Blog by Tag: RE

Christmas festivities are well underway in reception. We especially enjoyed our Christmas dinner yesterday. ☺️

This afternoon, the children in Year 6 worked with Mrs Deller on their Transition workshop. They looked at and discussed what they were looking forward to, what they were worried about and what they would miss when they move to Secondary school. Mrs Deller talked about getting to school, moving…

This term we have been learning and talking about commitment in religion and we have been comparing how Sikhs and Christians show commitment to their faith.

We invited Mrs Deller from the local Baptist church in to speak to us about how she and other Christians show commitment to their faith…

We watched a video about a little girl called Sophia who celebrated the Jewish festival of Hanukkah with her family. We learnt all about the traditions including decorations, candles, songs, games, prayers and food. We followed a recipe for latke (potato pancakes) and made them. The Jewish people…

We have been learning about different celebrations. We have talked about Bonfire night, birthdays and Diwali. Look at the wonderful diva lamps and rangoli patterns we have made! 
 

Last half term, we learnt about Diwali. To celebrate the start of this festival we decorated our classroom with our artwork,, and revisited what we had learnt. 

We had so much fun creating our own rangoli patterns onto our pebbles. We designed them and then carefully painted our patterns. We can’t wait to display them around school for you all to see during Divali!

We are having lots of fun in reception getting ready for Christmas. We have been baking Christmas cookies, learning about why Christmas is a special time for Christians, taking part in lots of Christmas craft activities and we especially enjoyed our Polar Express day in our pyjamas.