Religious Education – Teaching and Learning

We hope you have a blessed Christmas and a peaceful New Year. From Y6

Expectations – Celebration of the Word

Y6 planned their worship to celebrate all their learning during our Advent topic. They chose to do this at the crib scene.

Planning Celebration of the Word

During our Faith Ambassador meeting this week, Key Stage 2 pupils worked together to plan a Celebration of the Word. They used sources from CAFOD and wrote their own prayer.

Advent trail

Thank you to the Y6 children who took a lead part in the Advent trail. They had a wonderful time teaching the younger children about the Nativity and guiding them in their worship.

KS1 Nativity

Advent Trail

Advent Trail – Nursery and Year 6

This morning Nursery and Year 6 children took part in a wonderful Advent Trail around the school grounds. Along the way we sang hymns and listened to scripture readings. We ended the trail in Forest School, where we were greeted by Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Angel Gabriel, the Wise Men and the Shepherds.

Advent – waiting in hopeful expectation

Y6 have filled their Advent calendar with prayers, acts of service and devotions. We will patiently take turns each day as we wait in hope during this season.

Fellowship

Today Y6 explored how to live in fellowship with one another. They created paper doll chains and discussed what it means to live and work together following Jesus’ example.

Voting on artwork from around the world of when Jesus was born

Today we looked at artwork from many different countries showing when Jesus was born. We spoke about what we liked about each and then moved onto a P4C activity to make our votes. The winning artwork was Egypt and is now up on our class display.

Jubilee Celebration Day Y6

Y6 really enjoyed celebrating everything they have achieved this jubilee year. We remembered our pilgrimages of hope; wore our house colours to reflect the jubilee badge and created bunting and postcards. We even finished the day off with yummy cupcakes!

Jubilee Year Celebration day

Today we marked the end of the church’s Jubilee Year with a day of celebration and reflection. We started the day reviewing what we had done all year to promote the Jubilee’s message of Hope. The whole school was decorated with balloons and streamers in the Jubilee colours and we all wrote postcards with messages of Hope to share with our families. Our lovely cook even made cupcakes for us to take home. We ended the day with a Celebration of the Word, with our Faith ambassadors taking a leading role.What a day!

In RE, nursery learned about Angel Gabriel visiting Mary to share the special news about baby Jesus. They then created their own beautiful angels using art and craft materials! ✨👼🎨

Celebration of the word

Year 5 took part in a remembrance celebration of the word.

Sikh people care for our world

In Y6 we learned that Sikh people are called to serve the planet by not wasting resources. We made links to the Catholic Social Teaching Value of stewardship of God’s creation. We put posters up around school to encourage members of our school community to not waste water, electricity and food.

Year 5 Remembrance celebration

Year 5 led a thoughtful celebration of the word about Remembrance, sharing reflections, poems, and prayers to honour those who have served. We were also joined by our friend of the school, Pipe Major James Axon, who performed beautifully on the yard, creating a moving and memorable tribute for everyone

Doing an act of service for others

Y6 have been learning about Sikhism this week. They discovered that Sikh people do acts of service called Sewa. Y6 chose to do a litter pick, inspired by our eco councillors, to serve our school community. We reflected on how our act of service made us feel and the people we served through our actions.

Vocation and commitment

Today Y6 planned and delivered their own prayer and liturgy to celebrate their learning in our most recent RE topic.

Today we went into our new outdoor Prayer Space for our daily Prayer and Liturgy

Baptism role play in Reception Class

We leant that we join God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism.

Our Harvest collection

Our families did us proud during our harvest festival week this year. They donated items of food which have been collected by our local foodbank @ImagineIfTrust, supporting our local community

Noah’s Ark

Porridge Day

Prayer and Liturgy

Today we chose to worship God outside in nature.

Creation and Covenant

As we complete our first branch of our new RE curriculum, we reflected on all we have learned about Abraham and his covenant with God.

Year 1 Creation walk

Year 3 spent time thinking about the sky and its beauty.

Year 3 made creation wheels to retell the Creation story.

Harvest walk

Year 3 took part in a wonderful Harvest trail across different areas of our school site.

Mary’s meals porridge day

Harvest Trail

Year 5 took part in a wonderful Harvest trail across different areas of our school site.

Mission

Year 5 have been learning that we all have a mission, no matter how big or small. They created a mission which they can carry out at school. One group’s mission was to help some year 3 children play tennis.

Harvest Trail

Thank you Year 6 for taking Nursery on a wonderful Harvest trail around our school. It was a lovely morning, we enjoyed singings songs, listening to stories and planting bulbs along the way!

Nursery Class – Looking after God’s World

Nursery class have been thinking about how we can look after God’s wonderful world. We went on a walk around the school grounds, taking time to admire the beauty of God’s creation.

Harvest trail

Y6 took Nursery on a wonderful Harvest trail around our school. We sang, said prayers and gave thanks to God for our Earth and its abundant gifts.

Caring for God’s world

The story of Abraham and the 3 strangers

Year 4 dramatised the story of Abraham at Mamre and how 3 strangers visited him. We used the photos to retell the story and how Abraham and Sarah were feeling.

‘I am a link in a chain…’

Year 4 studied the life and work of St John Henry Newman, we found out that he recognised that God had a mission for him and that we too had a mission. He wrote about this in ‘Hope in God – Creator’, we chose the parts that spoke to us and created our our chain.

Reception Class Harvest Trail

Commitment in our community

Today we welcomed our local PCSO to talk to us about the commitments of her job as part of our current RE topic.

Artwork celebrating God’s creations

Recognising The Bible as an important book

The Prodigal Son

In Y6 we reflected on the reunification of the family in the Parable of The Prodigal Son. We used pipe cleaners to create figures to show the unconditional love between the father and son.

