Walking in other people's shoes

Why does Easter matter to Christians?

This week we looked back at the story "Let's be friends again".  We thought about how the boy felt in the story and how the girl felt, then we talked about the saying 'walking in other people's shoes'.  We took turns standing on some paper shoes and said how we felt as the boy or girl in the story.

Look at the pictures to see some of the things we wrote about the feelings of other people.

Why does Easter matter to Christians?

We thought about what we talked about last week and what Jesus said to God.  Christians ask God to forgive them because of Jesus' example, He was prepared to die to save and rescue people and heal their friendship with God.

We worked together to think about reasons why forgiveness is important to Christians and how Jesus inspires Christians to forgive others.

Father forgive them

Why does Easter matter to Christians?

"Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing."

This is the scripture passage that we looked at today in Year 2.  We thought about who is saying it, who they are saying it to, why they are saying it and who they are talking about.

Forgive and Forget

Why does Easter matter to Christians?

The story "Let's Be Friends Again" by Hans Wilhelm is about a little girl who puts her brother's turtle in to the pond and it gets lost.  Her brother is very angry with her, he feels unwell, screams and shouts.  Eventually he forgives his sister.

The children thought about times when they have been angry with someone and how this made them feel.  Some said that they shouted in to a pillow, some said they felt sick and had a belly ache.

We listened to some calm, happy music and talked about how they felt when they had forgiven this person.

Have a look at some of the children's thoughts and feelings below.

Jesus' Examples

Why does Easter matter to Christians?

This week we have been thinking about how Christians and churches follow the examples that Jesus set.

We talked about the charities that we support in school, how we do this and why we do this.  We chose a charity to collect for over Lent this year and thought about the importance work that this charity does.

The children wrote about how our federation has helped charities over the past year.