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Gethsemane's Tale

27th Mar 2024

As their 2024 Lenten journeys conclude, the children across school have been reflecting on the events of Holy Week that lead up to Jesus' resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Using scripture the children have been deepening their understanding of the sequence and nature of the different events, and have reflected on how each event impacted on those who were there, and experienced them, including, Jesus, his friends and the others mentioned in the Gospels.

We always use a sample of the children's writing in our Passion Play. 

As part of this whole-school focus, Libbi (Y3) reflected on what happened when Jesus prayed in the Garden Gethsemane, just before his betrayal and arrest...