Making Connections Like A Spider Makes A Web

During group reading time yesterday Deevon's group read the book 'Sausages'. In the book Tom and Dad see Mum sleeping and dad says 'Sh-sh-sh!' as they sneak past her to find the sausages in the fridge.

Nobody in Deevon's group knew what sound s and h make when they go together but then Deevon did some great thinking. "It's sh!" he said. "Like 'sheep'." He pointed across the room to a poster Miss McKenna had put up of sounds different letters make when they go together.

Well done for making connections Deevon - that was great thinking! Just like a spider makes connections when it lays out its web and joins pieces of silk together to make its web strong - you were pulling together pieces of information together to help your brain get stronger and learn. And you helped your group with their learning too!

Hosanna! Jesus is our King!

This week is Holy Week and on Sunday it was Palm Sunday. Today during prayer time we read the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem. We learnt that the crowd was happy to see Jesus but the leaders were angry and jealous. We talked about how we are jealous sometimes and we thought about prayers we could say for Jesus to help us to not be jealous but to show peace and joy (two of our school values). At writing time we wrote stories to retell Jesus' ride to Jerusalem: 

'First Jesus told his friends to get himself a donkey', Ashleigh began.

'Next, Jesus ride with a donkey to Jerusalem', wrote Aden.

'Jesus had everybody staring', wrote Rosina. 

'The people are waving the palms', wrote Cyprus.

In the afternoon we made our own palms to welcome Jesus. We talked about how palms were special where Jesus was because they showed where water could be found in the desert. By waving palms and placing them down in front of Jesus the people were honouring him like a King.

The day allowed us to make lots of connections to work we did in the first week of term when we began our inquiry topic 'Identity' by talking about the identity and name of our school - 'Christ the King Catholic School'. We remembered how Christ is another name for Jesus and that he is our King. In the first week of term we made crowns to help us make this connection. 

"Jesus is our King!"

This afternoon your children all came home with a worksheet to share with you. Read it together, talk about the picture and the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem on the donkey. Maybe you have a Bible at home you can find the story in together. If you went to church on Palm Sunday remember together what happened.

Then, please finish the drawing of Jesus being welcomed and bring it back to school tomorrow. Thank you for supporting our learning at home!