Year Two have been learning about Islam recently. This week, they learnt about a story called A Slave Set Free. They acted the story out before creating jigsaws based on a scene from the story.
Category Archives: Religious Education
Year One’s Showcase
Year One loved learning alongside their parents this week during their showcase! They stitched their own toys 🧸, made old-fashioned cup and ball toys, created decorations for their Christmas tree 🎄 including a king 👑 from the Christmas Nativity Story, made sparkly lanterns and sang some festive songs beautifully! 🎶 Thank you to everyone who […]
The story of Noah and the Ark in Year Three
In RE, the children have been focusing on the story of Noah and the Ark. Part of their learning has been focused on the promise God made at the end of the story and the symbol of his promise. The children thought about the importance of promises and wrote promises to their table group to […]
The Christmas Story in Nursery
This week, the children have been learning about the Christmas story, they have listened to the story’s, practised singing their Christmas songs for the church that tell us about the birth of Jesus and they have used the nativity scene to retell the story. Well done nursery!
Diwali in Reception
This week, Reception have had a fantastic time learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. After reading the story of Rama and Sita, the children acted it out as well as making play dough diva lamps, Diwali cards and lots of rangoli patterns. We also did some Diwali yoga and Indian dancing before writing out […]
Prayer in Year Two
In Year Two, we have been learning about the values that Jesus taught to Christians. We then discussed some of the things Christians were thankful for in the world and how Christians thanked God. The children discussed that prayer was a way for Christians to thank God. The children then looked at a range of […]
Creation in Year One
Year One have been learning about the creation of the world today as part of their learning in RE 🌎 They used drama, poetry and singing to retell the Christian story of creation – their favourite day was the seventh, when they all got to rest! See if we can retell the story at home […]
Year Six R.E. visitor.
Children have enjoyed having Mr Such in class today to talk about his Christian faith. Prior to the lesson, children prepared questions to ask Mr Such. They asked very mature questions such as ‘Do you ever doubt your faith?’ and ‘As a Christian, how do you help others?’. Thank you to Mr Such for visiting […]
Reception: Jesus blesses the children
This week we have been learning about Jesus, who is a special person to Christians. We listened to the story of Jesus blessing the children and learned how originally the disciples didn’t believe children to be important enough to meet Jesus. However, Jesus told them that all children were special and he wanted to bless […]
A visit from Mr Such in Year Two
The Year Two children have been learning about sacred places in RE. They have discussed the church many times over their time at Hillside, so this time, they put all their questions about the church in a letter to Mr Such. This week, he came in to discuss the answers with the children.