Branch 1 Creation &  Good to be Me

In this first branch of our religious teaching, we hear how God made our beautiful world and everything in it, including us.  We learn that the Bible is a special book and hear that when God created the world He said: "Indeed, it is very good", Genesis 1:31.  God tells us that we must take good care of all creation.  We are to be stewards of creation – it is an extremely important job.  We hear and practise the words and actions of the sign of the cross throughout the day:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

The children come to believe that God is love; that He made each one of us and loves each one of us as a unique person.  God loves us, and we are part of His family.  We celebrate God's family and recall how we entered it through Baptism. 

We give thanks to God by reflecting on creation and responding to its glory through art, drama, dance, music, meditation and prayer.  We learn to live out our faith by loving ourselves, our family, God's world and others.  We learn through Catholic Social Teaching about Stewardship – Looking after God’s World and the Dignity of the Human Person; that God made each one of us and each one of us is special; we must treat others in a caring way because God made them too. 

At home, you could help your children by:

• Saying prayers together and making the sign of the cross.

• Looking at pictures of animals and plants and talking about how special creation is.

• Encourage them to notice different parts of God’s wonderful creations and think of ways to care for the world

“Mary looks after us all in heaven” Jude

Stewardship

We believe in caring for God's gifts

‘The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work on it and take care of it.’ Genesis 2:15 

Stewardship is all about caring for the many gifts that God has given to us. These include our environment, our own talents and other resources. All living things are connected, so we must use God’s gifts responsibly to meet the needs of everyone, now and in the future.

Our Reception Stewardship Mission is to look after our outdoor area – especially, our Allotment Area

The EYFS allotment is an area for children to spend time exploring God's World – learning how things grow and understanding the important elements of looking after a space that they are responsible for. Throughout all the hard work, the children thoroughly enjoy sharing and tasting what they have harvested. 

We enjoyed exploring, observing and harvesting our allotment area after the Summer holiday...

 

I know God loves me and I am part of a family.

 

Families are made up of people who love and care for each other  

Family is a gift from God

 

We have enjoyed sharing different stories about family life and stories about special times in our families -The children have enjoyed sharing photos of their family.

To have a birthday party- Jude        When daddy takes me to the park and leaves the light on at night- Chile

Daddy gives me kisses- Louie                        Mummy makes me a special meal- Niamh                            Getting hugs and Kisses- Anaya

Mummy and Daddy read me stories                         When my mummy and daddy tuck me in at night and they play special music-Malaya

When I come home mummy wraps me in a blanket if I am cold- Harlie                             Mummy gives me kisses- Anaiya

When I get tickles and loves-Ruby                           Playing games with my brother- Ihechi            Singing songs in the bath- Freddie O

Playing cars with my brother-Freddie D                     Smiles and hugs from my sister-Alyssia                    Playing with my mummy- Aadhya

God made me. God loves me. God loves everyone. God is love. God made each one of us.

 

 

God made us, and we are all different and special and good. We shared the story ‘God Made You’ and discussed how we are all different.

We explored ways we are different, such as our looks, what we like to play with, things we eat, like and don’t like. We are different, but we are all special and loved by God. We must treat each other with care because we are all important and loved by God.  

We used a mirror to explore what we look like. We shared the colour of our eyes and hair.

Portraits in Nature

We gathered some nature from God’s world

We created beautiful portraits using our finds.

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We enjoyed celebrating the Birthday of Mary our Mother

We took part in our first Prayer session

We celebrated with song, prayer and biscuits .

 

“Mary is so beautiful” Gerry

“She is Jesus’s Mummy” Florence

“Mary looks after us all in heaven” Jude