Blog by Tag: RE

Year 1- RSHE- Who is My Neighbour? 
 

The children listened to the story of The Good Samaritan and talked about who their neighbour is-everyone! We made paper chain people and thought of ways we can help our neighbours. 

Today one of our  nursery children came to tell me that she had built a church.  What an amazing creation! She showed me all the people and told me that they were at Mass.  We discussed that the people were parishioners and that we call them the congregation when they are gathered in prayer.…

In RE this week we have been exploring further the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit.  We have listened to the story and used scarves, ribbons and bubbles to explore the feeling of wind and thinking about how Jesus’ friends must have felt.  The Holy Spirit feels like the wind, makes us feel…

In R.E, the children were given the dilemma about whether they should become a disciple or not.

The classes formed an alleyway of believers and non-believers. Children then walked down and listened to the points of view of others to help influence their final decision.

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…