Religious Education
Christingles
We made our own Christingles in class together. We thought about what each part means and what it represents. We then wrote some prayers and coloured in some Christingle pictures.
Ethos Council
Visit to the care home with Holy Family
Today, our Ethos Council went to visit Springbank care home along with the Ethos council from Holy Family. The Ethos council children made Christingles with the residents and explained what each part means. They also helped to colour in pictures of Christingles and then wrote prayers for the residents. At Read more
English
MeerKat Christmas
We have introduced our new story MeerKat Christmas. We have looked at the shapes so we know how to set out a postcard. We looked at the journey of a postcode from being posted in the post box, going through the post office and finally getting to its destination. We Read more
Science
Year 2 Elm Shared Learning
A big thank you to all of the parents and grandparents that attended our share lunch and learning. It was a big success and the children and adults had a great time. We started our new topic about Human Lifestyle and learnt all about the organs in our body. We Read more
Christian Values
Hidden meaning boxes
We have been learning about sacred books in our new topic for RE. In this lesson we learnt about the story of ‘the lost coin’, we discussed that it was a special type of story called a parable and Jesus told parables to help people learn something or understand ideas. Read more
Christian Values
Agents of Change- Fire Safety
As part of our Great Fire of London topic we having been thinking about fire safety. We decided to help others stay safe as bonfire night is approaching. We made fire safety posters and displayed them around the school to help keep everybody safe on Bonfire night.
Christian Values
Year 2 Elm went on a prayer hunt
Year 2 had a fantastic time today exploring prayer in different ways. We watched some videos showing how Christians in Ethiopia live and what they do when they go to church. We thought about how their church was very different to ours. We discussed that even though the church was Read more
Christian Values
Ethos Team Collective Worship
The Ethos Team did a brilliant job of leading worship today. They re told the story of Mary and Martha using drama. They told us how important it is to respect each other no matter how different we are. They finished with a beautiful prayer reflecting on not loosing our Read more
Christian Values
Reverend Kirsty visit.
In R.E this half term we have been studying ‘Who is a Christian and what do they believe?’ today we had a very special visit from Reverend Kirsty, who came into our class and discussed what it means to be a Christian and described some beliefs that are important to Read more
Christian Values
#HelloYellow2023
Today the children celebrated World Mental Health day. We dressed in yellow and raised money for YoungMinds. We took time out to discuss the 5 Ways to Well-being and thought about each one.