St Michael’s Day, also called Michaelmas, is an annual Christian feast celebrated on September 29th.
St Michael’s church will be having their St. Michael’s Day Service on Sunday 26th September at 10.00am and have extended a warm invitation to anyone who would like to join.
Saint Michael is an archangel, a spiritual warrior in the battle of good versus evil. He is considered a champion of justice, a healer of the sick, and the guardian of the Church. In art Saint Michael is depicted with a sword, a banner, or scales, and is often shown vanquishing Satan in the form of a dragon.
As well as the annual celebration of St Michael’s Day, we are celebrating 150 years of St Michael’s school, which was founded in 1871.
Did you know our houses are named after people who were of significant interest in 1871, the year our school was founded.
Wright (blue)
Named after the American, brother pioneer aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright being born in 1871. The brothers are credited with inventing and building the World’s first successful aeroplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight in December 1903.
Nightingale (red)
Named after the nurse, Florence Nightingale, who did such pioneering work with wounded soldiers in the Crimean War and the Franco-Prussian war, which ended in 1871.
Livingstone (green)
Named after the famous Victorian explorer David Livingstone who was found in 1871 by fellow explorer Stanley after having been considered lost and presumed dead in Africa.
Patteson (yellow)
Named after Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, a missionary in the Polynesian islands who was killed in 1871 having being mistaken by native islanders as a slave trader. Having realised their mistake, they accorded a traditional island ‘burial’ to Bishop Patteson setting his body in a canoe to return to his ship. The islanders subsequently established a very devout Christian community.
We made an interesting find recently;the log books of a former headteacher written in 1907.
We hope to see you at St Michael’s church on the 26th.