We should love each other, because love comes from God… if we love each other, God lives in us!
John 4:7,12
This week in RE, we’ve been learning all about the joy of Easter Sunday — the wonderful day when Jesus rose, bringing hope and celebration.
We spent time thinking about why Easter Sunday is such a happy day, sharing ideas about the joy of knowing Jesus is alive. The children also imagined what it might have been like at the empty tomb — perhaps quiet, peaceful, and full of surprise.
We reflected on the angel’s words, “Do not be afraid,” and wondered why that message was given. One lovely thought was that the angel simply didn’t want anyone to worry. And, of course, Easter eggs came up too! We talked about why we have eggs on Easter Sunday and how they remind us of new life — and even how their shape is like the stone that was rolled away.
This led beautifully into our child-led liturgy which centered around the ‘tomb’. This week’s prayer leaders created a lovely display on our liturgy table and led our prayers wonderfully.
Conversation starter:
Each week we will give you a question that we would like you to think about and discuss together at home. This could be over dinner time as a family, at bedtime, on a walk or even in the car. However you choose to discuss this question is up to you, but the idea is that it will help to give an insight in to what we talk about in school, help children to understand more about themselves or others.
What part of the Easter story makes you smile the most? I wonder why Easter Sunday feels like such a happy day for you?
What adventures have we been on this week?
We have been learning about doubles and the parts that make the whole, our stem sentences have been … is made of …. and …. … and …. make …. e.g. 4 is made of 2 and 2, 2 and 2 make 4.
We started reading Jack and the Beanstalk this week, we imagined what our magic bean would turn into, there were so many great ideas and super sentence writing. We planted our own beans to observe how they grow and we will look at the cycle of a bean next week. We made our own obstacle course to help us imagine how hard it was for Jesus to carry the cross on his own, Simon of Cyrene, asked to help Jesus when the journey became too difficult. We found that when we had help from our friends it made things a bit easier and we can help each other when things get difficult.
Our next writing challenge, please watch the video below:
Stay and play:
Thank you to everyone who came on Friday, we had a lovely morning.
Let’s Celebrate:
Well done to our certificate awardee: an enthusiastic ‘Bobby Bee’ you come into school every day with a big smile ready to learn.
Whole School Virtues - Intentional and Prophetic: What another brilliant week, you have really challenged yourself to grow your brain, by asking questions to find out more.
Henry the Dog: A great week well done, you have been making some great choices and we are so proud of you for keeping your patch on to make your eye very strong.
Important Information and Upcoming Events:
Monday 23rd March:
On Monday it is own clothes day and bring in an Easter egg for our raffle.
Reception Plea:
Our half term topic is Roots, Shoots and Story Routes, we will be planting over the next half term, if you have any left over soil, seeds or any gardening resources that you no longer need we would be grateful, so we can add to our outdoor area.
Important Reminders:
Please can you ensure that long hair is tied back and please keep hair accessories simple, this is part of our school uniform policy.
Polite reminder that we are a Nut free school. Please can you bring in healthy snacks please refer to the poster for suitable snacks, we always have fruit avalible too.
PE
Our PE days are Wednesday (outside) and Friday (inside). On these days, children can come to school in their PE uniform and will remain in this for the day. We kindly ask that velcro trainers (white, black or navy) are worn as this allows the children to be indepoendent when taking their shoes off and putting them back on. Polite reminder that for health and safety reasons, no jewellery is to be worn on PE days. We kindly ask that this is removed at home before coming into school.if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at:
d.drummond@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
Thank you for all of your support
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond, Miss Woodend, Mrs Summersall, Mrs Krol and Mrs Ely