Blog by Tag: Religious Education

Year 5 have had a truly wonderful time at Castlerigg Manor! During their stay, they made new friends from Our Lady’s and St. Patrick’s School and enjoyed a range of fun and engaging activities with the fantastic team—Beth, Lilly, James, and Grace. One of the highlights was a scenic walk to a…

Today Reception celebrated friendship. They created friendship rings to share with each other.  They found out that the shape of a circle is never ending like true friendship. Reception love being friends together. 
 

A huge congratulations to Hugo in Year 5, who has achieved third place overall in the Lancaster Diocesan Year of Jubilee Art Competition! The theme for 2025 is "Pilgrims of Hope," and Hugo's creativity truly stood out. As part of his prize, Hugo has been invited to spend an evening with Bishop…

Well done to Year 5 for running a mile with Miles, the Great North Air Ambulance mascot, to raise money for such an important cause. The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) is a charity that provides critical care across the North East, North Yorkshire, Cumbria, and the Isle of Man. Each…

Year 2 have been learning about how the Holy Spirit came to the disciples at Pentecost. They spent some time listening to poetry about it then celebrated it by learning the song 'Song for Joy'. They thoroughly enjoyed showing joy in different ways. What a wonderful time they…

Reception created some Good News streamers. They enjoyed dancing to the Good News song using them. They found out that Jesus has called each of us to share the Good News with others. Reception talked together about how they can spread the Good News with love, kindness, sharing and forgiveness.…

Reception have spent the day celebrating their class saint St. George who is also the patron saint of England.  Children were invited to dress in red and white to match the colour of the St. George’s Cross. In class we listened to the story of St. George and why he is so special. We enjoyed having…

Year 3 have learnt all about the events of Holy Week that built up to Easter Sunday, Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. They sequenced the events after watching the story and created their own story wheels. Next, they learnt about Holy Week in other cultures and countries, such as France and…

In Year 4, our class saint is Saint Joseph. His feast day is celebrated on the 19th March. To celebrate this day, we all wore green and brown which are the colours associated with him. We then learned about his life and how his special day is celebrated in other countries across the world.

Today, Year 5 celebrated the Feast Day of St. Patrick, their class saint. To mark the occasion, they dressed in green. The children learned about St. Patrick’s life and created fact files that highlighted key moments from his journey. They had fun making and decorating shamrock biscuits and also…

Nursery loved celebrating pancake day yesterday! They had a variety of toppings to choose from including jam, butter or chocolate sauce. Can you guess which was the most popular choice? 

As tomorrow is the 1st March, Year 2 have been finding out about their class saint, Saint David. They learned about his life and why he became a saint. They watched videos of children preparing for and celebrating St David’s Day. Afterwards they shared Welsh cakes and wrote fact files about him on…