25
May
Collective Worship: Psalms 23
In collective worship this week, we listened to Psalms 23 and Aleka explained how God is like a shepherd taking care of us, providing for us, guiding us and protecting us....
Religious Education
24
May
Year 2 Religious Education: Hajj
In RE this term, Year 2 have been answering the big question ‘How does a Muslim show commitment to God (Allah)'? This week, we learned about a special journey or pilgrimage (Hajj) which many Muslims take to show devotion and commitment to their faith. We...
24
May
Year 4 Religious Education: Karma in Hinduism
In RE this week, we finished our unit on learning about the lives of Hindus. We played snakes and ladders and we represented the snakes as bad karma in a Hindu's life and ladders as good karma in a Hindu's life....
24
May
Year 6 Religious Education: Pentecost
In RE this week, we have been exploring the story of the Pentecost and its importance in carrying the Christian message 2,000 years later. We analysed three biblical extracts, identifying common themes of hope, faith and unity before designing our own church banners inspired by...
18
May
Year 5 Religious Education: Sikhism
This week in Religious Education, we explored the life, works and martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bajadur, the ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion. We then had a class discussion about what good things we hope people will remember us by....
18
May
Collective Worship: The Wonder of God’s Creation
Celebrating God’s Creation in Collective Worship This week, our prayer leaders led a beautiful reflection on the wonder of God’s creation during class based collective worship. They took time to think deeply about the parts of creation they love the most—whether it was the vastness of...
04
May
Year 5 Religious Education: Our Spiritual Journey
On Thursday, we went over to Holy Trinity Church to take part in a session with Rev Laura and Rev Josie. We had a chance to reflect on our spiritual journey whilst we are growing up....
06
Apr
Year 3: Easter Story Hot Seating
In RE, we have been thinking about important people in the Easter Story. To better understand Mary Magdalene’s role, we listened to her diary entry and then took turns hot seating. In pairs, one person played Mary and other was the interviewer then we swapped....
06
Apr
Year 5 Learn about Holy Week
We consolidated our learning about Holy Week by asking each other, in the form of an interview, which day and ritual (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday or Easter Sunday) has the greatest impact on a Christian’s life....
04
Apr
Year 4: Learning about Holy Communion
In Religious Education this half term, Year 4 have been learning about holy communion and why Christians think it is so important. We finished our unit by taking a trip to the church and asking Reverend Laura and Reverend Josie all about communion and how...