Blog by Tag: R.E.

Experience Church

On Thursday morning, we were invited by Reverend Martin to take part in an 'Experience Church' workshop at St Ricrius Church. We walked up to the church and were greeted by some wonderful volunteers who had organised  5 activities/ stations for us. We thoroughly enjoyed our…

Class 2 Church Visit

Last Tuesday Class 2 visited the church as part of our RE topic. We wanted to learn more about how and why Christians are baptised. Reverend Martin answered lots of our questions and showed us what would happen during a baptism.

Freya and Luca were great helpers, as…

Diwali - The Hindu 'fesitval of lights'

The word Diwali means 'row of lighted lamps' and it is a very important holiday in India. The festival usually honours Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Lamps are lit to help Lakshmi find her way into people's homes. The also celebrate a Diwali legend, the…

Weekly Blog by Bethany and Millie L

This week we have been learning about what happened in the Easter story. The story begins when Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem. As he rode along people came out to see him.  They waved palm leaves and thanked God for Jesus. They wanted Jesus to be their…

Sukkot

Today in Class 2, we learnt about the Jewish festival of Sukkot. One of the three biblically-based pilgrimage holidays, Sukkot is an agricultural festival that originally was considered a thanksgiving for the fruit harvest.

As part of our learning, we built Sukkahs using art straws.…

The Jewish Creation Story

Today we studied the Jewish beliefs about creation, and considered what the story tells us about the world. We sequenced the story and created storyboards in our books. Throughout the lesson we suggested meanings for the different parts of the story and recognised…

Christingle means 'Christ's Light' 

Christingles are made from an orange, red ribbon, 4 small sticks, dried fruits or sweets and a lit candle. They are used by Christians to celebrate Jesus as the Light of the World. 

In Class 3, we have been learning all about Christingle and we have each…