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Yr 5 RS Trip – Seeking the Maharajah, Ancient House Museum, Thetord

All the children in Year 5 have recently visited the Ancient House Museum in Thetford as part of the work they are doing in Religious Studies learning about Sikhism.  They took part in a ‘Seeking the Maharajah’ day, which focused on Maharajah Duleep Singh who lived at Elveden Hall just outside Thetford. 

Click HERE to view what the children had to say about their trip:

Mr. S. B. Coulthart

Yr 6 trip to the Norwich Buddhist Centre

All the children in Year 6 have recently visited the Norwich Buddhist Centre as part of the work they are doing in Religious Studies.

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Thank you to Sarvananda, John and everyone at the Norwich Buddhist Centre who made us feel so welcome.

Mr. S. B. Coulthart

Head of Religious Studies

Yr 6 Trip To Walsingham

The children in Year Six recently visited the Christian pilgrimage site of Walsingham, in North Norfolk, to visit and explore different Christian denominations.  The children have been studying Christianity as a modern world religion.

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Thank you to Maureen Howard and John Evans from the Walsingham Education Office and everyone else we encountered for making our day such an enjoyable one.  

Mr. S. B. Coulthart

Yr 7 R.S. trip to St. Peter Mancroft and the Salvation Army 

During May the children in Year 7 went on their RS trip.  7B walked down to St. Peter Mancroft to visit the church and the Octagon Café whereas 7S and B walked down to the Salvation Army Citadel and Catherine’s Lounge. 

These trips are an important part of the Year 7 children’s Religious Studies curriculum.  The children have to write up a project, which is submitted as part of their Common Entrance Exam to their future Senior School, on a local religious congregation.  Part of their investigation is to see how the congregation participates within the local community.    

Click HERE to view what some of the children said about the trip.

Thank you to Mrs Malone and Mr Gibson for accompanying the children.  Finally thank you to everyone at both St. Peter Mancroft and the Salvation Army Citadel who helped the children and spoke to them on the trip.

Mr. S. B. Coulthart 

Yr 7 and 8 Jewish Way of Life Exhibition

The children in Years 7 and 8 have been fortunate enough to visit the Jewish Way of Life Exhibition, which was visiting Norwich.  The exhibition is designed to education children about the Jewish religion, the history and practices of the Jewish people.  The exhibition helped give the children a greater understanding with which to tackle their biblical work for Common Entrance.

This is what some of the children learnt on the trip:

Shelagh took us over to the ark that had the torah scrolls in but they were not the real things because they would probably get broken.  Maria

There was a Torah scroll there but it wasn’t a real one. A real one would have been made of parchment not paper but it still had all the Hebrew on it. It was written in biblical hebrew.  Sacha

What I enjoyed most was the lady telling us about the Jewish food laws. How they find out if they can eat something is that they have a kosher symbol on some food packets.  Lyam

Shelagh was wearing a kippah.  A kippah is a hat that some Jewish people wear.  James

We also learnt about becoming an adult, a girl is 12 at her Bat Mitzvah, but a boy is 13 because girls go through a change before boys do.  In a synagogue to commemorate Bar Mitzvah boys read from the torah which he has been learning for 3 years, the girl gets a blessing given by the Rabbi to commemorate her Bat Mitzvah.  William

I learnt that when they get married the Jewish groom has to sign a book called a Ketuba and they get married under a tent called the Chupa. The groom smashes a glass at the end of the ceremony to signify the destruction of the temple.  Joy

In a Synagogue lots people can get married, pray and lots of services go on there.  Most of the time services are going on there and people have certain seats to sit in.  All the men sit on the bottom floor and all the woman and children sit upstairs. It was a very fun trip and I learnt a lot of things and was able to find out more things about Jewish people.  Rosa

I would like to thank Shelagh for looking after us so well on both of our trips.

Mr S. B. Coulthart

Yr 8 Religious Studies trip to see The Fiddler on the Roof 

A group of Year 8 children from Town Close went along to see the show "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Theatre Royal.

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Mr. S. B. Coulthart

Yr 8 trip to the BBC Studios, Norwich 

The children in Year 8 have recently been on a tour of the BBC studios in The Forum building in Norwich. 

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Mr. S. B. Coulthart

Yr 8 join the Salvation Army on the first Sunday of Advent

The children in 8S and 8A visited the Salvation Army Citadel on 27th November to attend one of their Sunday meetings.  This is the children’s second visit to the citadel; they first visited back last summer term.  Once again we were all given a particularly warm welcome by members of the corps.

The children are in the middle of working on their RS Common Entrance project which is submitted as part of their exam.  The children are exploring the Salvation Army and used their visit on Sunday to question local Salvationists on a wide range of issues.

The Sunday meeting was particularly relevant to the children as it focused on the Salvation Army’s Toys and Tins Appeal, this is something we support here at school.  Some of the children who attended the meeting had also been part of the choir singing at the concert in Norwich Cathedral which was in aid of the appeal and was recorded by BBC Radio Norfolk.

The children at Town Close are currently collecting new toys and tins of food to support the Salvation Army Toys and Tins appeal.  We look forward to handing over all our donations before Christmas.

Our thanks go to Alison Gibson who facilitated our visit and to everyone at the citadel for making us so welcome.

Mr S. B. Coulthart

Yr 8 join the congregation at St. Peter Mancroft 

On a damp, foggy Sunday morning thirteen children in Year 8 joined a variety of people across Norfolk who were all making their way to various church services.  The children joined the congregation at the church of St. Peter Mancroft, at their Sunday morning service. The trip was an important part of the Year 8 children’s Religious Studies curriculum.  The children have to write up a project, which is submitted as part of their Common Entrance Exam to their future senior school, on a local church and how it works within the local community.   

The Eucharist service focused on Christ and leadership.

After the church service the children went through to the Octagon Café, which they previously visited in the Summer Term.  Here they had a cup of coffee or drink of squash and set about interviewing members of the congregation.  As part of their project the children have to discover what the parishioners think about a variety of contemporary issues ranging from leadership to environmental issues.  The children wrote down the key points from their interviews and when they are back at school they will weave these answers into their projects.

Our thanks go to all the members of the congregation who welcomed us so warmly and patiently answered our questions, also to John Pountain and to Rev. Peter Nokes who have once again willingly given up their time to help the children.  Thanks also to Mrs Keen and Dr Carroll who joined us for the service. 

Mr S. Coulthart

Head of Religious Studies