'Sharing life in all its fullness'

(John 10:10)

As a school community, we worked together to find a Bible verse which would reflect our vision and ethos. The verse above, which is taken from the New Testament, is the result of this working group.  We believe passionately that this Bible verse shares what we celebrate each day at Rockwell Green C of E Primary School. 'Sharing life in all its fullness' is about living a varied life full of  learning, growing, helping, joy, excitement and caring for each other. This means we can flourish.  At school we have reflected on what 'Sharinglife in all its fullness' means to us. 

Here are some examples of our reflections:

'Help and care for each other. When someone falls over help them to get up.'

'Treat others as you would like to be treated.'

'Make the most of your opportunities.'

'Always do your best in everything you do.'

To support the children in developing an understanding of what this verse means to them it is modelled and shared continually within the school. Our vision underpins our learning academically, physically, socially and spiritually.

Years 3, 4 , 5 and 6 attended All Saints Church on Friday 4th April for their Easter Service.

The children from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 held an Easter Service at All Saints Church on Wednesday 2nd April 2025.

Year 2 narrated the Easter story, throughout the service, from the perspective of the Donkey who travelled with Jesus into Jerusalem. Reception performed the nursery rhyme  'Hot Cross Buns' and explained the meaning behind why these are traditionally eaten by Christians at Easter time. Year 1 recited a poem called 'The Colours of Easter' .

Afterwards, we had an Easter Address from Rev. Andy who explained that Jelly Babies were originally called 'Peace Babies', as they were made/introduced after World War 1, and the colours of the sweets had significant meaning!

If you look closely at the Jelly Babies they have different articles on them too.

The black jelly baby has a heart on it which symbolises Gods love.

The green jelly baby is crying which illustrates human misery.

The pink jelly baby is an actual baby which pointed to the need of being born again (incarnation).

The red jelly baby has a big B on its chest which represents a Jesus dying on the cross and blood being spilt (Salvation).

The yellow jelly baby has a necklace around it which was to illustrate the riches and treasures of the Christian life whilst the orange baby is carrying a bag which illustrated the need of being prepared for the Christian walk.

All the classes performed superbly and listened beautifully whilst Rev. Andy spoke. 

Well done to all involved!

At the end of each term the house with the most points get to take part in a craft afternoon.

This term Mendip House had the most points and the children got to make Easter Gardens. They used soil, clay, moss and flowers to do this. They looked amazing and the children looked very engaged and on task whilst they were making them.

Thanks to Ms Ravenscroft for organising and resourcing this craft.

Every month a class takes flowers to the war graves at our local cemetery. Year 3, Year 2 and Year 1 went in spring term and laid the flowers to show respect to the fallen soldiers. 

In Reception we learnt about Shrove Tuesday which is also known as Pancake Day. We learnt that Shrove Tuesday is the last day before Lent starts. Lent is the Christian period leading up to Easter, when people often give up something. In the past, during Lent, Christians were not allowed to eat foods such as eggs, so to use them up before Lent began, people would mix them with other rich foods such as milk, flour and butter to make pancakes. This has since become a tradition and pancakes are usually eaten by everyone on Shrove Tuesday. 
This year Shrove Tuesday was on Tuesday 4th March. On Shrove Tuesday Reception had continuous provision activities linked to Shrove Tuesday and they also got to eat some pancakes.

Helena our School Chaplin visited all the classes twice over the spring term. On the first visit she taught the children about Jonah and Whale using Godly Play. Then after this the children made collages to show their favourite part of the story. On the second visit she spoke with the children about spirituality'. Spirituality can take place in any form - its how you as an individual find peace and comfort. We use the look up, look out look in. Looking up is seeing spirituality within God, Look Out is finding spirituality in the natural world around us and Look in is finding peace within yourself.  At the end of each session the children completed a craft linked to spirituality. Reception made a stain glass window with colours which made the children feel happy and peaceful.

Reception Class were busy in the lead up to Christmas. They learnt about the meaning of Christingle’s and why mince pies were traditionally eaten by Christians at Christmas time.  They made both of these to take home and share with their families.  

KS2 attended church on Friday 20th December for their Christmas Carol Service.

The children in Badger Class performed their Nativity - A King is Born - in the afternoon on Wednesday 18th December 2024.

They were amazing! Two of the Year 6s narrated whilst the children sang and danced their little hearts out re-telling the story of the birth of Jesus.

KS1 attended All Saints Church on Wednesday 18th December in the morning for their Christmas Service. 

The Nativity story was narrated by Kingfishers (Year 2) and this was acted out by Hedgehogs (Year 1).

They sang Little Donkey, Away in the Manger and lots of other traditional Christmas carols.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 attended All Saints Church for a Crib Service held by Rev. Andy and our School Chaplin Helena.

We were told the Nativity story and sang some carols - 'Little Donkey' and 'Away in a Manger'.

Afterwards, we wrote on a present what we hoped to receive for Christmas this year.

It was a very peaceful and relaxed service and the children enjoyed visiting the Church at this special time.

In the autumn term Helena our School Chaplin visited each class to teach them about the creation story and the parable of good Shepherd. Using Godly Play Helena told these stories and then the children recorded their thoughts from this by making collages. 

All Saints Church held a Christmas Tree Festival on 7th and 8th December which we took part in.

Every child in school made a Christmas Tree decoration using a green milk lid and used 'bits and bobs' found in school to decorate them.

The Value Ambassadors decorated the tree which was then taken up to the church for the Festival.  As only a certain amount could go on the tree the ones left over have been used to decorate our school Christmas Tree.

Every year each class makes a poppy display to remember the fallen soldiers. Here are all the beautiful poppy displays created by the classes.

Our two Harvest services were a joyful celebration and the children were again a credit to both themselves and the school in the way in which they performed and sung. KS2 held a Harvest service at All Saints Church. KS1 and Reception held a Harvest celebration in the school hall.

Thank you very much for the Harvest donations this week. They have been greatly received by Besom and they will go to others in need.