St Barnabas C of E Primary Academy

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Christian Distinctiveness

HandbookContents

Our Christian Values Page 4Christian Values Statement Page 5Worship Yearly Planner Page 6Whole School Worship Page 7Whole School Worship Order of Service Page 8-9Lord’s Prayer Page 10School Prayer Page 11Worship Group Page 12

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Worship Area Page 12-13Ethos Committee Page 14Parental Involvement Page 15Teaching and Learning Page 16R.E Scheme of Work Page 16-18Assessment Page 19 Monitoring Page 19

Our Christian ValuesThe school has chosen 6 key Christian Values, which are the fundamental values for our school. They are based upon the values demonstrated by St Barnabas. These Christian Values underpin everything we do in our school. These values are at the heart of our school, in our policies and through our school mission statement.

Our values are:

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Christian Values Statement Preparing our children to shine brightly.

‘Shine like stars in the universe.’ Philipians 2: 14-15St Barnabas is a caring, family school with Christian values at our core. We want our staff, families and children to encourage, inspire, believe and achieve whilst living out our Christian values inspired by St Barnabas – love, generosity, compassion, forgiveness, service and courage.

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Our Mission is: to develop all children to achieve personally and academically so that they can think for themselves and articulate their views, in a reasonable way, with the emotional resilience necessary to thrive in the ever changing wider world.Love – at St Barnabas children and staff are encouraged to love themselves, each other and the world around them.

Generosity – at St Barnabas children and staff are encouraged to be generous with their love, their time and their support.

Compassion – at St Barnabas children and staff are encouraged to show kindness, empathy and understanding of others.

Forgiveness – at St Barnabas children and staff are encouraged to offer and seek forgiveness and to reflect on their actions with mercy and grace.

Service - at St Barnabas children and staff are encouraged to understand the idea of service and how they can support the school community, the local community and the international community through charity.

Courage - at St Barnabas children and staff are encouraged to show courage and bravery through trying new experiences, persevering and through advocacy.

Worship Yearly Planner

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

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Cycle A The BibleHarvest

PrayerChristmas

CourageLent

ForgivenessEaster

St Barnabas

ValuesPentecost

GenerosityFeast of St Barnabas

Cycle B LoveHarvest

ServiceHarvest

Religion through art and story

Lent

Compassion Easter

The SaintsPentecost

Crosses of the world

Feast of St Barnabas

*In September 2020 we will be on Cycle A

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Whole School WorshipAt St Barnabas we predominantly follow the “Roots and Fruits” scheme of work for whole school worship. Each half term we will have a different theme that will be displayed around the school and in each classroom. Our whole school worship will take a 2 year cycle to complete. This is to ensure that our values and key elements of Christianity are fully embedded with the pupils of St Barnabas. All worship will follow order of service and will include hymns and prayer. All of whole school worship will focus on teachings of the Bible. Prayers and worship should be led by a mixture of SLT, the local Reverend, staff and our worship group members. The school will follow the liturgical calendar for key Christian celebrations. We have daily whole school worship at 9.00am.

Our local Reverend is: Rev Maria

The Liturgical Calendar

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Whole SchoolOrder of Worship at St Barnabas

Worship Table Runner or cloth to reflect the colour of the season of the Church

year Value poster Bible open at the bible verse or story for the day An artefact or object suggesting the theme or content of the worship

Welcome We greet each other with ‘The Lord be with you…’ to which children respond ‘and also with you’.We then use the Thinking of God slide to reinforce the Trinitarian nature of God.

The key message of the worship (bible story or passage) is introduced to school.LearningTeaching of the key message through the use of drama, visual images, storytelling, puppetry or poetry.

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ReflectingThe reflecting element encourages everyone to consider how the Bible story or stimulus has resonated with or challenged them. HymnPupils will sing together a traditional hymn or Christian song linked with the half termly Christian Value theme. DismissalCollective worship is ended with ‘Go I peace to love and serve the Lord…’ to which the response is ‘in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen’.Extinguishing of the candleWhen the act of Worship is over the candle will be extinguished.

