During the Spring terms, the children in R1 looked at the importance of Easter and why it is celebrated. The children were very fortunate to help decorate the Easter Garden at the church with Reverend Andy and Bea. Whilst we decorated the Easter Garden, the children learnt all about the Easter story and we replicated this through our own garden. The children also created a section each of a collage of Jesus at Easter.

We have also looked at what places are special and where we may belong. We acted out our own version of a Baptism and thought about the importance of this to some Christians. We also looked at where and how we belong as individuals.

During Christmas, the children in R1 took part in their own nativity. In class, we broke down the Christmas story in more detail and looked at why nativity’s are important to some Christians.

Reception and Year 1 exploring The Creation Story.

In Year 2, we have been learning about the good news that Jesus brings in our Religious Education lessons. We began by exploring friendship and acting out the story of Jesus calling Matthew, considering how Jesus was a ‘friend to the friendless.’  We then moved on to the concept of forgiveness, sharing examples of times when we might need to be forgiven and how we can show forgiveness to others.

Next, we focused on the concept of peace, discussing how it is represented in the world, in our hearts and through the actions and behaviour of others. The children thought about how Jesus brings peace to Christians around the world and what this might look like in their own lives.

We also explored The Big Frieze artwork, paying particular attention to the Gospel image. Together, we interpreted the different symbols in the painting and discussed what they might represent about Jesus’ message of friendship, forgiveness and peace.

To link our learning to our everyday experiences, and the School Values of friendship and peace, the children searched for places around our school environment where they could see examples of friendship, peace and forgiveness in action. They worked collaboratively to create drama freeze-frames of these situations, bringing their ideas to life through expressive performance.

In Year 3 and 4, we have been working on a unit on "What is the Trinity?" The children made cards and bookmarks to represent the idea, which could be sold on the christian gift company website. 

We'd looked at symbolism in past lessons, its representation in artwork, and last week we looked at the Christian gift website and identified symbols of the trinity in the gifts they sell.  The children were then given the choice of making a card or bookmark which could be sold on the website.