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Church Worship to Remember Queen Elizabeth II

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Church Worship to Remember Queen Elizabeth II

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In church, Reverend Rebecca talked about how Queen Elizabeth II was a friend to the church and a friend of God. We reflected on this and paid our respects.

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We added prayers to our prayer tree to thank God for the service of our Queen and to pray for her, her family and the nation after her death.

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Throughout Autumn, we explored different friendships in the bible and what we can learn from these. These included Daniel and his friends, the men who took their paralyzed friend to see Jesus, Mary and Martha, Elijah and Elisha and Jesus' disciples.

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The children LOVED completing this quiz about Jesus. Have a go yourself!

We talked about how it doesn't matter to Jesus whether we know lots of facts about him. The children suggested things that Jesus would want: for us to follow his teachings, show Christian values, forgive others, be good people etc.

We also discussed what kinds of things we do with our friends when we spend time together and what this looks like with Jesus e.g. praying, reading the bible, going to church, singing.

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Jesus Quiz Questions - His Feet International

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We looked at friendship bracelets in our individual worships across school, in particular the Rakhi bracelet, which is used by Hindus to celebrate Raksha Bandhan - a celebration of family life and in particular the relationship between brothers and sisters.

Year 2 children made some Rakhi bracelets and took them home to gift to a sibling or other family member.

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The children learned about the very unlikely and special friendship of Max Gendelman and Karl Kirschner. We discussed how friends can come in all shapes and sizes and how two people don't have to be the same to be friends. Some of the Year 6s discussed how Jesus often showed love and compassion to people who were very different to him and didn't necessarily live good lives.

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Here are KS1 exploring what makes a good friend.

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Visit From John Robinson - Blackburn Cathedral Choir

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Visit From John Robinson - Blackburn Cathedral Choir

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We had a visitor to school in October. John came and spoke to us about how to join the choir at Blackburn Cathedral.

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Creative Worship - Led by the Worship Warriors

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Creative Worship - Led by the Worship Warriors

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Our Worship Warriors and members of the church led our whole school creative worship sessions in church. Our focus for the sessions was ' What is the most important thing about Christmas?

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This year, the Reception class children have been introduced to Jack. Jack is very special and he loves to hear all about God and tell the children stories from the Bible. Each time the children do Worship, Jack comes out and brings with him, his special book - the Bible. The children have learnt some lovely songs that they sing each time:
- the Worship cloth comes out
- Jack comes out
- the bible is taken out of Jack's box
- they have thinking time after they have heard Jack's bible story
- before they pray

These songs are repeated in every Worship that Jack comes along.

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The whole school gathered together to show our respect and pray for those who gave their lives in wars of the past and those who are are suffering because of war today.

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Years 1 and 2 discussed what the word 'Peace' means and thought about images relating to this in their worship.  The filled doves with some the images they had discussed.

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Our KS2 children, parents and community came together to worship. We shared the story of Christmas through bible readings - led by our Worship warriors, prayed and sang Christmas songs and Christmas Carols. Our songs were accompanied by the Church band.

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We had a change to our routine this morning, with Rev Rebecca leading our whole school worship in the hall rather than in church.  Our theme this week is 'truth'.  We made links to John 14 verse 6 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). Everyone is going to make a huge effort to be 'truthful'.

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Year 6 have been looking at the 'Change the World' unit in their RE lessons this term. We have placed some of their work, along with an amazing re-write of the Martin Luther King 'I Have Dream' speech around our whole school prayer tree. I am sure you will agree that it is amazing!

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Our Infants performed our Nativity 'Superstar' in a dress rehearsal to the juniors and in two performances to family and friends. The children told the story of how Jesus was born that very special night in a stable in Bethlehem.

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At St James' we love to sing and this makes up part of our whole school and class worship.  We have different songs each week.
Below are links to some of our favourites:
Juniors –My Lighthouse  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFBZJGSgyVQ
Infants -  Mr Cow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INM3JZESHrw
Juniors Friend of God https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=2fTO10iFNrI
Infants – Peace Like a River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7it5W1FVtTs

I am sure you will recognise some of them.

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Following on from our worship about forgiveness, year 6 wrote acrostic prayers.

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Christmas Cards for Local Hospice and Care Homes

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Christmas Cards for Local Hospice and Care Homes

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This year, the whole school made Christmas cards. These were distributed to local hospices and care homes within our community. The children really enjoyed this project and understood the importance of small things making a huge difference to someone who is alone at this special time of year.

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During week commencing 30th January our focus was compassion. We thought carefully about how we could show compassion in our normal lives.

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We carried the theme of compassion through to our class worship.