Daily Prayer As well as in class worship we also have daily prayers that are said in class. These prayers are led by the class teacher and the members of the worship group. The following prayers are said at these times of the day:

Lunch Time Prayer: Grace before meals

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Home Time Prayer: St Barnabas end of day prayer

Written by the Worship Committee - November 2019

Dear Lord,

We thank you for this day in school.Help us to learn more each day.

Keep us safe until morning comes.Thank you for everything.

Amen

The Lord’s Prayer10

Our Father in heaven Hallowed be your name

Your kingdom comeYour will be done

On earth as it is in heaven Give us today our daily bread

Forgive us our sins As we forgive those who sin against us

Lead us not into temptationBut deliver us from evil

For the kingdom, the powerAnd the glory are yours

Now and foreverAmen

The School Prayer11

This is our school.Let peace dwell here.

Let the rooms be full of contentment.Let love abide here

Love of one another, Love of mankind,

Love of God,And love of life itself.

Let us remember, That, as many hands build a house,

So many hearts make a school Amen

Worship Group

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The Worship group is made up of 2 pupils from Key Stage 2 who were chosen by their class teachers. They meet regularly with Mrs May. The role of the Worship group is to support school with whole school worship and whole school Christian activities.

Year 3Year 4Year 5 Amelia and EmmanuelYear 6 Eli

Worship AreaEvery classroom has a worship area. Each worship area looks exactly the same with the same items on it. The worship area must have the following items on it:

Bible Cross The theme displayed Christian Values displayed Floor books Prayer box Key questions Activities Prayer leaves Minutes of worship group

Pupils are encouraged to use the worship areas in class to reflect on the themes and stories from worship, to answer key questions on display, to participate in activities provided or to write prayers for the prayer tree. Pupils are encouraged to use this space as often as they like during the school day.

Classes BiblesReceptionYear 1 & 2

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Year 3 & 4Year 5 & 6

Ethos CommitteeThe ethos committee is made up of different stake holders from our school and community. The purpose of the committee is to monitor and evaluate the provision for worship and R.E in school and ensure the school are promoting our Christian values. The committee meet every half term and focus on a different key area each time. Key decisions on the direction of worship at the school are made with the committee. The members of the Vision and Values Committee are: Role Name Principal Charmain MayStaffParent Vicar Reverend MariaGovernor Rhian Williams

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At the beginning of every half term we will send home the Home School Values sheet for parents. This sheet has ideas, stories and activities based around the bible and on the theme we are focusing on for that half term. This sheet will also be displayed on the school website.

Teaching and Learning

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As a church school RE has as much importance in the school curriculum as English and Maths. RE is taught as a discreet subject and is taught once a week for 50 minutes in every class from Nursery to Year 6. Our RE curriculum covers a range of topics with a mostly Christian theme, and planning and resources for the topics are saved on to the school server. Marking and feedbackMarking and feedback given to pupils must be to the same quality as we would see in English or Maths books. Work should be marked to the learning intention and opportunities should be given to pupils to reflect on their learning with key questions. Pupils should respond to this in purple pen.

RE Displays Every class in school must have an RE display either inside or outside of the classroom. RE displays in school should be topic based. These displays should be used as a working wall, where work gets added to the display regularly. The display should be interactive with key questions for pupils to think about. Pupils should add work to the display as and when is necessary.

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R.E Scheme of WorkAutumn 1 Autumn 2

INCARNATION

Spring 1 Spring 2

SALVATION

Summer 1 Summer 2 Visits / visitors

Nursery I am Special How do we celebrate Jesus’s birthday?

Listening to the stories Jesus heard.

Easter 1{Salvation}

Special places – what makes a place special / holy?

Special times – how do we celebrate special times?

Visit to Church

Reception Harvest Why Is the Word God So Important to Christians? (UC)

Christmas – Why do Christians perform Nativity plays? (UC) {Incarnation}

Stories Jesus told – Why did Jesus tell stories? {Gospel}

Easter 2{Salvation}

Friendship – what makes a good friend?

Prayer – what is prayer?

