Year 5 Church Visit
This term, Year 5 have been looking at how God impacts the lives of Christians in RE and working towards answering the Big Question, 'What does it mean if God is holy and loving?' As part of this learning, we took the children down to St Peters Church to explore how God is presented in Christian…
Year 2 - Stained Glass windows
This week, Year 2 were privileged to have a stained-glass window expert, Buffer Tucker, visit them in class and run a special workshop. Buffy is now retired but used to work in the stained-glass windows department at Canterbury Cathedral. As well as a career restoring historical windows, Buffy has…
Year 3 Vaisakhi
To end our learning on the Sikhi faith, we celebrate the festival of Vaisakhi today. This festival began in 1699 and marks the creation of the first Khalsa Sikh community. We decorated our classroom with bunting, as would be done at a Gurdwara. We then learnt some Bhangra dancing along with…
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin's visit
Year One were very excited to welcome the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin (the Bishop of Dover and the Bishop in Canterbury) into school. Rose was invited by the palace to be part of the coronation ceremony and presented The Queen Consort's Rod. Year One interviewed Rose about her previous experience…
3JA Gurdwara Trip
Today 3JA visited the Gurdwara in Gravesend. After an hour on the bus, we were greeted by the majestic building. We had to follow the customs of the Sikhi faith by covering our heads and removing our shoes. We were then led on a tour by Mrs Gill who talked us through various aspects of the…
Peace Doves
At Bridge, we have taken part in the Peace Doves project in conjunction with Rochester Cathedral. This involved us learning about the value of peace and writing uplifting messages on our flock of doves. We looked at how we can create peace: at home, church and school, in Ukraine and within…
Yew Tree Farm - Nativity Trip!
On Monday 5th and Thursday 8th December, Reception were lucky enough to visit Yew Tree Farm to experience their version of the Nativity story! We walked around the farm to meet the larger animals, helping the farmers to retell the Nativity and to feed the animals. We also had the opportunity to…
Stained glass workshop - Year 2
This week, Year 2 were privileged to have a stained glass window expert, Buffer Tucker, visit them in class and run a special workshop. Buffy is now retired but used to work in the stained glass windows department at Canterbury Cathedral. As well as a career restoring historical windows, Buffy has…
Year 3 Gurdwara Trip
Last week, Year 3 spent a day at Gravesend Gurdwara. Prior to the trip, we had explored the rules and customs of the Gurdwara so we were prepared for our visit. When we got there, we had to remove our shoes, cover our heads and wash our hands, before Mrs Gill, the tour guide, introduced herself to…
Remembrance
On Wednesday 11th November, Year 6 were very fortunate to be able to attend a special Remembrance Service led by Reverend Estella at St Mary’s Church in Patrixbourne. We read prayers and thought of local soldiers who fought in the war. Year 6 also created reflective haikus to read at the service.…
Year 6 Virtual Cathedral Day
Year 6 had a great day on Wednesday taking part in the Virtual Cathedral School Day. We had a virtual tour of the cathedral and learnt about the history of the Bossanyi stained glass windows, designed our own illuminated letters from scriptures and reflected on our future journeys to secondary…
Learning about Diwali
To begin our new term, we started our celebrations topic looking at the festival of Diwali. Throughout the week, we have done a variety of activities such as learning the story of Rama and Sita, having the opportunity to make Diva lamps, making patterns in rice and learn our new phoneme ‘d’!
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