As a reminder that we are called to be saints and live a life of holiness, each class is named after a saint that is linked to our year curriculum.

The children begin each academic year by learning about their class saint's life, why they are a good role model and how, through their example, we might become closer to Christ ourselves.

This means, that by the end of their time at St. Cross School, they come to know about the lives and work of some saints and can leave our school taking guidance from how our class saints lived their lives to make

Christ known to all.

Reception: St Cecilia 

Born: Rome, Italy

Died: 22 November 230 AD, Sicily, Italy

Full name: Saint Cecilia of Rome

Patronage: Hymns; great musicians; poets; Albi, France; Archdiocese of Omaha; Mar del Plata, Argentina; Pipe organs

Feast: 22 November

Year 1: St Bernadette of Lourdes

Born: 7 January 1844, Lourdes, France

Died: 16 April 1879, Nevers, France

Full name: Marie-Bernarde Soubirous

Feast: 16 April

Year 2: Saint Oscar Romero

Born: 15 August 1917, Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador

Assassinated: 24 March 1980, San Salvador, El Salvador

Feast Day: 14th October

Year 3: Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Born: 26 August 1910

Died: 5 September 1997, India

Canonized: 4 September 2016, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis

Feast Day: 5th September 

Year 4: Maximilian Kolbe

Born: 8 January 1894, Zduńska Wola, Poland

Died: 14 August 1941, Auschwitz concentration camp, Oswiecim, Poland

Canonized: 10 October 1982, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II

Year 5: Josephine Bakhita

Born 1869

Died: 8th February 1947 Italy

Feast Day 8th February

Year 6: Padre Pio

Born: Francesco Forgione, 25th May 1887

Died 23rd September 1968

Feast Day: 23rd September