Religious Education
As a Catholic School, Religious Education is at the heart of all that we learn and all that we do in St. Clare's. We follow the scheme of work provided by Liverpool Archdiocese which allows our children to EXPLORE, REVEAL and RESPOND to different religious themes and topics.
COME AND SEE
Nursery Morning Prayer
Good Morning Lord.
We praise your holy name.
And thank you for giving us
this lovely new day.
Amen.
Nursery Home Time Prayer
Now the day is over, we lift our hands and say,
'Thank you Heavenly Father for today'.
We're sorry for the wrong things but glad about the right.
Keep us Heavenly Father in your love tonight.
Amen.
Explore: The importance of my name.
Reveal: God who knows and loves me; God who knows my name.
Respond: Remembering, celebrating and responding to the importance of names, and to God who knows each one by name and loves them.
Explore: What it is to welcome and be welcomed.
Reveal: Baptism - a welcome to God's family.
Respond: Remembering, celebrating and responding to what it is to welcome and be welcomed. Baptism - a welcome to God's family.
Explore: What a birthday is; waiting for a birthday.
Reveal: Advent - looking forward to Christmas, the birthday of Jesus.
Respond: Remembering, celebrating and responding to what a birthday is;waiting for a birthday. Advent: looking forward to Christmas, the birthday of Jesus.
Explore: What a celebration is.
Reveal: How the parish family celebrate.
Respond: Remembering, celebrating and responding to what a celebration is and how the parish family celebrate.
We celebrated the launch of our new Mission Statement.
The children role-played a wedding.
Explore: How and why people gather together.
Reveal: The joy of gathering together to celebrate at Mass.
Respond: Remembering, celebrating and responding to how and why people gather together and the joy of gathering together at Mass.
We love to play games together.
We love to gather together and dance.
Let's sing and praise God together.
We re-enacted the gathering procession and a Mass in church.
Explore: Spring is a time when things begin to grow.
Reveal: Lent - a time to grow in love to be more like Jesus and to look forward to Easter.
Respond: Remembering, celebrating and responding to the ways we grow and that Lent is a time to grow more like Jesus and look forward to Easter.
We looked at new life and growth.
We planted and cared for our flowers.
During Lent we are growing in love by sharing and caring with our friends.
Easter
Explore: That everyone has Good news to share.
Reveal: Pentecost - the celebration of the Good News of Jesus.
Respond: Remembering, celebrating and responding to the understanding that everyone has Good News and that Pentecost is the celebration of the Good News of Jesus.
We've been sharing our good news in the Good News Office.
