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Bible Club
This week in Bible study, we have been thinking about friendship and the qualities which make a good friend. We listened to a story from the New Testament. In the story, Jesus was choosing his own special friends who were known as his disciples.
We enjoyed writing some of the qualities which make a good friend onto strips of paper and then joining all the strips together to make one large chain.
Bible Club
This week in Bible Club, we continued to discuss what it means to be courageous. We spent time thinking about soldiers who have shown courage.
We listened to an important story about a soldier who was known as 'Singing Jim' In the story, Jim showed courage by going into the trenches to rescue a young, wounded soldier. Sadly, 'Singing Jim' was killed when trying to help the wounded soldier.
To remember those who have lost their lives during conflict, we created our own poppies ready for Remembrance Day.
Staff Visit
During our termly gathering at All Saints Church we explored our spirituality and took some time to just appreciate and reflect on what we have in life. We would like to thank Reverend Cuthbert and the members of the congregation who took time out of their day to help us on our spiritual journey.
Bible Club
This week in Bible Club, we have been thinking about courage. We listened to a story about Peter, who was very close to Jesus. In the story, Jesus walked on water and all of the disciples thought Jesus was a ghost. Jesus encouraged his disciples to have courage and step out on to the water with him.
We enjoyed creating our own medals to show a time when we have shown courage.
Harvest Festivals
Over the past few weeks, we have enjoyed the opportunity to invite parents and wider family members into school for our Harvest Festivals. It was wonderful to see so many visitors coming into school and supporting the children. We were all very proud of the wonderful singing from the children and the confidence of the speakers who flawlessly delivered their lines. It is always heartwarming watching the children work as a group to showcase an event. The Harvest donations have been delivered to Hospitality and Hope in South Shields and will be distributed to local families.
Growing Faith Award
A few months ago, we were approached by the parishioners at All Saints Church to look at the Growing Faith Award. This is an award that recognises the excellent working relationship between a school and their local Church. Mr Scott and Miss Paterson assessed the criteria with the Church Wardens and began to collect evidence to meet the assessment points. Over the past few years, we have worked more closely with the Church with lunchtime Bible club, visits to the Church, Staff meetings in Church to mention just a few events. We submitted our completed application prior to the Summer holiday and were this week delighted to receive the news that we have achieved the award with a comment on our exceptional evidence. We look forward to welcoming the Bishop into school to present the award to us and the Church.
Bible Study
The first Bible Study session of the academic year explored the theme of perseverance. After discussing the endurance shown by Paul the Apostle, Marie and Linda challenged us to complete a tricky board game, based on Paul’s journey. We all showed great perseverance, commitment and teamwork during this activity.
Peace Doves Feedback
We were delighted to receive a fantastic response from the Peter Walker Sculptor Studio about our wonderful peace doves display.
Kathryn, a member of the Peter Walker Sculptor team, said, “Your peace doves installation looks great, and we are pleased you were able to join in with the project at Durham Cathedral. I do hope you enjoyed creating your display”.
Bible Study Group
This week, the Bible Study Group explored the theme of curiosity. After exploring the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we created a green and red apple. On the green apple we added good decisions and on the red apple we identified bad choices. We all really enjoyed this week’s session. Thank you to Janet and Linda for preparing the session and resources for us.
Bible Study Group
This week, the Bible Group explored the theme of curiosity. They explored the links between a variety of objects before identifying the things they are curious about in God’s world. Special thanks to Janet and Helen for their time and effort in organising the session.
Peace Doves 2024
Bible Study Group
This week, the Bible Study group explored generosity. We discussed the story of The Widow’s Coins and then identified different ways we can show generosity. We had great fun designing our own special fridge magnet to set a weekly task to remind us to be generous.
Bible Study Group
This week, the Bible Study Group explored the theme of thankfulness. After exploring the story of the Ten Lepers, we created these beautiful flowers to show the people and things we are thankful for.
Staff Meeting in Church
All the staff enjoyed our termly visit to All Saints Church. Reverend Cuthbert cleverly tackled the tricky concept of the trinity using only an apple and peeler. Members of the congregation also took part in the session and even supplied refreshments.
Easter Experience
The children from Years 3 and 4 were invited to All Saints Church to take part in the Easter Experience. Reverend Cuthbert and some of the members of the congregation told the story of Easter through a series of prayer and reflection activities.
Easter in Church 2024
The story of Easter told by narrators from various year groups and Mrs Gommersall commented that it was some of the best singing she had ever heard.
Harvest Experience
Year 3 and 4 pupils visited the Church to take part in a Harvest Experience run by members of the congregation. The children rotated around the stations completing activities and gathering pieces of fruit. Reverend Cuthbert lead the final part of the worship as the story came together.
Key Stage 2 Carol Service 2023
Key Stage 2 headed up to church to share their act of worship. Pupils from each year group shared the story of the Nativity and everyone joined together to act as the choir.
