On Thursday 7th July, Hawthorn took part in the Rochdale Science-Faith Festival at St. Luke’s Church called God and the Big Bang. We took part in interactive workshops with the opportunity to discover, discuss and debate the compatibility of science and faith.
On Thursday 7th July, Maple took part in the Rochdale Science-Faith Festival at St. Luke’s Church called God and the Big Bang. We took part in interactive workshops with the opportunity to discover, discuss and debate the compatibility of science and faith.
We’ve had a busy few weeks leading up to Easter. In RE we have been learning about Lent, Palm Sunday, and the Easter story. The last week we retold the Easter story in our own words. Unfortunately, due to the weather, we couldn’t go outside to create the original Easter Read more…
This week we have read the Easter story and learnt all about Jesus during good Friday and Easter Sunday. We have done lots of different activities to celebrate Easter and also created our own palm leaves. We did an Easter picture hunt and ticked our findings on our sheets and Read more…
This week. our HeartSmart focus was understanding emotions and how they can sometimes affect our behaviour. The children could think of lots of examples of times when they had felt angry or excited and did something that they wish they hadn’t. The children explored the area searching for emotions hidden Read more…
Year 4 went outside into the sunshine to find out information about Easter traditions around the world.
This afternoon Maple have been researching different Easter traditions around the world. We carried out a ‘quiz hunt’ around the playground, searching for clues. Did you know that on the island of Corfu, on the day before Easter, the islanders throw pots made from clay, filled with water, from their Read more…
This week at Forest School, Year 5 discussed things we may have done wrong in the past and how we moved on from them. The children discussed how sometimes they have arguments with people and say things that they don’t mean and then feel sorry afterwards. We used role play Read more…
This week Year 4 Maple have enjoyed our first Forest School session. We are linking our sessions with RE in the lead up to the celebration of Easter. Today we learnt all about the beginning of lent and why we celebrate with pancakes. We then enjoyed some pancakes by the Read more…
This morning, Year 6 had a visitor, Reverend Kirsty who came in to task about Ash Wednesday. The children took part in lots of discussions where they had to decide how sorry they would be for a particular incident. Ash Wednesday is all about how Christians confess their sins and Read more…