Visit from Reverend Maria

Year 1 Harvest – how can we help those who do not have a good harvest? (5 hours) {God, Creation and Gospel}

Christmas – Why do we give and receive gifts? (5 hours) {Incarnation}

Why was Jesus so special? (6 hours) {Incarnation and Gospel}

Easter – celebrating new life and new beginnings. ( 5 hours){Salvation}

Why is Baptism Special? ( 4 hours){Salvation}How do people of other faiths welcome new babies? (3 hours)

Joseph{God and People of God}(4 hours)

Mock Baptism at Church

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Who made the World? UC (5 hours) {Creation}

Year 2 The Bible – why is it such a special book? (6 hours) {all concepts}

Do people of other faiths have holy books? ( 4 hours)

Christmas – why was the birth of Jesus such good news? (4 hours){incarnation}

Jesus friend to everyone (6 hours) {Gospel}

Why does Easter matter to Christians? UC (5 hours){Salvation}

Why is the Church a special place for Christians? (6 hours){God, people of God, Kingdom of God}

Where do people of other faiths worship? (4 hours)

Roman Catholic Church ( St Annes, Openshaw)

Year 3 Harvest and the Jewish festival of Sukkot ( 5 hours) {Creation and God}

What kind of world did Jesus want? UC (6 hours)

Christmas – God with us. (4 hours){incarnation}

Called by God. (7 hours) {God and people of God}

Exploring the sadness and joy of Easter. (5 hours) (Salvation}

Which rules should we follow? (6 hours) {Fall, people of God and Gospel}

Does everybody follow the same rules? ( 6 hours)

Visitors from Jewish and Muslim faith.

Year 4 Jesus the Son of God ( 7 hours) {Incarnation, Gospel and Salvation}

Hanukkah – Jewish festival of light ( 2 hours)

Christmas – exploring the

What is prayer? (4 hours) {God}

S4: Why do

Exploring Easter as a story of Betrayal and trust. ( 5 hours)

Are all Churches the same? ( 6 hours) {Gospel, Kingdom of

Are all places of worship the same? Do people worship

Synagogue – Jewish Museum

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Judaism – Shabbat ( 2 hours)

symbolism of light. ( 4 hours) {incarnation and salvation}

Christians sing in worship? ( 3 hours){God}

God} God in the same way? (6 hours)

Year 5 How and why do Christians read the Bible? ( 6 hours) {Gospel and Kingdom}

How important are holy books in other faiths? ( 5 hours)

Christmas Around the World ( 4 hours) {incarnation}

Exploring the lives of significant women in the Old Testament. (5 hours) {People of God}

The Jewish festival of Purim. ( 2 hours)

Why do Christians believe that Easter is a celebration of Victory? (5 hours) {Salvation}

Pentecost – what happened next? (6 hours)

Daniel – did he make the right choice? ( 6 hours) {People of God}

Christian visitor linked to Pentecost

Year 6 Life as a journey and pilgrimage ( 6 hours) {People of God and Salvation}

Pilgrimage ( 4 hours)

Creation and Science, conflicting or complimentary? UC (6 hours)

Why is the Exodus such a significant event in Jewish and Christian history? ( 6 hours) {People of God}

Why do Christians celebrate the Eucharist? ( 4 hours){Salvation and incarnation}

Ideas about God (include visit to Hindu temple) ( 8 hours) {God}

People of faith (7 hours) {Kingdom of God}

Hindu Temple

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Assessment Assessment is recorded against the end of key stage expectations.

Monitoring As part of the yearly monitoring cycle, monitoring of R.E and Worship is regularly included in the whole school cycle. Members of the SLT and the Ethos Committee conduct the monitoring of R.E and Worship in school. The main purpose of the Ethos committee is to ensure that the Christian Values of the school are promoted and underpin everything. Throughout the year the Vision and Values committee will monitor:

RE books RE displays RE Lesson Observations Whole School Worship In class worship Daily prayers Pupil voice Staff voice Parental voice RE Assessment

Regular feedback is given to staff and pupils to ensure the progression of RE and worship at school. Linked Documents:

R.E monitoring Cycle R.E lesson observation form R.E book Scrutiny form Worship monitoring form

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