Take a look at our Summer 1 RE Day!
In RE, 1 Red have been learning all about Baptism in Christianity. A Baptism is a Christian rite of passage that uses water to symbolise spiritual purification, rebirth and initiation into the faith. It signifies the washing away of any sins and shows a person’s public commitment to follow Jesus Christ. The children held their own Baptism in class with a priest, parents of the baby and Godparents, surrounded by all their friends
This week Year 5 have been looking at Sikhism in R.E.
We decided to have our very own Sikh wedding, which the children planned and delivered themselves.
Each team had a project, we had: invitations, menus, decorations, looking after the bride and groom’s families, costumes and the ceremony committee. Every group had a specific job and worked amazingly well as a team to make sure the wedding went off without a hitch!
To celebrate, we had a party afterwards and celebrated the wedding in true Sikh fashion, with lots of music, dancing and laughter.
We had a visit from Reverend Ian at St John’s church.he talked about teamwork, how is it important to work together and how Christian’s also think this is very important. He said that the people at the church work together and have great teamwork. He explained that we use different parts of our body, they work together to help,us eat, run etc
He then talked about how people work together in school, sports, music etc. the children gave examples of how people work together,. Such as, different positions in football, different instruments in a band, helping your friends in school. We then sang a song about God.
We had a visit from Reverend Ian this morning. He reminded the children of activities and events going on at his church St John’s. He also talked to the children about things they like at Easter. He then talked about the cup of suffering. He explained that Jesus died on the cross and took the suffering with him, linking it to sin. He talked about sin, getting yourself into trouble and how we can stop that. We then sang a song.
Last week we had a visit from Reverend Ian from St John’s church. He talked about when you get a gift and how you have to look after it. People believe we are a gift from God. It is also believed that light is a gift from God and that it is good. He then discussed light, such as the sun and the moon. How the sun affects seasons and how the moon affects the sea. After that Reverend Ian said that we shine a light and we need to shine our light on others. He asked the children how we could brighten up someone’s day? Some suggestions were play with your friends, share, give someone a hug, make someone laugh and be kind to everyone. Finally, he shared a prayer about our school.
In year 4 we have been learning about ‘Why Christians believe that Jesus is the light of The World’. The children acted out the story of ‘The Blind Man’ and created stained glass windows showing ‘light’ as symbolism.
