This week’s bible story
Zacchaeus is friends with Jesus: Luke 19: 1-10
In today’s story, we hear about a man called Zacchaeus. He had always been a loner. He had never had as much as one friend. Not surprising, really. He had lived most of his life as a cheat. It was easy. Just demand more money. That was the beauty of his job as a tax collector. People were a bit afraid of tax collectors. You would not want to get on the wrong side of a tax collector, especially one like Zacchaeus.
He was a small man, was Zacchaeus. Perhaps he was bullied or laughed at. Sometimes people get picked on by others – the tall ones, perhaps, or the short ones, or ones with straight hair, or ones with curly hair, or ones with the wrong clothes. People are certainly not born cheats.
Or perhaps Zacchaeus just thought that money could bring him happiness, or friends. Or maybe he was just a rogue!
One day Zacchaeus was out and about in the streets of Jericho. He heard people talking about Jesus. All excited, they were, that Jesus was going to be passing through their town that day. Read the story to find out what happened to Zacchaeus.
Reflection:
Zacchaeus was a man with a hard heart and no friends. We don’t know why, but Jesus cared for Zacchaeus. Jesus also believed that Zacchaeus had some good in him, if only he could be persuaded to change his ways. Zacchaeus mattered to Jesus, and Jesus’ friendship was able to change how Zacchaeus acted. Think about yourself and your friends. Are there any ways in which you can treat people that might help them to become friends?
Prayer
Dear God,
Thank you that you know us and that you care for us.
Help us to be kind and generous to other people,
like Zacchaeus after he met Jesus.
Amen.
Living & Learning – 8Rs for Learning
During our Living & Learning lesson this week, we kicked off our learning about the 8Rs for learning. We recapped what each of the Rs stood for and took time to think of an occasion when we had used one of the Rs.
Jemima, Joe and Siana had some great ideas and showed how great they were at remembering.
Daisy, Harley and Leah could reflect well about a time when they had been resilient.
We wondered if there was one R that was more important than another so we ranked them according to importance. The children were all great at respecting each other’s opinions and had a super discussion about why they may have chosen a different R to be the most important than someone else in the class.
Excellent stuff, Team!
Welcome back!
We are really looking forward to seeing all the children tomorrow and to find out what everyone has been doing over summer. It’s going to be a great year with lots of fun learning planned. Here are a few reminders and points about the year ahead:
- This year in Years 5/6, Mrs Valentine will be teaching the class as well as Miss Beatson and Mr Mills.
- We will be starting the school day at 8.50am again and finishing at 3.15pm.
- Our PE days will be on Tuesdays and Fridays so make sure PE kit is worn to school on these days.
- Please remember water bottles and coats.
- Please remember to name all school uniform.
See you all tomorrow!
Junior Warrior
Year 6 had a great time at Bramham Park completing the Junior Warrior challenge. It was an afternoon of fun, resilience, physical endurance and lots and lots of mud!!
Well done everyone!
DT: using a range of tools
Thank you to Mr Atkins who helped our class practise using different tools in preparation for making our vehicles for Eggy! We had a discussion on how to use the tools safely and carefully.
Yeadon Tarn
Yesterday, we had a great time at Yeadon Tarn. In groups, we went onto a bell boat and paddled out into the middle of the lake to play some games. At the end, some of us jumped into the water- it was freeeeezing but so much fun!!
Eggciting designs!
This week, we’ve really enjoyed designing vehicles for our friend Eggy. We’ve drawn various designs on paper and then chosen the best parts for our final design. We’ve also used CAD (computer aided design) to create and modify our designs. If you would like to try your own designs at home click here.
Hand to Mouth visit
Last week, we were lucky to welcome Hand to Mouth back into school. Hand to Mouth is a Christian charity that come into schools to work with children to explore Christianity and their own spiritual journey.
Throughout the day, Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 visited a journey where they could explore ‘Christianity as a living faith’. The children visited the journey in pairs and explored different stations throughout.
Throught the day, each class had a visit to learning about different aspects of Christianity as a living world faith.
In foundation, they learnt all about African worship. In the session, they made our very own Kufi Hats and danced around the classroom to some African music.
In year 1,2, they learnt all about different churches and got to make their own church.
In year 3,4, they learnt what worship was and how different this can look around the world.
In year 5,6, they learnt all about justice and what this entailed.
Design and Technology
Our new topic this half term is all about Design and Technology.
Science
Our Science learning this half term is all about scientific enquiry. The children will use their science and link it to an historical event in context; the sinking of the Titanic. This topic is based around applying working scientifically skills that they have learned so far in their Science lessons, to explore some of the scientific concepts behind the Titanic, e.g. floating and sinking. They will apply skills, such as asking questions, making observations and predicting. Below is a list of vocabulary the children will be learning over the next few weeks. Can you help your child learn these words? Could you play some games to help your child memorise the definitions? Maybe a game of Pictionary!
