Reception-UTW-Diwali
Reception have had a fantastic week exploring the wonderful festival of Diwali! The children were fascinated by the story of Rama and Sita, learning all about why Diwali is celebrated as the Festival of Light. In our small world area, they brilliantly retold the story using picture prompts. We then took our learning outdoors, cooking up imaginative Diwali treats in the mud kitchen and creating bright, beautiful Rangoli patterns on the floor with colourful chalk!
Nursery/Preschool- UTW- Diwali
This week, our nursery children have been busy developing their knowledge and understanding of Diwali, the Hindu and Sikh Festival of Lights. We began our learning journey gathered together on the carpet to share the wonderful story of Rama and Sita. The children listened intently, learning all about how little clay lamps were lit to guide Rama and Sita safely home through the dark, and how Diwali celebrates the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Inspired by our story, the children took their learning straight into continuous provision, exploring the celebrations through hands-on, creative activities: making Diya lamps on the workshop table using colourful materials to design the lamps and Rangoli patterns with bright pens. The children thoroughly enjoyed sharing their creations with their friends and talking about how different families celebrate special festivals. It has been a joyful, colourful week of purposeful play, curiosity, and cultural exploration across the nursery!
Year 4 Communion
Year 4 made us proud during the Communion service at Church. They listened to Rev Kev beautifully during our time there. We had four pupils who read part of a Bible reading each and some individuals chose to read out a prayer they had created. They were delivered with such confidence and clarity; Rev Kev was very impressed! Continuing in the community spirit, Year 4 enjoyed eating their lunch at Church before returning back to school.
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Year 1 Questful RE: How is the place where Jesus grew up different from how we live now?
This week, our Year 1 pupils have been busy exploring life in Jesus' time through hands-on learning in Religious Education. The children took part in a range of activities to help them answer key questions about daily life in the past: Tasting and naming traditional foods that Jesus would have eaten, including matzos, figs, grapes, and olives Learning about daily routines, including where Mary and Jesus collected their water Exploring Jewish celebrations and special days that Jesus attended, such as Passover and Shabbat It was a wonderful session where the pupils loved tasting new foods and comparing life long ago to how we live today!
Year 3 - R.E. - Learning About Religious Leaders
Year 3 children explored different religious leaders today as part of their religious education. Pupils looked closely at various artefacts associated with Jewish and Muslim faiths, discussing their significance and asking thoughtful questions to deepen their understanding.
Year 1 RE Comparing Life in Jesus’ Time to Today
Our Year 1 children have been travelling back in time during their Questful RE lesson as they explored how homes, clothes, and jobs in Jesus' time compare with our lives today. The class started with a dress-up activity, dressing in tunics and head coverings to understand why loose, simple clothing was worn back then. After listening to the story of 'The Man Lowered Through the Roof' from The Lion Storyteller Bible, the children discussed the differences between modern pitched roofs and ancient flat mud roofs. To bring their learning to life, the children got hands-on: building 3D flat-roofed houses in Nazareth using playdough. Wonderful curiosity and active learning from Year 1!
Year 1 - RE - Where Did Jesus Grow Up?
In RE this week the children have been learning about where Jesus grew up. The children looked at photos of Nazareth today and compared them to historical art work. The children were introduced to Jesus’ heritage, learning that Jesus was Jewish. He went to school at the local synagogue where he studied Old Testament scriptures recorded on scrolls. The children created their own scrolls, drawing and writing about Jesus. They stained them using teabags so they looked authentic.
Nursery - R.E - The Good Samaritan
Our Nursery children have been exploring our core values of kindness and helping others as we introduced the story of the Good Samaritan. To kick off this new topic, the children watched a lovely animation of 'The Good Samaritan' Bible story. Afterwards, we had a brilliant group discussion—spotting all the caring, helpful actions on screen and talking about what it means to be a kind friend!
Nursery/Pre-School-R.E-Noah's Ark
In our R.E. lessons, we have been learning all about Noah's Ark. The children loved listening to Noah's story and understanding why he had to build an ark for himself, his family, and all the animals. They learned that God asked him to save the good so that the bad could be washed away. The children then got creative and made their very own Noah's arks, drawing the animals onto them. To finish off, the children drew lovely rainbows to put across their arks to represent God's promise never to flood the earth again.
Year 4 Holy Communion
Year 4 went up to Church this week for Holy Communion. It was enjoyable to take part in the service and Year 4 had spent time to think and write thoughtful and personal prayers, that they could choose if they would like to read them out. Almost everybody decided to do so! It was a lovely celebration and eating a picnic lunch together in the sunshine afterwards was a fitting treat!
Year 4 R.E. - The Holy Spirit
In R.E. lessons, Year 4 have been exploring Christian beliefs about the Holy Spirit. They have encountered the different forms of representations used to symbolise the Holy Spirit, and used Lego to represent their own ideas to the questions asked in this week's lesson. Year 4 came up with some fantastic ideas and they enjoyed explaining their creations to each other.
Year 1 - RE - Naming Things in Nature That are Amazing, Interesting or Puzzling.
Our Year 1 explorers were out in nature today on a special quest. As part of our RE lessons on Creation, we have been looking closely at the world around us and naming things that we find amazing, interesting, or puzzling. From the intricate patterns on a leaf to the vast, changing shapes of the clouds, our children have been full of wonder and curiosity about the natural world.
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