What a week! On Tuesday our children led the Tuesday assembly so wonderfully! They told the story of Zacchaeus with such clarity and understanding. Throughout all rehearsals the children have worked together beautifully to help and encourage one another… just as Zacchaeus had Jesus to help him, our children have Jesus in one-another, and they help each other so well! We have been looking closely at the story of Zacchaeus throughout the half term, in RE lessons and when thinking about our two virtues which have been, ‘Eloquent and Truthful’. As we move into the next half term we will begin to introduce the next two virtues, ‘Intentional and Prophetic’… how are we making sure we are intentional with our words and actions, looking after one another and God’s world? How are we being prophetic in our example towards others? These are reflections we will be thinking carefully about over the coming weeks.

In RE the children have, ever so proudly, created their very own stories of the Bible books, retelling many different bible stories that we have shared together throughout the half term. We have been looking particularly at St Luke’s gospels and these are the stories that we have focused on, such as Simeon and Anna, Simon in the boat and Zacchaeus. Our class target has been to retell in detail different stories from the bible and this was a very good way of sharing just how confident they now are retelling a range of stories from the bible.

Going deeper in our learning!

During the half term we begin Lent. Please spend time this week creating your Lentern boxes, having these ready for when we come back together next Monday. We will be swapping our boxes with our partner class, Year 5 in the first week back. While making your box, talk about ways you can grow closer to Jesus during Lent. What extra things could you do as a family to help one another and also the world around you. We too will be thinking about this in class.

Magic moments

We have finished our topic of Peter Rabbit this week, with the children writing their very own stories, they are so excited to read these to you during our book look when we come back from the half term!

Reminders

Cold weather: Remember to bring all those warm layers: coats, hats, gloves and scarfs!

Snacks: A gentle reminder that as a school we are trying to reduce waste. At the start of the year we set out on a mission to bring any snacks into school in reusable containers. Please continue to help us with this, sending all snacks in reusable plastic containers. Thank you!

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