Our Lenten Journey
With the long-awaited announcement on Monday, I felt the quote above summed up the feelings of many this week. There truly is light at the end of what has felt like, at times, an extremely long tunnel! When you pair this up with this week being the first full week of Lent, a special time of reflection and preparation, it really has given us time to reflect on this past year, and look forward to our bright future. By observing the 40 days of Lent, we replicate Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for 40 days. It is a time to refocus on Jesus as we look ahead to his death on the cross and rejoice over his miraculous return. It is a time for reflecting on what we could do differently or maybe what we could do more of or less of during this time. When we return to the classroom we can display our personal Lenten promises, in our worship area and think of a class Lenten challenge for all of us to share.
Hope….
HOPE! This is what has kept us all going-hope that we will all be together in the classroom again, hope that a vaccine is rolled out, hope that we will soon get to hug our loved ones again, hope that we will one day be able to resume to some form of ‘normality’ again. We have had to put so much trust, hope and faith in God this past year, and it now looks as though the end is in sight. Although we are by no means there yet, and we still have necessary restrictions in place, it certainly felt as through there was a shift this week, in the right direction. And of course, this all begins with schools reopening on 8th March. I cannot wait to have my class back together again, as I have missed you all dearly! It is also important, however, that we keep our school safe which is why all safety measures will still be strictly in place, on the children’s return. So rest assured, the school environment will continue to be a safe place, with rigorous hand washing, mask-wearing, bubbled year groups and staggered start/end times. I will put more information on next week’s blog about the children’s first day back. Miss Haggerty has put more information about our return to school on the News page too.
WORLD BOOK DAY!
Next Thursday, 4th March, is World Book Day! No lockdown is going to stop us from celebrating this special day! I have put all details of home learning activities for you to complete, next Thursday, on the Home Learning page. We have invited all children in school to come in dressed as their favourite book character, so please do join in the fun from home! I would love to see pictures of what you have dressed up as, to add to next week’s blog!
Work from this week….
Here’s some of the from our R & J lesson- ‘conscious thought bubbles’. You did so well at inferring how the different characters may have been feeling, knowing they may have played a role in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Thank you
Thank you once again for the great work you have been sending in this week. The standard of your work continues to impress me. With just one week on remote learning left, please do make sure you maintain this high standard next week!
Have a lovely weekend-take care and stay safe!
Miss Slater & Mrs Murray
