20 Sep

Harvest-Where does our food come from?

We have enjoyed tasting fruit from other countries and finding where it was on a globe. We discussed how the various fruits would have journeyed from country to country. 
 

12 Jul

NISCU Talk about Transition

Debbie and Jonny from NISCU came this afternoon to talk about moving on to high school. 
We looked at the story of Joseph in the Old Testament and thought about the ups and downs in his life. Throughout his life he never gave up, even in the difficult times. He trusted God through it all. 
We…

19 Apr

Ordering the Easter Story

Today we came back after our Easter holidays and looked again at the events of the first Easter. We had to order images from the story. It was quite tricky and we had to look carefully at clues (such as a cockerel, dice and a kiss) to work out what was happening in each story. We then read the…

1 Apr

Reception go Egg Rolling!

Easter egg rolling fun in the April sun.

 

30 Mar

Easter Art

In RE we have been investigating why Christians see Easter as a victory. This week we have looked at some artwork which represents victory in the Easter story and then we made our own pieces of art. We also listened to some Easter hymns and songs and added some of their lyrics to our art. Can you…

23 Feb

Learning about the Parables of Jesus with Diana from NISCU

In RE we have been learning about the stories Jesus told so today Diana from NISCU visited us.  She talked to us about the Prodigal Son, the Story of the Sower and the Story of the Unforgiving Servant.  She showed us some very funny videos that showed the stories well.  We had to think really hard…

7 Feb

Anglo-Saxon Religion

We have been learning about religion in Britain during Anglo-Saxon times.

First of all we learnt about different gods from the Anglo-Saxon pagan beliefs. We then acted out the story of how Christianity came to Britain from missionaries from both Ireland and Rome.

We found out that it was a…

31 Jan

Investigating Jesus’ parables in drama

We have been learning about Jesus as a teacher and in particular the stories he told. Today we looked at different parables in our groups and acted them out for the rest of the class. We looked at the Parable of the Great Feast, the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the Parable of the Unforgiving…

8 Dec

Investigating the Christmas Story

In RE we have been investigating the Christmas story.  We drew pictures of all the things and people we thought might have been at the first Christmas. We then investigated the Bible sources in the gospels of Matthew and Luke.
 

Can you work out which things from our list were mentioned in the…

25 Nov

Come with us an a Pilgrimage!

In Year 6, we have been working in small groups when researching a pilgrimage from one of the key faiths: Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism. They have worked hard to gather information and record their findings in an attractive and informative poster before presenting them to the…