Rev. Paul’s Christmas Q&A

21st December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Each year group posed a question to Rev. Paul relating to their current topic questions for R.E. Watch the video below to see his answers.

Look out for a special guest appearance from Maisie the dog too!

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Festive Advent Calendars

4th December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Today in R.E. Class 7 created their very own Christian Advent calendars. In R.E. lessons this half term we have been working towards answering the question: ‘How and why is Advent important to Christians?’

We discussed the meaning of Advent, and recapped the candles on the Advent wreath. Then the children created their own Advent Calendars for each week of Advent. Inside each door, they drew a picture of something related to Christmas and Christmastime. The end results are beautiful!

Meditating

7th November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

As part of our R.E. lessons in Year 3 this week we have been thinking about Hinduism. We discussed the ritual of puja and how Hindus worship their gods by giving offerings, chanting and meditating. We then had a go of meditating ourselves using a guided meditation video from ‘Peace Out’.

The children enjoyed this so much they wanted to complete 2 more over the course of the week!

Visit to St Nicholas’ Church

6th January 2020R Smith

Thursday 5th December KS2 visited St Nicholas Church in Boldon. The children were told about the history of the church; the architecture of the church, showing us how we knew it had been extended, the meaning of the stained glass windows and about the history of St Nicholas himself. The priest then used two of our pupils to explain the meaning of Christingle – Jesus the light of the world. He explained how the christingle is made up and what each part represents;

  • An orange, representing the world
  • A candle pushed into the centre of the orange, then lit, representing Jesus Christ as the light of the world
  • A red ribbon wrapped around the orange representing the blood of christ
  • Dried fruits and/or sweets skewered on cocktail sticks pushed into the orange, representing the fruits of the earth and the four seasons.

To finish the children sang Christmas songs!

The Bible come Alive!

15th November 2019R Smith

Year 3 had a great morning at Boldon Independent Methodist Church this morning with ‘Bibles comes alive.’ The children loved every minute of the stories from the bible coming ‘alive’ through drama.