Settling Differences and Keeping the Peace

Sometimes we have disagreements, it's part of life unfortunately. Often, you will hear adults saying things like:
"It's how you deal with it that really matters..."

What does that mean? Can the Bible help us with this? Of course it can, have a look at this video.

Assemblies this week will follow this...

Psalm 23

This half-term we are looking at Peace.



Does peace have to mean quiet?

Reflections

Class assembly is a special time for reflection; a time when we share thoughts and ask questions about ourselves, other people, the world and beyond.

This week we have been reflecting on the miracles of nature that we experience every day in the world around us.

Year 2 made a collage of natural materials. Every child selected something and placed it carefully into the composition.

''It is made up of things trhat make us go Wow!'' ........... Alfie.

''We should call it 'The Spirit Of God's Art' '' ........ Ben.

Using Our Senses - Monet

Claude Monet (a very famous painter) suffered from cataracts (this made it very difficult for him to see). When he had them removed he began to paint with very vivid colours - as if he had begun to appreciate them even more!

What a shame it took a problem like cataracts for this to happen. We must make sure we enjoy God's wonderful creation using ALL of our senses all the time.

Creativity & The Creation

This week we are looking at the miracles of the Creation. We will be asking questions and reflecting on how the world began and all its creatures were created - hopefully this will give us all lots to think about and time to reflect on how amazing God's world is!

Psalm 8

Psalm 8  is about the wonderful things that God has created. Just looking around Blandford and the surrounding area - I think you'd agree it's all worth celebrating.

Values: Creativity

This week's assemblies kick-off our new Creativity theme.

We looked at the artwork of Janet Weight-Reed who was asked to produce some art for her church.

Her paintings are beautiful and remind us that 'creativity' is a wonderful way of sharing emotion and feeling without actually using words.
We looked at two beautiful verses from the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament:

¹¹ See! The winter is past; 

   the rains are over and gone. 

¹² Flowers appear on the earth; 

   the season of singing has come, 

the cooing of doves 

   is heard in our land. 

Look at the beautiful artwork this inspired: