Class 3 held a liturgical prayer to end the Advent/Easter topic.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

John McCrae

Class 5 gathered together for a liturgical prayer of Remembrance.

Prayers of intercession

We bring all our hopes and prayers to God, our Father:

We pray today on Armistice Day for all those who have died in both World Wars and all conflicts since. Let us always remember those men and women who sacrificed their lives so that we might live in freedom and peace.

Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer 

We pray for all those who suffer because of conflict today and ask that God may give them peace. We remember the fighting in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemeni and Gaza, which has affected so many families. (Pause)

Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer 

We pray for the families of service men and women who have lost their loved ones, who sought to bring peace to communities throughout the world. May their families receive comfort and consolation in their grief and loss.

Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer

We pray for peace makers and peace keepers who seek to keep our world secure and free. May God keep them safe.

Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer

We pray for all world and faith leaders that they may receive the gifts of wisdom in the search for friendship and peace.

Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer 

In this month of remembrance we pray for all those who have died, especially members of our own families and friends. We pray also for all those who are sad because they have lost someone.

Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer

We say together our family prayer

Our Father

These following words are taken from a poem, For the Fallen written by Laurence Binyon, a few weeks after the outbreak of World War 1. They are famous because they have been adopted by the Royal British Legion for ceremonies of Remembrance to commemorate fallen Service men and women. – Emily

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them

We will remember them 

Random Acts of Kindness Day was celebrated on Thursday 17th February. To mark this day, children in Year 6 decided to spread their own act of kindness. Each child was given two heart templates. They included lovely comments about their buddies in Y1 and staff around school. What a lovely idea Year 6.

Class 2 had a wonderful time at the Washington Wetland Centre. We took part in pond dipping, minibeast hunting and even watched an otter feed! What an amazing day.

Today’s outdoor learning involved making bivouacs, a type of shelter.It was great fun working together, while some of us just enjoyed splashing through the puddles on the field.

As part of our World Book Day celebrations, we enjoyed sharing our favourite books, completing fun book-related activities and listened to the story the Egyptian Cinderella. After thinking about some questions to ask and make inferences, we picked out some of the vocabulary used to impact the reader.

We also designed our own T-shirts, based upon our favourite fiction and non-fiction books and the characters in them.

To celebrate World Book Day, we focused on our current book called ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. We created moving pictures using the theme of the book and designed a sandwich for Mr Grinling’s delicious lunch! We spent our afternoon designing our T Shirts based on our favourite book. We had so much fun!