Curriculum Impact Tag: RE Visits

Today the children were introduced to the story of Angel Gabriel giving Mary the message that she was going to have a special baby. The children took turns to role play Gabriel’s message and Mary’s response.

The children have enjoyed seeing all their friends again today after our half term break.  They have settled back in superbly and particularly impressed us with the way they remembered the sign of the cross and daily prayers.  Throughout the day they have been deeply engaged in many different…

We were very lucky today.  After our shared Harvest Assembly we had a very special visitor to our classes.  Fr Anthony came into our assembly and read a special story to us.  We were so excited to finally meet our new priest and were thrilled that he read a lovely story for us.

Over the past few weeks we have been learning about and experiencing God’s wonderful world in a variety of ways.  We have draw God’s world on a big frieze, been on a walk to look at the beauty of God’s creation and have painted aspects of God’s world in small groups.  We have been thinking about…

Today we have been talking about being made welcome.  We went over to church and re enacted a baptism and discussed being welcome in the Church’s family.

This morning, our year 6 Mini Vinnie’s welcomed parishioners from English Martyrs parish to a very special coffee morning. The children planned the event themselves, baked homemade cakes and were so excited to welcome our guests. Both the children and parishioners throughly enjoyed their…

Today, Year 5 were visited by Sophie from, ‘Send my friend to school.’ We discussed the sustainable development goals, focusing on goal 4, ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education.’ 

The children discussed a range of questions as well as justify their choices.

We were shocked by…

On Monday morning, year 6 celebrated our first ever outdoor leavers’ mass in our prayer garden. Parents, parishioners and staff were invited to join the celebration. 

Year 1 Church Visit 

Today Year 1 went to Church to look at several key features of our Church. We looked at the lectern, altar, crucifix, font, tabernacle, stained glass windows, pews, holy water and donation boxes. 

On Thursday, some children from Year 5 went to celebrate Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral. The mass was led by Archbishop John Sherrington and was to celebrate all the work done in raising money for Nugent Care.

 

As part of our RE topic, ‘Dialogue and Encounter’ we visited church.  We listened to a Gospel reading and learned about how the church family gather together to pray and to celebrate the Eucharist.  We talked about how were are all friends of Jesus and how to follow his example.  The children…

Last week, Y5 had an excellent time at St Joseph’s Prayer Centre.

The children took part in a range of workshops celebrating differences and recognising the qualities in each other.