Blog by Tag: R.E

In RE we have been looking at stories Jesus told, called Parables. This is the Parable of the Sower. The children re-told the story and they planted a sunflower seed each.

In RE we have been learning about the Jewish Passover, which celebrates the freedom of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Today we recapped the story and re-enacted the traditional Seder meal. We learnt about the significance and symbolism of the different food items that are…

Over the last 5 weeks, we have been going through the New Testament stories and themes with James Bovinizer from Bible Explorers. We have learnt about every book in the New Testament and learnt some key actions to go with the main ideas. This now means we have covered the entire Bible as we learnt…

Mr Weston came in this afternoon to explain why different parts of the Bible were originally written in Hebrew and Greek. He showed us how to write our names in both Hebrew and Greek. Hebrew was especially difficult as it is written from right to left and doesn't use familiar letters. He also…

On Thursday we learnt about Ascension and Pentecost by acting out the events with  Mrs Ventress.

Today we talked about it being a special day and looked inside Mrs Atkinson's shopping bag. She had flour, eggs, milk and fruit. We chatted about how we are getting ready for Easter and learnt a new pancake song,

Mix a pancake,

Stir a pancake,

Pop it in a pan.

Fry the pancake,

Toss…

Our worship theme this half term is forgiveness and so today we were visited by Louise Mosey who told us the amazing story of forgiveness within her family. On 21st December 1988, Louise's sister-in-law was killed in the Lockerbie plane crash. When the family heard of the crash they very quickly…

During RE on Thursday the class visited St Paul's Church with Mrs Ventress to learn more about the areas and objects within the building and their significance. 

Today, Debbie from NISCU brought her very large bible to school to talk to us about all the different things the bible contains.

Year 6 have enjoyed a series of lessons about the Old Testament, led by James from Bible Explorers. We have learnt about a range of Bible stories from Creation to the time just before Jesus was born, and learnt how they all fit in time order. As part of the programme, we have memorised a series of…