Catholic Social Teaching
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As a school, we follow the Catholic Social Teaching Principles. These are:
- Human Dignity
- The Common Good
- Participation
- Subsidiarity
- Stewardship
- Preferential Option for the Poor
- Solidarity
- Distributive Justice
- Promoting Peace
These Catholic Social Teaching Principles come from Scripture, but also from the leaders of the Catholic Church. By following these Principles, we are becoming people that God wants us to be.
Please watch this short video explaining what Catholic Social Teaching is:
Catholic Social Teaching Principles link with our class Saints as follows:
| Class | Saint | Catholic Social Teaching Principle |
| Nursery | The Holy Family | Solidarity |
| Reception | St Joseph | Participation |
| Year 1 | St Mother Teresa of Calcutta | Preferential Option for the Poor |
| Year 2 | St Francis of Assisi | Stewardship |
| Year 3 | St Oscar Romero | Promotion of Peace |
| Year 4 | Blessed Carlo Acutis | The Common Good |
| Year 5 | St Vincent de Paul | Distributive Justice |
| Year 6 | St Maximillian Kolbe | Human Dignity |
The Catholic Social Teaching Principles are taught throughout all subjects and links made to our own lives and the things we see around us.
Catholic Social Teaching is about the action we can take when we see social injustice. Some of the actions that we take as a school are shown under the 'Charitable Outreach' and 'Living it out' tabs.
We are proud to have achieved the Live Simply award as both a school and parish providing opportunities for our staff, children and parishioners to put the Catholic Social Teaching principles in lived action.