This week, the boys and girls have been learning about the Jewish festival of Purim. They began by listening to the Story of Esther and can retell the events. They understand that Esther showed courage and bravery at a time when she would have felt worried and scared. Everyone then reflected on how
This week the Year 5 children have started their new unit of Islam. We started the week by recapping their learning from Year 2. The children could remember a great deal. They were able to recall facts about mosques, the Qur’an and worship. We then compare the key feature of the religion to our Autu
Everyone was very excited to go on their very first trip in Year One. The children have been learning all about Christian churches. They have learnt what happens in a church and features of a church both inside and outside. Today, we all walked down to St. Ninian’s church in Low Fell. We enjoyed
This week, Year Two had a visitor from Newcastle Central Mosque. They learned lots of facts about Islam, including how Muslim babies are welcomed into the world and what happens at a Muslim wedding. To begin, the children learned about aqiqah – a naming ceremony that takes place when a baby is sev
On Thursday, Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic visit to the ISKCON Hindu temple in Newcastle. We enjoyed stories about the Hindu faith, learning about the prayer ceremony and hearing the chanting and signing. We had chance to talk about all the fascinating Hindu gods and goddesses and learned about tradi
This term in our Forest School sessions we are preparing for our annual survey for The RSPB Big School Bird-watch. Year 6 are busy building bird-hides. The structure of their builds is linked to their RE study regarding the Jewish Festival of Sukkot. Trying to use the detailed guidance for building
The Year 3 children have thoroughly enjoyed this week’s activities. They read the Christmas Story and worked together to retell it using pictures. In DT, the children designed and made a Christmas stocking, using a running stitch technique. They all managed to follow the brief as everyone’s stoc
Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been learning about the Jewish faith and have studied some of the important beliefs and celebrations. The children have learnt about some important festivals in the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah ‘The Head of the Year’ celebrates the beginning of
December 1st sees the official start of our Christmas countdown and we couldn’t have asked for a more appropriate day with the snow laying beautifully this morning. Freya from Reception, was given the task of opening Day 1 of our advent calendar which revealed an angel that could be placed above the
This week, Reception took part in their first ever Nativity on the stage, in front of their families. The children have been incredibly busy rehearsing for the Nativity performance for weeks, and the day finally arrived where they enjoyed performing in front of a huge audience filled with parents
