Tag: Religious Education

Today in R.E. we welcomed Mrs O’Neil into class.  We have been learning about people who help in our parish.  Last week the children prepared questions to ask Mrs O’Neil about how she helps in church, singing in the choir; helping within the parish centre and why she does this. We learnt about…

In Reception we have been learning about what happens in a church and what we might find in there. We went for a visit to our church next door, St Mary's. The children enjoyed learning about the pews and altar and also looking at the different statues and candles. We were very quiet inside and the…

Year 1 Visited St. Mary’s Church to learn about Baptism with Father Peter.  To help the children’s understanding of the different parts involved they role played a Baptism. We learnt that Baptism is an invitation to belong to the family of the church. The children learnt about the words and…

This week in RE we have been learning about how we welcome people into our family.

We have been in the home corner where we have been able to role play looking after a new born baby. We have talked about what a new baby needs and how to help our grownups at home when a new baby arrives. Lots of…

We had a visit from Imran the Imam to tell us all about Islam. During an assembly he told us what Muslims believe in as well as teaching us about the Five Pillars of Islam. He showed us some special objects they use in relation to the Five Pillars and explained their significance. Year 5 then had…

Years 3 and 4 really enjoyed their Imam workshop, where they learnt all about Muslim beliefs, the 5 Pillars and where they go to worship. They had a great time, saw and handled artefacts, heard readings from their holy book and tried on holy garments.

Today we were visited by Imran the imam. During an assembly he told us about what Muslims believe as well as teaching us about the Five Pillars of Islam. He showed us some of the special objects they use in relation to the Five Pillars and told us about their significance.

Year 5 enjoyed celebrating their class saint’s day on Thursday. They learnt all about the life of St. Patrick, how St. Patrick’s day is celebrated and had a special visit from Mrs. Smith who shared all her Irish heritage with us.

Our class Saint is St Joseph so to celebrate St Joseph’s Day tomorrow, we have been learning all about why St Joseph is such an inspiration, about traditions around the world and we even tated some food traditionally eaten on St Joseph’s Day. 
 

After learning about what happens in a church, Reception visited our church next door, St Mary’s. We looked at the different statues, the altar and talked about how the font was used for christenings. The children also made the sign of the cross using the holy water. We loved having a look around…

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten period leading up to Easter, when Jesus died and was resurrected. The ashes symbolize both death and repentance. During this period, we say sorry for our sins, because Christ died for us.  We gathered together in school today to receive our ashes and…

This week year 1 have been learning about mental health.  What mental health means; how we can be kind to ourselves and others.  We made some ‘Kindness Cups’ and helped to fill our classmates cups with kind words. We all really enjoyed this. It was a great feeling to read and listen to what our…