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Picture News - Collective Worship Wk Comm 6.2.23

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Every week, we look at Picture News Collective Worship. This helps us keep in touch with the world around us. We make links between real world issues, faith, British values and the UN rights of a child. We are also able to place these events within God's big story.

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Mr T and Oscar Leading EYFS and KS1 Worship.

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Mr T and Oscar Leading EYFS and KS1 Worship.

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Pancake Day - Shrove Tuesday Whole School Worship

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Pancake Day - Shrove Tuesday Whole School Worship

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Mr T and Mrs Tindall led our whole school worship today to talk about our theme "Pancakes to the Cross". We discussed the meaning of the tradition of eating pancakes and the start of lent - a time of preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus.

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Some of our children were lucky enough to taste the pancakes that Mrs Tindall had made in worship today.

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The whole school attended our Ash Wednesday service in church with Rev, Rebecca. We listened to stories about Lent and were given the sign of the cross, in ash, on our foreheads.

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Worship Warriors Lead Friday Celebration Worship

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Worship Warriors Lead Friday Celebration Worship

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Our Worship Warriors, with the help of Mr T, led our celebration worship this week. They did an amazing job with prayers, certificates and birthdays. It ran like clockwork.

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In our whole school church worship this week, Rev Rebecca told us the story of the bread and the fishes.  We talked about the amazing things Jesus did. The children discussed Jesus being able to do things that noone else could.  Children shared their ideas about what this miracle shows us about Jesus.  Swanika (Year 5) told us that she believes it shows that Jesus is always with us and will help us even if we take the wrong path.

At the end of worship or Worship Warriors presented everyone with fishes, to remind us that the miracles of Jesus show us who He is.

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Exploring the Miracles of Jesus - Year 4

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Exploring the Miracles of Jesus - Year 4

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Special Places - 15.3.23

Reception Class worked in their groups to discuss different pictures of places. The children shared their thoughts on whether or not they thought each place was special. Afterwards, the children shared their thoughts together and talked about their most special place and why.

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The Last Supper - Led by Year 4 and Year 5

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The Last Supper - Led by Year 4 and Year 5

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Year 4 and 5 led worship this morning and took us through the story of the last supper. They helped us to understand that this was all part of God's plan and that Jesus knew this.

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All our children have started this term by looking at what a 'History Maker' is and how we can make a change to the world we live in. The children have created videos to share their ideas.

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Every Monday the whole school meet together in church to worship. Our worship in church is lked by Rev. Rebecca or Rev Alice. This week two year 6 children opened with a prayer.

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We are continuing our theme of 'History Makers' looking at women in the Bible.

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Year 4 took their class worship outside today. They were thinking about forgiveness.

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Worship Warriors Lead Friday Celebration Worship

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Worship Warriors Lead Friday Celebration Worship

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We will be exploring one of our key bible verses this week during worship. John 10:10
We learnt some actions with Rev. Alice in church on Monday to help us to remember.

Weekly challenge - Learn and recite John 10:10 without looking.

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I will worship (You're worthy of my praise)

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Whole School Worship - Paul and Silas Acts 16:22–24

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Whole School Worship - Paul and Silas Acts 16:22–24

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Our year 6 class performed a modern interpretation of the story of Paul and Silas in prison from Acts. Our focus was on moving through bad times and focusing on the positives.

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Facing the challenges the 'unexpected' brings - Sophie Carrigill - Great Britain Wheel Chair Athlete

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Facing the challenges the 'unexpected' brings - Sophie Carrigill - Great Britain Wheel Chair Athlete

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On Friday 23rd June, St James' were lucky enough to have a visit from Sophie Carrigill - a Great Britain Wheel Chair Basket Ball Champion.

Sophie talked to us about how 'The Unexpected' - a car accident that left her paralysed from the waist down - changed her life.

Sophie used her immese love of sport, to pick herself up and move forward in her life.  She worked hard and believed in herself and those around her.

What an inspiration Sophie was to us all, showing us that the unexpected, even when it seems like the end of the world, can become something truely amazing.

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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith

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Year 2 baked the Church some buns and made them a card to celebrate the Church’s birthday - Pentecost

What an unexpected act of kindness!

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The Blessing | Lyric Video | Elevation Church Kids

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In Church on Monday we added actions to our second Bible verse Jeremiah 29:11 - Our weekly challenge this week is to try to remember the verse and the actions.

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Mrs Tindall challenged the children to use the LEGO to 'build' a bible story.  Our reception class had lots of fun with this. Can you guess which story we made?

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Weekly Challenge

See the new thing that God has got planned for you? Think about it and look for it over the summer.