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Gethsemane Class

Welcome to Gethsemane Class.

Mrs Stuchfield & Mrs Hendley

Our Classroom

Come and take a look at our amazing classroom. We can't wait to welcome the children back to school.

Christmas party fun and we had a special visitor too.

The class took part in a Santa Dash to raise money for school.

Donkey fun this Christmas

We had a visit from Fleetwood Town Football club today.

Today Gethsemane Class welcomed parents to our special Advent Liturgy Workshop, which reflected upon sharing hope at Advent. Some of our class read out prayers to remind us that although we are lucky to spend time with family and friends at Christmas time, others may not be as fortunate and may be alone. Following the liturgy, families took part in activities making Advent wreaths, which the children were please to help their parents with the order and meaning of the candles. The children also made cards to spread hope at Christmas. It was a lovely time for our St Mary's family to join together to reflect and think about others.

The children had the most amazing Christmas dinner today thanks to the kitchen staff, they then enjoyed a dance to festive music.

In KS1 the children joined Father Stephens for an Advent liturgy today, Father Stephens read A reading from the Gospel of Luke. (Luke 3:4–6) We reflected upon, Advent a very special time when we get ready for Jesus’ birthday at Christmas. Advent is a time of waiting, hoping, and preparing our hearts for Jesus. The liturgy linked to the children's learning in class, the children have learnt about the Annunciation of Mary, the Christmas story, how Christians prepare for the birth of Christ and how to put this into action.

Our RE learning this half term. The children learnt about the Annunciation of Mary, listened to Mary’s Magnificat and then learnt how to put scripture into practice.

The children wrote their Advent promises and then decorated the tree.

Ks1 liturgy with Father Stephens. The children san hymns and then reflected upon Advent.

In PE the children have been making sequences using their bodies by rolling, balancing and stretching.

The children took part in a Nativity workshop which took them through the Christmas story.

For Anti-bullying Week we wore odd socks and made friendship bands to show how to be a good friend.

The children wore red for Red Wednesday to remember Christians who were persecuted for their faith.

Gymnastics-balancing on different parts of our bodies.

We had a music assembly this week as part of Music Fest, Carl from Stomp came and showed us some moves and an Arabic musician shared his music with us.

In music we have listened to Eric Coates-‘The three little bears phantasy’ and recognised how the dynamics and tempo changed by moving our bodies to the music.

The Feast of all Saint’s Mass. The children were a credit to the school and received a blessing from Father Stephens. Our class Saint is Saint Theresa, the children have been learning about her life and how she showed compassion to poor people and refugees.

During Worship we have been practising to pray with the rosary for ‘One Million Praying the Rosary’. This special initiative unities children across the world in praying for peace.

In computing we have been learning that technology follows instructions and creating our own robot to follow instructions.

In geography’ Hot & cold places’, the children reflected upon the similarities and differences between Kenya and the UK, they then wrote whether they would like to live in a hot or cold place and gave reasons why.

In our HRSE lessons this half term we have listened to the story of let the children come and reflected why Jesus wanted to see the children. We then learnt about being unique and celebrating our bodies.

In PE we have been following the Max Whitlock scheme for gymnastics, the children enjoyed it so much and made amazing progress. They have been using apparatus for control and balance, travelling on their hands and feet and controlling their bodies whilst rolling.

What amazing creations the children made for the ‘Pumpkin Parade’ based upon their favourite book characters.

In English this week, the children have listened to the poem ‘The Magic Box’, they then practised writing sentences with noun phrases ready to create their own poem next week.

Child lead worship

The ‘Mini Vinnies’ came to visit our class to share with the children, the five finger prayer.

In PE we have been using our bodies to balance in different positions.

We have been using the Mighty Writer board and Talking Tins to help us remember our sentences while we write them.

In music the children have been practising call and response using instruments.

In RE the children have been celebrating the creation by creating art with nature.

The children attended the ‘Harvest Festival Mass’.

In PE we have been practising jumping with control.

In RE, the children have been learning that the Bible is split into two parts: the Old Testament and the New Testament.

This week to get to know each other, the children have brought into school, three things that are special to them to show the class.

This week we have been getting to know each other, talking about our feelings, drawing maps in art and using teamwork.

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