20 Jan

Buddhism Week in 11G

This week in school has been World Religion Week 11 G have been learning about Buddhism. We learnt who Buddha is and how their religion helps Buddhists with their feelings and emotions. 

In our Monday morning café we tried some different foods for breakfast,we had seeded bread for our toast,…

20 Jan

Governor’s Class visit to Maple

I visited Maple Class on 17th January as part of the Governor- Class partnership and Religious Education Week. I spent time with the wonderful learners and hard working staff in Maple as they explored the Islamic Faith. Myself,  Mrs Smith and a small group of learners made delicious sweets…

20 Jan

RE Week in Maple Class

Maple Class have had a fantastic week exploring the Islamic Faith through Attention Autism, dress up, creative work, cooking and music. We have tasted traditional foods and made sweets eaten at Eid using our fabulous communication skills to make requests, follow instructions and take turns. We…

20 Jan

World religion week in Beech Class

Beech class have been super busy this week!

Continuing our “Very Hungry Caterpillar topic”, we have practiced our chopping skills to make cucumber and tomato caterpillars and made some caterpillar hats!

For world religion week we have been exploring Christianity. We enjoyed preparing and…

19 Jan

Rowan Class explore Islam

For World Religion Week Rowan Class have been exploring Islam.

We have looked at different Mosques and what is inside them. We listened to call to prayer and tasted dates.

Some of us practiced Mehndi patterns and made a crescent moon and star mobile.

We all really enjoyed the jigsaws and…

18 Jan

Gujarat Hindu Temple visit

8P visited the Hindu temple this morning with our friends from 7P. 
Our host showed us each shrine in the temple, telling stories about each God  that was represented in each shrine. We also had the opportunity to explore some of the artwork in the temple and Chris found an interesting new…

18 Jan

10R look at Judaism as part of World Religion Week

As religious Studies is part of our collapsed options choices, 10R have had lots of fun looking at Judaism this week as part of World Religion Week.  We learnt about the story of Passover; when Moses led the Jewish slaves to freedom from the Egyptians. We looked at how families celebrate this…

16 Jan

World Religion Week in Oak Class

This week we have focused our learning around the Islamic faith as part of our World Religion celebrations!

On Monday, our topic was introduced through attention autism, we enjoyed dressing up during stage 3 in traditional clothes. We also explored frozen fruit as a media for painting, we chose…

12 Jan

9A visit to Chorley Mosque

In preparation for World Religion Week, where 9A will be learning about Islam, 9A went on a visit to Chorley Mosque to gain knowledge of the Muslim faith. We were very lucky because Mr Maher, one of our governors, came with us too.
 

When we arrived at the Mosque, Mubeen, the Imam (religious…

15 Dec

International Migrants' Day in 7P

7P celebrated International Migrants' day yesterday. We did this by reading a story called 'A long Way Here' about toys who come over with their children to a different country and start a new school. We then chose a country which was Germany to create a flag for. We used different materials to do…

15 Dec

International Migrants' Day in Rowan Class

Rowan Class supported International Migrants' Day on Wednesday by exploring the country Poland.

We enjoyed some traditional Polish folk dancing, said hello in Polish, found Poland on a map and made some lovely Polish flags. 

Well done everyone.

Mrs Down and the Rowan Class…

12 Dec

Willow class visit Barton Grange and enjoy their Christmas Party


What a lovely week of festivities for Willow class! 
We started the week with an amazing trip to Barton Grange garden centre to look at the Christmas decorations. As part of our RE topic of Festivals and celebrations we have started work to learn about the Christian celebrations of Christmas.…