Today we learned that our own names are special and God’s name is special too. Here you can see we have used our artistic skills to paint our names and God’s name.
RE-Names are Precious
Worship Council Members
Prayer Club
Prayer Club is on every Monday from 12.30pm. Everyone is welcome.
Open the Book
We really enjoy our visits from the Open the Book team. Here is them performing ‘Adam and Eve’.
Refugee Away Day
On Saturday 14th September we hosted an Away Day. The day involved 43 refugees from all over the world currently residing in Knighton visiting our School where they were greeted with refreshments and a hot meal. Volunteers from KDRSG provided delicious cakes and they arranged a range of activities including origami, pottery and jewellery making. There was guided tours around Knighton and live music. It was a fabulous day!
Creation Story/Stori Creu
Following the Creation story, we painted our favourite thing that God created. Amazing paintings!
Our beautiful whole-school mosaic
Wow! Jody Mc Partlin from Stoneglass Mosaics has put the finishing touches to our whole-school mosaic that she has worked with the children to produce. Since Easter Jody has worked with children throughout the school to design and create the mosaic based on our school values. The project has been part funded by a grant from the Diocese. Da iawn Pawb!
Refugee Week
We marked Refugee Week by teaming up with volunteers from the local Refugee Support Group and Clayton Engineering to run an activity day on the theme of “Home.”
Children from across the whole school simulated the experience of some refugees. Using donated and borrowed tents, poles, tarpaulins and groundsheets and lots of cardboard, the children separated into four nations and each made their home, as best they could.
Then two of the groups went in search of a better home and they began to travel the world. They helped each other through an obstacle course, before encountering the sea, a huge blue tarpaulin that they had to find a way to get their cuddly toy mascots across without falling in. And would they be welcome?
Nick and Dave from Clayton Engineering joined us with two lifeboat launching tractors. Clayton Engineering builds the machinery that launches all the RLNI Lifeboats all around the British coastline. RLNI volunteers rescue anyone in trouble at sea, including asylum seekers in the English Channel. Their cause is to save lives.
During the afternoon, children returned to their classes.
Children in Reception and Year 1 looked at the story of Paddington and they thought carefully about the things that they would take with them if they had to leave their home.
Year 2 and 3 pupils were inspired by the work of Kate Daudy and they used a tent as their canvas for their ‘home’ inspired creations.
Pupils in Year 4 created artwork based on the work of artist Romero Britto on the theme of ‘hope’.
Pupils in Years 5 and 6 learnt more about the RLNI and created ideas for how they might raise funds for the RLNI.
History Detectives!
We enjoyed spending a lovely afternoon at St. Edward’s Church being ‘History Detectives’. We investigated and recorded data from the headstones and we even had the opportunity to look at some of the church records from over 300 years ago!
Mosaics
Year 2 children have been creative this week whilst working with Jody McPartlin to create our whole-school values mosaic.
