Why does Easter matter to Christians?
What do these words sin and salvation mean? The children thought about sin first and that it is the things that people do wrong, some of the ideas that they came up with were hitting people, war, saying unkind things. The children then looked at the word salvation alongside the word save and noticed that they have some of the same letters.
We went to the hall and put the word God one side, people the other side and sin in the middle. One of us stood in the middle like Jesus on the cross, the word sin was underneath, we noticed that when Jesus died on the cross He was a bridge between people and God, He saved us from our sin.
Why does Easter matter to Christians?
We had some fantastic acting and understanding this week in R.E. We put the story of Easter on a time line in the correct order and talked about the importance of each part.
The children worked in groups to act out a section of the story. They all did amazingly well and came out with some great ideas about what the characters, animals or objects may have been feeling or what they said.
Why does Easter matter to Christians?
This week we began our new big question.
In year 1 we searched for signs of new life and found hidden pictures. We talked about what these things show and how they link to Easter. We then drew pictures of new life on to a grass background.
In year 2 we looked at a special Easter lunchbox. There were pancakes, hot cross buns and chocolate eggs in side. We talked about what these show and why they are special at Easter time. The children then designed their own Easter lunchbox front covers and explained what they had drawn and why.
Look at some of the beautiful drawing and writing below.
Why is light important in everyday life?
Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of light.
We found out that the Maccabee army beat the king's army and then they rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem. While they were rebuilding it they found a container of oil which would light the menorah for a short time. It actually stayed alight for 8 days and 8 nights which showed that God was with them and that he is everlasting.
In year 2 we drew our own menorahs and wrote about it's importance.
In year 1 we decorated a menorah and talked about what we thought about it.
Next week we will begin our new big question!
Why is light important in everyday life?
Diwali is the Hindu festival of light, it is celebrated in November.
We read the story of Rama and Sita, and found out about why Diwali is celebrated. We were all amazed by the 10 headed demon!
Year 1 acted out the story and year 2 made diva lamps out of clay.
Diva lamps are used as the people lit these to lead Rama and Sita home. The light represents good beating evil and light beating dark.
Year 1:
Year 2:
Why is light important in everyday life?
What a busy week it's been. We've all carried out our nativity plays and we were amazing!!
In R.E we talked about our plays and why we were doing them. We discussed the characters and why the story is important to Christians.
We hope you all enjoyed the performances that we put on.
After the Christmas holiday we will be continuing our enquiry about light for the first 2 weeks back. We will be finding out about 2 festivals of light from 2 different religions.
Why is light important in everyday life?
This week we had our first federation Christingle services.
Each school had a workshop where the children found out about Christingles and then made their own. The older children helped the younger children.
The Christingle was brought to England 50 years ago by the Children's Society. The Children's Society help unfortunate children and children who are on the streets.
The Christingle is made up of different elements and each one has a specific reason:
The orange represents the world that God made.
The red ring around the orange represents the blood that Jesus lost when He died on the cross, it also represents the love that God wraps around us at all times.
The four cocktail sticks represent the 4 seasons of the year.
The sweets/raisins on the cocktail sticks represent the food that God provides.
The tinfoil represent the nails that Jesus had in His hands and feet during his crucifixion, it also represents the star that shone over the stable when He was born.
The candle represents Jesus as the Light of the World.
Here are some pictures of the Year 2 children at Sutton helping Year 1 and Reception:
Our Christingle services were very special, Mrs. Elliott came in and led Hickling's service, Catfield went to the church for their service and Mrs. Holmes led Sutton's service. It was very heartwarming listening to the children sing their Christingle song with the candles alight. 4 children from each school did a reading each too, they read beautifully and with confidence.
Below are some pictures from the service at Sutton:
