Religious Education Curriculum Posts
Foundation and Key Stage 1 Harvest Festival 2017
Many parents attended to watch the Foundation and Key Stage 1 Harvest Festival today. As always the children put on a magnificent performance, having only had a few weeks to practise. They began with a [...]
Key Stage 2 Christmas Play
Key Stage 2 performed their Christmas play,'Scrooge' last week on two consecutive nights. The children put in an amazing performance to a packed hall of parents and staff.
Foundation and Key Stage 1 Christmas Play
Last week saw the performance of Foundation and Key Stage 1's Christmas play, 'Lights Camel Action'. The children worked very hard to get the show ready for parents to come and watch.
Key Stage 1 Baptism
Recently Key Stage 1 have been learning about baptism and how it is important to the christian faith. 1/2J and 1/2S have both created short scenes of the ceremony. 1/2J 1/2S
Years 3/4 R.E. Spring-time Festivals
Years 3 and 4 have been learning about spring-time festivals in our R.E lessons this term. We enjoyed making some stop-frame animations about each festival.
Angels Up High
Angels came to proclaim the Christmas message but, in this entertaining Christmas musical performed by KS2 pupils, there is also plenty of celestial squabbling along the way!
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