Blog by Tag: Religious Education

During Recycling Week 2024, a warning was issued highlighting that households are wasting an astonishing 1 billion items each year that could be recycled. To promote greater recycling efforts, our Laudato Si group organised a recycling poster competition. We received an amazing response from the…

After learning about the Hindu festival ‘Diwali’ the children created some Rangoli patterns using watercolours.  They learnt that the patterns can be placed outside homes to welcome visitors and to bring good luck. 
 

In R.E. Year 2 have been reflecting on God’s gift of creation and thinking about what they are grateful for. They looked at some artwork by the contemporary artist Andy Goldsworthy in which he uses natural materials to mimic natural land features and animals. The children had lots of fun finding…

Year 1 have been learning that October is the month of The Holy Rosary.  They learned how to use the Rosary to say prayers by holding a bead at a time. Year 1 found out that a decade means a group of 10 and that this is how The Rosary is organised. They created their own Rosary bracelets to offer…

Congratulations to Layla and Bobbie for winning the design for our new garden which will also house a grotto for Mary. The  children were asked to create a garden with a holy theme where we can all go to relax and reflect. We were impressed with all of the entries and all the children received a…

Another productive day in our garden planting up the tubs with our lovely plants. We learnt how deep we had to plant them and the importance of not covering the leaves with the compost. We have some budding gardeners!

As it is the Month of the Rosary, Year 2 have been praying the rosary. They have shown respect and reverence throughout. They have spent some time learning about and meditating on the mysteries of Jesus’ life so that they may draw closer to him through the intercession of Mary. They know that with…

To celebrate Saint Luke’s Day on Friday, we held our annual assembly in honour of our governor, Luke Murphy. Luke made significant contributions to our school, particularly through his passion for sports, as he consistently supported all our tournaments. Each year, we present the Luke Murphy…

We had Fran from the charity, ‘Mary’s Meals’, deliver our school assembly to tell us all about the charity. We learnt all about the great work they do with all their donations and how we could help in the future, even by just sharing their story. This is something our Ethos group will support with…

Today in R.E. Reception learnt about welcoming others. They talked about how they greet their friends and family when they visit their homes. Reception learnt to use the word ‘welcome’ and talked about what it means. They enjoyed role playing welcoming each other and staff into class. Reception…

On Thursday 26th September our Well-being Group attended a Sport and Well-being Gala held by Brilliant Cumbria. They travelled to Workington RLFC where they took part in various different sporting activities like wrestling, softball, crazy catch, running and lots more! 

The children’s behaviour…

Today is the feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary. Year 5 have been learning that the Rosary is used to help catholics pray and focus on the life of Jesus and that of Mary the Mother of Jesus. They all showed reverence and respect while we prayed.