Religious Education and Worldviews (September 2016 - July 2017)
Always Looking Forwards - July
Always looking ahead, we are keen to assess how well we are delivering a varied and engaging RE curriculum. To find out, we asked the children at the end of the summer term in 2017 and here is what they said. It goes without saying, that the areas to improve are now on our action plan for 2017/2018.
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RE SURVEY RESULTS JULY 2017 | [pdf 230KB] |
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Investing in RE - April
We also purchased some further supporting RE texts from 'The Well' bookshop in September 2016 in order to encourage wider religious literacy and reading, particularly with boys and the younger children.
On April 24th 2017 we were lucky enough to secure Lat Blaylock (editor of REToday the national and leading RE magazine) to host a full day of 'Creative RE'. After hearing Lat speak on several occasions we wanted all staff, teachers and Ta's alike, to hear his inspirational and creative ideas on delivering high quality RE. John Harrison School therefore asked Lat if he would travel from Leicester in order to deliver this and as such, a whole cluster event for many local schools emerged. The day proved very popular, creating the buzz we wanted for continuing to raise standards in RE and we look forward to implementing his many great ideas.
Exploring all Opportunities for Egg-citing RE! - April
This year we thought we would keep the annual egg decorating contest in line with our church school status. Quite a challenge but with some wonderful results.
Didn't they do well?
The Real Meaning of Easter - April
On Wednesday 5th April 2017 , Year 6 delivered another walk through the Easter story. The script and props were all written and devised by the children themselves using a mixture of Bible research, video clips (The Miracle Maker) and art store materials to build this wonderful walk through the Easter story. Six stations were depicted and acted out in total:
The Arrival in Jerusalem
The Temple
The Last Supper
The Garden in Gethsemane
The Crucifixion
The Tomb
Our Collective Worship Leaders again proved invaluable by collecting each class from Foundation to Year 5 at intervals, and introducing what they were about to experience. The children themselves added superb details from their own thoughts including: Eloise playing a sad violin tune to add depth to the crucifixion scene, and a then drum to the tomb scene to represent the earth shaking.
Rev. Girtchen, Rev. Jones and Governors came along to see the children's hard work and enjoy some home baked simnel cake afterwards.
As the photos show, a wonderful experience was had by all. Well done Year 6 and Mrs Crowther!
Enriching the Curriculum - Godly Play
At JHS we enrich and develop our Christian teachings through the medium of 'Godly Play'. This is a wonderful way of telling the stories from the Bible and of the life of Jesus Christ in order to firmly root our Christian values in the foundations of the Christian faith.
The stories are told using a wide selection of carefully crafted wooden figures, kindly donated to us from our friends at Holy Trinity Church and children enjoy this very special circle time.
These special items are stored in our Godly Play cupboard which was kindly bought for us with our Church school grant, and provides a central resource for all staff.
Each term one story is told so that each year group enjoys three per year meaning by the end of their school life at JHS, 21 stories have been shared. Not only that, but progression in line with the East Riding syllabus for Christmas and Easter is also enjoyed through Godly Play.
As a school, we believe it is key to enrich the childrens' RE knowledge of the Christian faith as part of our commitment to being a church school and the children themselves will testify to it being one of their favourite times!
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