Old Sionians

Not long now until the Junior School Summer Fair. All Sion families and friends welcome.

If you are interested in finding out more about Sion for your child, our next Open Days are in September and October.

Please share with anyone who may be interested in attending.

Our latest newsletter is now available. Catch up with some of the news and activities that are going on this term.

May Newsletter | Our Lady of Sion We know that these children will grow into adults. However, what we do not yet know is the kind of person each one will be.

It's the start of the second half of the term. The sun is shining and it feels that Spring is in the air!

If you would like to catch up on everything that happened during the first half of term, our newsletter is on our website.

We will be holding our next Senior School Open Mornings during the week of Monday 21st - Friday 25th March.

Tours are available everyday and can be booked via our website. Private tours are also available at any time.
https://www.sionschool.org.uk/admissions/open-days/

If you know of anyone who might be interested in a senior school place (Year 7 - Sixth Form) please do share this message.

As past pupils of Our Lady of Sion, you may remember celebrating our Founders' Day each year on 20th January.

This year’s theme was based on something that Theodore Ratisbonne said:

“I want you to have hearts bigger than the whole world. The heart expands in the flame of love and this flame must set other flames alight”

We started our celebrations with an early morning get-together as a whole school community. Luckily it was a beautiful sunny Worthing morning, albeit a rather chilly one!

Mr Jeffery reminded us of the history of the school and of our Founders, Theodore and Alphonse Ratisbonne. He also reminded the whole school of our ethos and the strength of the Sion community. Our founders, Theodore and Alphonse Ratisbonne, believed that we should all love each other with actions and words of kindness. They wanted us to have a love for the world…for people, animals and the planet. They believed that when we show authentic love, it is just like turning on the light when we find ourselves in complete darkness.

When other people feel our love, it lights up their own heart and they then carry that light and pass it on to others through their own acts of kindness.

Every day we should be mindful of our light and cultivate a beautiful flame. This flame carries kindness and love and throws light on all darkness.

We started a new tradition, sharing a Flame of Love around the school and each year group had a candle to light to remind us all of this flame of love. Initially lit in Early Years, the flame traveled through the school. Year 6 carried it to the Senior School before Mr Jeffery spread it from classroom to classroom.

The students were also asked to write a ‘Message from My Heart to the World’ and to write their own Heart Haiku poems.

The Junior School also had creative projects along the same theme - from creating artwork to a Beach School session.

As part of the celebrations, our new lunch provider, the Plant Based School Kitchen, provided a delicious picnic style lunch for the whole school.

Wishing you all a Happy Founders' Day!

Wishing all Sionians a Happy New Year.

If you didn't receive an email from Headteacher Steven Jeffery just before Christmas which gave a link to our latest newsletter, please do get in touch via this link: https://www.sionschool.org.uk/alumni/

If you would like to catch up with the latest news from Sion, you can read our newsletter on our website:
https://www.sionschool.org.uk/news-events/christmas-newsletter/

Christmas Newsletter | Our Lady of Sion I can plainly see the spinning energy which is emerging out of new learning, the excitement of discovery and the joy of newly found knowledge.

Our latest newsletter is now on our website.

Enjoy catching up on news from the first half of term!

October Newsletter | Our Lady of Sion Time flies when you’re having fun! This first half-term has flown by and the spirit of these recent weeks has been wonderfully positive.

You might be interested to read our latest review from Muddy Stilettos. Depending on when you were a student at Sion, the school may or may not have changed….

If you know anyone who might be interested in finding out more about the school for their child (or grandchild), we are holding Open Mornings at the beginning of next term.

Senior School and Sixth Form Saturday 25th September

Junior School and Early Years Saturday 2nd October

Open Day tours can be booked on our website
https://www.sionschool.org.uk/admissions/open-days/

https://sussex.muddystilettos.co.uk/kids/school-reviews/our-lady-of-sion-school-worthing/

Our Lady of Sion School, Worthing - Muddy Stilettos Sussex This outward-looking all-through school in the heart of Worthing has a unique and well-developed ethos and an eclectic campus.

Our latest newsletter is now on our website. We have had a very busy term and the newsletter gives you an idea of some of the activities, along with the teaching and learning, that has taken place.
Enjoy reading it!

Newsletter – July 2021 | Our Lady of Sion The art of conversation and debate continues to thrive alongside the contemplative moments of silence whilst we ponder in stillness.