'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.
Harvest Experience 2022
We were all fortunate to be able to attend All Saints Church for a Harvest Experience in the week beginning 10th October 2022.
At the church there were 6 different stations. Each station linked to one of our Christian Values.
Harvest of the Ocean - Trust - Fishermen have to trust their colleagues and boats to harvest the fish.
Harvest of the Earth - Friendship - We use natural resources from the earth to build and make items - some times gifts.
Harvest of the Trees - Respect - We get a lot of produce from the trees and we are thankful for this. We need to respect and look after them as they keep the world growing and alive.
Harvest of the Animals - Compassion - we harvest a lot of products from animals and we should treat them well and with compassion.
Harvest of the Garden and Field - Service - A lot of people are involved in the harvest and distribution of our food.
Harvest of the Grain - Justice - We harvest many grains in this country and make a lot of food from these grains. We then share with our food with those less fortunate than us by donating at food banks and at Harvest time.
The children had a lovely time and we are thankful that we can finally get back to doing activities like this in our local church again.
KS2 had their Carol Service at All Saints Church on Friday 20th December 2019. All classes in KS2 took part in the service and parents attended.
A lovely finish at the end of the term.
EYFS and KS1 went to All Saints Church for a crib Service .
Rev. Selina and Helena the School Caplin took the service. It was lovely to see all the children being involved in the story of Christmas.
It was also good to have time to reflect and think about the upcoming Christmas celebration and the reason why it is celebrated.
Well done to Badger Class for their fabulous performance of the Nativity - ‘A Miracle In Town’. They showed perseverance with all their rehearsals. They did an amazing job when performing in front of their family and friends on Wednesday 11th December. They should be feeling very proud of their achievement.
KS1 performed their Nativity - ‘The Inn-Spectors’ to their family and friends on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th December. They performed two spectacular shows. They should be very proud of their performances. Well done Hedgehogs and Kingfishers!
Our Christian Value this half of term is Generosity. As Christmas is a time for giving, we wanted to support a charity. We decided to collect food for BESOM who are doing Christmas Hampers. The. Value Ambassadors designed a flyer and put up posters around the school to promote this.
Thank you for all the food donations from our families. It was very generous, especially at a time where a lot is going on and donations are being asked for various different events.
The Value Ambassadors met with Bob House to pass on the donations.
All the children from the school had the opportunity to go to All Saints Church and take part in the Harvest Experience. They took part in special carousels called:
The children had a great time reflecting on why we celebrate Harvest.
Our worship table arrived which we were able to get due to a donation received from our local councillor Marcus Barr. Our school Chaplain Helena Power attended Collective Worship to gift us with the worship table cloths she had made. Helena made these by following the winning designs from our worship day in July. Children from the school had a workshop and they designed cloths to be placed on the worship table in the colours of the Christian Calendar. Winners were selected from each colour of the church calendar. They are beautiful. Thank you to all involved who made this possible.
The Children and staff attended an Easter Experience at All Saints Church. The children took part in 6 different stations which explained the Easter story. From the last supper to Jesus’ empty tomb. A big thank you to all the volunteers and church staff who made the experience possible. The children really did have an enjoyable time and more importantly a time to reflect on their thoughts.