This week, the children in Year 6 have continued to look at some important festivals in the Jewish calendar. Hanukah started on Thursday 10th December and the children joined in the traditional dreidel game – although they may have been slightly disappointed they didn’t play with sweets or chocolate
Thank you to everyone who supported us with the Kindness at Christmas campaign – Let’s fight loneliness together. Yet again, we are blown away by your generosity. As a school, we have donated over 200 gifts which are sure to go a long way in making Christmas a little brighter for some of the eld
In RE, we have been learning all about why Christians celebrate advent. We learnt that the word ‘advent’ means to count up or the arrival of something. In churches, they celebrate advent by using advent wreaths. These are wreaths that contain 5 candles. Each of the candles represent something differ
In RE this term, year 4 have been learning about places in the world that are of special importance to Christians. The children were able to share their own special places and explain why they are important to them. They then found out about why different places around the world are so important to
This week, the children have started to learn about Judaism and some of the fundamental beliefs and festivals. they have looked at why the Jewish New Year is celebrated in September and what this festival involves. After watching a video and making some inferences from photos, the children created a
Over the last couple of weeks in RE, Year 3 have been learning about baptism. They began by learning about John the Baptist, what he did and why this is still considered important and significant to Christians today. They were really good at ordering and retelling the main events. The children then
We have been learning all about Diwali in Reception. The children have learnt all about the meaning behind the festival and how it is also known as the festival of light. We watched a variety of different video clips on the internet to be able to understand the festival in more detail. During guided
Diwali This week at Nursery we have been learning about Diwali – The Festival of Light. We have looked at their culture, how it is different from us, and how they celebrate it. The children loved the Bollywood dancing with instruments and ribbons, as well as admiring their costumes and colours. We
This week, the Year One children have enjoyed finding out about Diwali and how it is celebrated by the Hindu community. Our learning journey started by a virtual trip to the Oriental Museum. Ross and his team taught the children all about the gods and deities. We used hand actions to retell the stor
In RE, Year 2 have been learning all about Christian weddings. The children learnt that Christians often get married in a church, exchange rings/vows and eat cake. The children had to pretend that they had been a guest at a Christian wedding and made a thank you card for the bride and groom. Inside
