Blog by Tag: RE

The children have visited our Church to look at the beautiful Easter garden. We talked about Good Friday and Easter Sunday and the children remembered how Jesus died on the cross then rose again. The children spoke about what they could see and we said a thank you prayer to God for giving us…

Using small world play, we told the story of Jesus’ last supper with his friends.  We discussed the words of Jesus to do this to remember him and how many people remember Jesus this way at Mass.  We also talked about Good Friday and how it was a sad day but a good day.  After looking at hot cross…

We made palm leaves in our key person groups and used small world figures to retell the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem, a story that we remember on Palm Sunday.  Different groups of children chose to recreate this story during their role-play throughout the few weeks leading up to our…

Thank you so much for your generous donations.  We chose the winner today and the bunny is called Cupcake.  Thank you to everyone who took part.  

This week the children have enjoyed taking part in Easter activities. They have decorated Easter biscuits, painted eggs and been on an Easter hunt.

We held a wonderful Easter Reflection in church with all of Year 3 to 6 taking part, through prayer, song, drama and spoken word. It was an opportunity to reflect on the love Jesus has for us all and the calling to be part of his family, by following his path and example as Christians and…

Children from Year 3 came to this afternoon’s curriculum governors meeting to talk about their learning in Religious Education.  Mrs McIntyre and Mrs Sothern conducted a pupil book study and the children shared their knowledge and understanding.  Governors commented that they had learned new…

As part of our topic work on Desert to Garden, today we talked about, and made a Lenten Promise.  We discussed how spring is a special time for growing and that Lent is also a special time to grow. To grow as a person and be more like Jesus.  The children talked about how they could grow during…

This week the children have made pancakes as we have been learning about Lent and how this is a special time to prepare for Easter. 

We have been talking about how we are welcomed into school, our homes and our church. How we say good morning to each other, wear smiles on our faces and take care of one another. We talked about how we are part of Jesus’ family and how Jesus welcomes Everyone. We made banners decorated with our…

Today we visited English Martyrs’s church to see the crib with the three Kings now in attendance.  

The Glory Be Prayer is a traditional prayer of the Catholic faith.  For children in Early Years, they experience the prayer being said out loud.  The key message of the prayer for children of this age are the words ‘Glory Be’, which is a sign of praise, a thank-you to God for sending his Son.  Our…