Year 4 visit to church

On Wednesday, Year 4 visited our Parish church of St Clare’s. One of the parishioners, Cathy, showed us around and described the special areas of the church. She also showed us where the first 2 Sacraments of Baptism and First Holy Communion take place.

RHSE consultation for Parents

We had a great turn out today for our parents consultation with all year groups represented. Many thanks to all were able to attend. If you need any more information, please don’t hesitate to ask or check out the parents information page on the website.

Prayer and liturgy

Year 5 took part in a beautiful Prayer and Liturgy about hopes and dreams.

Our blessings

As part of the Creation and Covenant branch, we studied the work of Hannah Dunnett, a Christian artist who uses simple images and words of scripture. We created our own versions and included our own blessings and pieces of scripture.

Nursery class have been learning about God’s wonderful world

In RE, Nursery explored the story of Creation using our special golden box. We started with darkness, then added light, sky, grass, and animals to show how God made the world. A lovely, hands-on way to bring the story to life!

Y6 prayer and liturgy

Today Y6 welcomed their parents and families to join us in worship. The theme was unconditional love. The children enjoyed planning and leading the worship and it was lovely to reflect together on what unconditional love from God means in our lives.

Exploring God’s creation in Reception Class

The Prodigal Son

In Y6 we have been learning about unconditional love. We read the parable of the Prodigal Son and used role play to further understand who showed unconditional love and why.

Jubilee celebration

Year 5 took part in a Prayer and liturgy, celebrating the Jubilee as we become pilgrims of hope.

KS1 Pilgrimage

Jubilee Year-Pilgrims of Hope

Today, Year 4 took a pilgrimage through our school, we took rubbing of bark and leaves we had collected as part of our Jubilee pledge day. We all wrote pledges, saying how we cook be Pilgrims of Hope in our school, using Catholic Social Teaching. We also created a 3-d representation of the Jubilee logo #Jubilee

Stewardship of God’s Creation in Y6

Today Y6 went on a nature walk to celebrate the jubilee year and their hopes for God’s world in the future. They collected items from the school grounds and created their own version of the jubilee badge.

Mission Day

Today Y6 went on a pilgrimage around the school grounds. Whilst on their pilgrimage, they thought about different ways they could let their light shine. Back in class they created a wonderful video about what it means to shine in school, at home and in the wider community.

School Mission Day

Year 4 revisted the school mission today, we read how Matthew spoke about letting you light shine for the world and talked about what it meant. We then wrote acrostic poems based on our core values of Faith, Aspire and Respect. We then draw candles and wrote how we could let our light shine at school and at home.

Eid Celebration Day in Y6

Celebrating Eid in Reception Class

Big Lent Walk

Recently, the whole school took part in the Big Lent Walk for CAFOD, raising money to buy glitter chickens for families in Kenya. These chickens are very hardy and don’t need much water so are ideal for the drought conditions experienced in Kenya. We will know how much we’ve collected shortly.

Conscience alley

What will Saul do?

Cinderella Role Play in Reception Class

Happy Easter from Y6!

Pilgrims of Hope

Today we welcomed Jackie from CAFOD to teach us all about the Jubilee year. We learned about pilgrimages and about working together for the good of everybody.

Standing in solidarity with one another

Y6 reflected on the theme of solidarity this week during their assembly. They listened to the story of Shristi the Sun Bear and shared with the rest of the school the ways we stand together to help our global neighbours.

CAFOD Jubilee Launch

Jubilee Year Launch

Today we had a visit from Jackie from CAFOD. She came to tell us all about this year’s Big Lent Walk fundraising event – buying ‘glitter chickens’ for villages in Kenya and to hold workshops for years 2 and 4, learning about the Jubile Year of Hope.

Using Bible references

Y6 helped each other to look up and find different books and chapters in the Bible. We can now find our favourite passages with ease!

Decorating crowns

In R.E Nursery have been learning about the wisemen visiting Jesus. During continuous provision the children decorated their own crowns.

Early Years Nativity – Reception Class

Advent Prayer and Liturgy

Year 5 led today’s Advent prayer and liturgy, celebrating the 2nd Sunday of Advent – Peace.

Gudwara Visit

Lest we forget

Year 5 led a beautiful remembrance prayer and liturgy. This included a visit from friend of St Clare’s, Pipe Major James Axon who performed a wonderful lament (Flowers of the Forest).

Creation Walk

Harvest themed Prayer and Liturgy in Reception Class

Stewardship

Tidying up our prayer garden

After a long summer break, our prayer garden was in need of a little care. Y6 spent some time clearing the leaves and litter to make this a lovely space to sit and reflect.

P4C activity for how we can look after God’s world

Year 5 prayer and liturgy

Year 5 carried out a wonderful black history prayer and liturgy. The children read extremely. Well done year 5.

Celebrating the wonderful things that God created for us.

Art work inspired by God’s gifts

Prayer and liturgy in Reception Class – Being thankful for our differences

collective worship circle time

Eid celebrations

We had a lovely day in Y6 celebrating Eid with our friends.

Year 5 led a wonderful Earth Day assembly. The children talked about the actions we can take to help God’s creation flourish.

Nursery – (R.E) The Holy Spirit

In Nursery we are learning about the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our friend and looks after us. We took streamers and bubbles outside to demonstrate the Holy Spirit is a feeling, like the wind, we can’t see it, but we know it is there.

Sikhism

Year 4 learned about the first 5 Gurus of the Sikh religion.

Catholic Social Teaching

We had a visit from Jackie form the CAFOD education team, she introduced us to the animals that represent each of the Catholic Social Teaching values.

RE – New Beginnings in Y2