Collective Worship and RE

At Dr Radcliffe's there is a daily act of collective worship. This can be whole school but is also key stage based and class based. Each term we have a collective worship theme based around Christian values.

In Term 1 our value is Truthfulness

Collective Worship

Our Collective Worship theme for this term is the value of Truthfulness. Our Bible quote for the term is:

‘Tell the truth to each other.’ Zechariah 8.16

Throughout this term we will be thinking about how sometimes it is difficult to tell the truth. To help to reinforce the value at home, you could talk about occasions when complete honesty could cause trouble or be hurtful.

For example:

When a member of your family asks you if you like their new shoes
When telling the truth will get a friend in trouble
When someone asks what you are thinking but the answer would hurt their feelings

Please click on the attachment below if you would like some information on our value of the term and some ideas on activities you can do at home.

HomeSchoolValues-TRUTHFULNESS.pdf

Year 4 are supporting the charity Send a Cow in the campaign this year called Harvest for Life.

Easter Reflection 2017

Remembrance Day - November 2016

Year 4 have written Message of Peace to remember those people who have given up their lives so that we can live a safer and happier life.

Harvest Festival 2016

Come and see the pictures of Year 4 leading our Harvest Festival in the church of SsPeter and Paul.

Pentecost Reflection at the Chruch

We had a lovely afternoon in the Church, on Tuesday thinking about Pentecost and what it means to Christians. We explored scripture from the Bible and artistic impressions and had the chance to reflect through art and words ourselves.

A big thank you to Mrs Smit for arranging the afternoon and to Mrs Woodhouse and Mrs Good for helping us.

Class 3 Visit Oxford Synagogue - March 2016

Class 3 Visit Oxford Synagogue - March 2016 3

Class 3 Visit Oxford Synagogue - March 2016 4

On Tuesday morning, class 3 visited Oxford Synagogue and explored the Jewish place of worship. We learnt about some special objects and symbols, as well as trying on some items that Jewish people wear when they go to pray at the synagogue. To find out more visit our class gallery.

Christmas Story Display in Reception Class

Christmas Story Display in Reception Class 3

Christmas Story Display in Reception Class 4

All the children in the Reception class used sponge painting to retell the story of 'The First Christmas'. The children all painted their own character from our nativity play onto the display board. It looks wonderful, do come and have a look in our classroom !

Collective Worship in KS1

Class 1 and Class 2 regularly enjoy collective worship led by members of our local community. We call this 'Open the Book'. The volunteers who lead the collective worship dress up and act out Bible stories and a few lucky children are often chosen to join in too!!

Open the Book 2014/2015

Open the Book 2015/2016

Happy Diwali

This week we have been learning about the festival of Diwali. We made Indian sweets and also Diva lamps out of clay. Having listened to the story of Rama and Sita, some of us made masks and retold the story.