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To understand how Christians welcome a new baby.

We looked at how babies are christened and the whole family celebrates.

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KO What does it mean to belong to a faith community

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Today we learned about the parable of Jonah and the big fish. We talked about the message it gave to Christian’s. The children then sequenced the story.

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Today year one wrote prayers about things they have to be thankful for.

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Today we were learning about the parable of the prodigals son. The children talked about the message of faith and forgiveness. We made story cubes showing our understanding of the story.

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Using the Jewish greeting in class.

Shabbat Shalom everybody!

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Today’s question:

Today we learned about Shabbat and what it means to Jewish people.

In preparation for our class book making session, we worked hard to understand what Jewish people do - and do not do - on Shabbat and why.

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Learning about where our learning can take us! Here we are discussing the possible careers that RE can lead us to.

We spoke about religious leadership, charity work and even teaching!

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What is precious to Jewish people? What does a Mezuzah remind Jewish people about?

Today we spoke about what is important to Jewish people and how the mezuzah reminds them of that. We then discussed what is important to us and made our own mezuzah scrolls to share our important messages.

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Some of us decided to draw synagogues in continuous provision.

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Today we moved on to our new unit ‘Who is Jewish and how do they live?’

We were introduced to some new vocabulary such as ‘Mezuzah’, ‘Shema’, ‘Torah’ and ‘Synagogue’.

We looked at a range of mezuzahs and a) thought about what they are and b) guessed what belongs inside.

Finally we learned about how they fit in with Jewish life and listened to the Shema.

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Today we moved on to our new unit ‘Who is Jewish and how do they live?’

We were introduced to some new vocabulary such as ‘Mezuzah’, ‘Shema’, ‘Torah’ and ‘Synagogue’.

We looked at a range of mezuzahs and a) thought about what they are and b) guessed what belongs inside.

Finally we learned about how they fit in with Jewish life and listened to the Shema.

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1/12/25 Collective worship: Nativity story and tree dressing

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1/12/25 Collective worship: Nativity story and tree dressing

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WALT: remember and explain why Jesus is so special to Christians.

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WALT: understand why Christians are thankful for Jesus at Christmas time.

Today we generated ideas about a) what Mary might be grateful for and b) what Christians are thankful for.

“Jesus was sent to be a saviour” was our favourite answer!

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WALT: understand what happened when Jesus was born and why it was special for Christians.

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WALT: retell the Christian Christmas story and understand why it is important to Christians

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WALT: Retell the creation story

Today we created stained glass windows to show different parts of the creation story. Here is our shared attempt - you can see our individual work in our books!

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WALT: Retell the creation story

Today we recapped our learning so far. To begin, we went over this term's vocabulary and watched a short video all about the creation story. We then worked in small groups to retell the story of creation.

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WALT: understand how Christians say thank you to God around Harvest time.

Today we explored the meaning of Harvest. As a class, we spoke about how Harvest is a time when Christians say thank you to God for all that they have been given and all that God has made. We went on to create a class 'harvest basket' of things we might be thankful for before sharing ideas on what a Christian might give at Harvest. During the session, Abdullah highlighted a link between religions, stating how Muslim people also give to people in need i.e., Zakat and Sadaqah.

To finish of our lesson, we sang the Harvest Samba song! 🥕🥦🍅🥬🌽

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WALT: understand what Christians might praise God for.

Following a pan input and a class discussion, we thought about why Christians might thank or praise God.

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Unit Question: Who do Christians say made the world?

WALT: understand details of the creation story.

Look at this proud pair 🤩

After an lesson based on the creation story, the two children worked so hard to draw about their favourite day in God’s busy week!

Miss Ryan, Mrs Carr and Mrs Khan were so proud that we had to head to Mrs Bullock to celebrate

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Head to class to see some more fabulous work.

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Unit Question: Why does Christmas matter to Christians?

WALT: know that Christians believe Jesus was God on Earth.

Today we were introduced to the story of Christmas to help us to begin to understand why Christmas matters to Christians.

We also looked at the vocabulary that we will be learning and using in this unit.

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WALT: understand Advent, the time Christians wait for Christmas and the Advent wreath.

Today, following our class input about the period of advent, we made our very own advent wreaths to remind us that Jesus is the light of the world and to help us wait patiently for the celebration of Jesus’ birthday.

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Unit 8: Why does Christmas matter to Christians? Widgits

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Unit 8: Why does Christmas matter to Christians? Widgits

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Unit 8: Why does Christmas matter to Christians? Knowledge Organiser

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Unit 8: Why does Christmas matter to Christians? Knowledge Organiser