Preparing for Christingle

Friday 23rd November.

Mr Roger Lamb.

Mr Roger Lamb joined us for our wonderful Reception class celebration assembly.
He complimented us all on our charitable donations to Children In Need and our shoebox appeal. He talked about another opportunity for us to make a difference - this time to collect for the Childrens society through the Christingle Service.

This year our Christingle Service will be a combined service with other local schools and churches.
It will be held at Spetisbury Church on Sunday December 2nd at 4pm.

The service, as always, will be a moving reminder of how Jesus 'The Light of the World' is at our centre guarding us.
The collections will go to help young people who are experiencing difficulties in managing their lives., to help them feel God's love working in the community and enabling them to find their way.
Please put the date in your diaries!

Please watch the video...

St Columba

This morning I spent some time explaining Anti-Bullying Week 2012 - which meant I didn't get a chance to talk about St Columba.

Please watch the video below as this links to your assemblies this week.

Anti-Bullying Week 2012

“We’re better without bullying”

This is the theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2012. This year we are holding a competition. Your task is to create something that demonstrates this theme.

Now, get your head working... what could you produce? A poster? A painting? A story? A song? A t-shirt? The list could go on and on... you choose!

Take all the things you've learned about bullying over the years and use that knowledge to enter our competition. Your work could be published on the school website! You could even win a prize!

Look for more details on the school website during this week. Good luck!

Pride - As Deadly As a Poison?

What do you make of this fable? 

How does it link to the story of Icarus?

Humility - Pride Before A Fall?

This is a fantastic painting by Pieter Bruegel. The painting is called Landscape with the Fall of Icarus and was painted in around 1558!!

Have a close look... can you find the ill-fated Icarus? What had happened to him?

When is pride good and when can it cause us problems?

Poppies

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.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
   Loved and were loved, and now we lie
         In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
   The torch; be yours to hold it high.
   If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
         In Flanders fields.

How Would You Describe Jesus?

If you had to come with 5 words to describe Jesus - what would they be?