This week in our Religious Education lessons Year 3 have been learning about the importance of commitment and promises during the Sacrament of Baptism. When asked to explain the Sacrament of Baptism the children are able to give detailed answers using a range of Religious Vocabulary.
Sebastian: “The Sacrament of Baptism is a celebration when a baby is welcomed into God’s family. The parents and godparents renew their faith and make a promise to the baby. They commit to guide the baby to live in God’s way”
To help us understand the Sacrament, the children lead a role-play session. They named all the special items we would need and used the classroom environment to try to represent these. The children were great at understanding the different symbols of Baptism.
Gabrielle: “We need a white garment to symbolise the baby putting on a new life in the life of the church.”
Camila: “The candle is a symbol of passing on the Light of Christ to the baby.”
When looking at the renewal of faith for the parents and godparents, Year 3 picked different words that they thought were important and why.
Julia: “The words ‘I do’ are important because they show that they are making a commitment to God again. They sound a lot like when people are getting married because that is a commitment too.”
The children have been so enthusiastic when learning in our new topic. They have been able to make links between the Sacrament of Baptism and the story of Jesus’ Baptism.
Dear Miss Drury,
I really loved doing the roll play.It was so fun!I loved writing about Jesus’s baptism and I even have been to loads of baptisms excluding my sisters and my brother.A month ago I went to my friends baptism!
I am so glad you’ve enjoyed it Gabrielle! Your knowledge of Baptism is great. Ms Drury😊
I really like our topic Baptism in RE. I liked when I was the godmother in the pictures.
You were brilliant Daisy!
Dear Miss Drury,
I loved learning about Baptism because I love learning about R.E. Also I have a picture of me, Zoe, Mummy, Daddy and our priest Father Morris which I will bring into school. Have a lovely summer holiday Miss Drury and Miss Akhtar.
We have had lots of fun during this topic. I am so glad you have enjoyed it Grace!
Thank you so much Miss Drury for the message! Have a lovely half term.
Gabrielle
Dear Miss Drury,
I loved learning about Baptism. I enjoyed being the priest because I love RE. I really enjoyed doing the roll play! It was really fun 🤩. I learned lots new things about Baptism. I learned lots of new symbols too! I went to my sisters Baptism. Thank you so much for the message Miss Drury. Have a lovely half term!
CAMILA 🤗
Baptism has been a great topic and we have had lots of fun. The role play was brilliant! I am so glad you have loved our learning too 😊
Dear Miss Drury,
I loved it when we did the Baptism role play!💖😍✨🎇🎆!!
I’m glad Heloise and thank you for sharing your beautiful Baptismal candle.
Ms Drury 😊