨ As we wrap up 2025, we’re taking a moment to look back and celebrate some of the incredible achievements across our Trust. 📖 Read more in our latest newsletter: lnkd.in/ePWJm-QW

"Let us open our hearts to the love of God made visible in the Child born in Bethlehem." As the year ends, Pope Leo XIV invites Christians to look to the Child Jesus as our sign of hope for new life and a new year.

🎄✨ Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a joyful New Year! As 2025 draws to a close, we thank our community for their faith, support, and togetherness throughout the year. May your Christmas be filled with peace, love, and hope, and may 2026 bring new opportunities and blessings!

🎅✨ A little Christmas magic for our school community! We’re delighted to share a special video of Santa reading “The Night Before Christmas” for our pupils and families. As we prepare our hearts for Jesus’ birth, may this bring joy and wonder to your homes. 🎄🙏

On this holy night, we wait in hope and quiet expectation, ready to welcome the light of Christ into the world. May this Christmas Eve draw our hearts closer to Him. 🕯️✨ #ChristmasEve #Advent #CatholicLife #BCWCAT

We are delighted to have secured seats for FRIENDS! The Musical Parody at Alhambra Theatre and have 30 tickets available for KS4 and KS5 students. Don't miss out on this great opportunity! View our website for more information: sbsj.co.uk/News/Performin…

The fourth Advent candle invites us to reflect on LOVE. As Christmas draws near, its light reminds us that love is at the heart of the Advent journey. May this final week prepare our hearts to welcome Christ with love and joy. 🕯️💜 #Advent #Love #CatholicLife

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The pink candle -the Shepherd’s Candle - calls us to JOY. A moment of light in our Advent journey, it reminds us that Christ’s coming is near. May this joyful week renew our hearts and draw us closer to Him. 🕯️💗💜 #Advent #Joy #CatholicLife

We saw some great skill on the field for our annual Olympia Football competitions. All matches were played competitively, with encouragement from staff and students spectating. Congratulations to the overall winners St John House! ⚽🏆