This week, the children have started to learn about Judaism and some of the fundamental beliefs and festivals. they have looked at why the Jewish New Year is celebrated in September and what this festival involves. After watching a video and making some inferences from photos, the children created a
Over the last couple of weeks in RE, Year 3 have been learning about baptism. They began by learning about John the Baptist, what he did and why this is still considered important and significant to Christians today. They were really good at ordering and retelling the main events. The children then
We have been learning all about Diwali in Reception. The children have learnt all about the meaning behind the festival and how it is also known as the festival of light. We watched a variety of different video clips on the internet to be able to understand the festival in more detail. During guided
Diwali This week at Nursery we have been learning about Diwali – The Festival of Light. We have looked at their culture, how it is different from us, and how they celebrate it. The children loved the Bollywood dancing with instruments and ribbons, as well as admiring their costumes and colours. We
This week, the Year One children have enjoyed finding out about Diwali and how it is celebrated by the Hindu community. Our learning journey started by a virtual trip to the Oriental Museum. Ross and his team taught the children all about the gods and deities. We used hand actions to retell the stor
In RE, Year 2 have been learning all about Christian weddings. The children learnt that Christians often get married in a church, exchange rings/vows and eat cake. The children had to pretend that they had been a guest at a Christian wedding and made a thank you card for the bride and groom. Inside
This week, the children in Nursery and Reception have been busy doing lots of arts and crafts with an Easter theme. As well as some great painted egg designs, other crafts include: decorating Easter bonnets; colouring Easter egg designs; Easter models; Easter cards and egg hunts. We would like t
The Easter weekend is still with us and we hope that everyone has been having an enjoyable time. The weather has been a little mixed but there has been some sunshine which people could have taken advantage of whilst following the national message for keeping ourselves safe. I’m sure that there was
During RE, Year 3 are answering the key question, ‘What events are important to people of the Jewish Faith?’ The boys and girls have read the story of Esther and understand the significance of Purim. To celebrate in style, the children designed and created their own carnival masks and had great fun
As part of our RE topic in year 4, the children enjoyed a visit to the Iskcon Hindu temple in Newcastle. The children enjoyed learning about the history of the temple, how it is used by the local Hindu community, its important features and the Gods that are worshipped there. They were also intereste