Religious Education and Worldviews (September 2017 - July 2018)
So as not to lose the story since our last SIAMS inspection, we have created these archive RE pages by academic year to show how we have built on our progress and continued to try new ways to inspire.
As Safe Space to Reflect - July
On Wednesday 11th July 2018, Mrs Burdin from The Art Room came into school to help teach Year 6 a wonderful new skill of willow weaving. It began with a talk all about where willow is grown and its origins in basket making. The children then learnt how to weave using frames and smaller crosses (which we are now going to vote on how best to display!) and then collectively made a larger cross to leave with us a gift to the school.
This will be so useful to us as both a reminder of our roots as a church school, and to use during our worships to display the liturgical colours/seasons. A wonderful lasting gift to explore this most prominent Christian symbol and which you can see in use on our CW pages.
Living Well Together with the Community - June
The weekend of 2nd & 3rd June saw a wonderful first display from the children of John Harrison and Wootton St Andrew's, in which they creatively displayed their interpretation of the stories of the gospel of Luke. This was the brainchild of Deacon Helen as part of the Methodists and Anglicans Together (MAAT) in Barrow and ensured a bumper weekend of the annual wheelbarrow displays plus, our new 'Boxes of Hope'.
It allowed children to hear stories they may have not heard before and to explore how they can represent this is in their own creative way. Lots of 'I wonder' questions were also asked. I wonder which one you liked best?
Commitment to Deepening Knowledge RE - April
On April 16th 2018, Gillian Georgiou delivered detailed and inspiring training to all staff about the Muslim faith. Such was it's success, we have now booked a similar training session for Judaism.
Exploring A Living Faith - May
On Monday 21st May, Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a wonderful and informative visit to the Ne've Shalom Reform Synagogue on Great Gutter lane in Willerby. Mrs Wrapson and her colleague did a fantastic job of introducing the Jewish faith to our pupils (who can be seen wearing the kippah and proudly showing their respect).
We then had the chance to take a closer look at some of the 150 year old Torah scrolls that were displayed on the bimah beneath the glorious ner tamid or eternal light. After exploring the scrolls and learning to write our names in Hebrew (from right to left and no vowels!) we then enjoyed watching the shabbat candles be lit and tasted grape juice and the challah bread.
What a lot we learnt!
Evidencing the Impact - Synagogue structures
Visits to places of worship bring about profund questions and much opportunity to develop the learning. Here is just part of what Year 4 did...
Can you identify the key features of a synagogue?
Opportunity to Reflect on the Big Questions: Spirited Arts Exhibition- October
On Saturday 21st October, John Harrison held the Local Spirited Arts Exhibition held at Barton Trinity Chapel 1-4pm. The exhibition was an artistic response to the question 'Where is God?' and was a collaboration between New Holland Primary, Castledyke and Barton St Peter's. Many parents, grandparents and church congregation attended and celebrated the hard work of all of our children, after Rev. Nichola kindly agreed to host the event.
The event was led by JHS as part of a drive as a cluster to bring more opportunities for church school children to reflect on their own spirituality (or not) and celebrate this. Lat Blaylock himself even donated a £50 prize!
What does RE look like at JHS?
Examples of some of our recent work.
