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Remembrance activities in Year 6

Remembrance activities in Year 6

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Year 6 had the opportunity to attend a beautiful Service of Remembrance at St Lawrence’s Church today, along with children from Byker Primary, veterans of the armed forces and the charity Launchpad, which works with ex-service people. We also spent time contributing painted poppies for a local Remembrance Day service. Our week of remembrance activities, and our recent Humanities topic on World War II have helped to bring the challenges faced by our local veterans to life.

Other Faiths Week: Judaism

Other Faiths Week: Judaism

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We celebrated the end of our week of RE work on Judaism with a whole-school assembly this week. Each class, from Reception to Year 6 has spent their their RE lessons this week covering different aspects of the Jewish faith. It was lovely to see the connections growing as we progressed through the presentations. We… Continue Reading

Year 2 Mock Baptism at St Lawrence’s Church with Father Shaun.

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This morning, we were very lucky to experience a Mock Baptism at St Lawrence’s Church with our Parish Priest, Father Shaun. It was such an amazing experience, not only to see the Baptism but also to have time in church to talk to Father Shaun and ask him questions. Hetty and Johan played the roles… Continue Reading

Our New Mini-Vinnies are commissioned

Our New Mini-Vinnies are commissioned

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After last week’s introductory assembly, this week our selected Mini-Vinnies were commissioned with the help of local representative Mr Wilcox. Our Mini-Vinnies from Years 2-6 are tasked with following the example Jesus lays out in the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37), to help people in need. We will begin by looking around… Continue Reading