15th May 2017

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  1. Year 6 says:

    We learnt that Christian Aid helps any refugees that have to leave their home. They give them support and help them. It started because after WW2 there was loads of people without homes.

    A ‘thin place’ is a place where you can relax and reflect on what is important in life. Some examples are: church, religious places, sleeping in your bed, nature, mountains and airports.

    The musicians got their inspiration from a dream.

    The benefits of museums are:
    – inspiration
    – learning
    – sharing memories
    – enjoyment
    – connections
    – experience
    – imagination

  2. Year 1 says:

    Year 1 learnt that Christian aid is about helping people in countries that are affecting by war and are forced to leave their homes. The money that is raised helps to house the refugees and clothe and feed them.
    A ‘thin’ place is somewhere like a church, the mountains or a place to think, reflect and have time to be quiet. We thought being beside the sea or in our bedrooms were good places to have quiet, thinking time.
    We enjoyed looking at the powerpoint about museums and know we can learn and find out lots from what is shown inside these buildings. Looking back is good and it helps us to develop an understanding of what life was like in the past. Museums are to inspire, to help us learn, to share with friends, to make connections and to imagine.

  3. Foundation 2 says:

    When I asked the children if they had been to a museum before lots of children had been, the most popular type of museum was one that contained dinosaurs. The children were very excited to share their experiences of seeing films at the museums and seeing moving ‘foam’ dinosaurs. The children also talked about the people that they went with, this was as important to the children as the contents of the museum.
    Oliver said that he visited the museum with Charlie and that the foam dinosaur gave him a high five!
    Luke said that he saw dinosaur bones when he visited a museum.
    Zunnurain talked about the cinema screen that was in the museum and the film that he watched.
    Dexter really enjoyed the visit to the dinosaur museum with his Dad, his cousin and his cousin’s Dad. He described the different sizes and lengths of the dinosaurs that he had seen with them.
    Scarlett told us that her sister had been to a museum in Year 3, but that she wasn’t sure which one.
    Ava told us that at Cadbury World there is a bit inside that is from the olden days.
    Imogen said she could remember a visit with Nanny and Grandad and her little brother when she was a lot younger, she told us that she saw different dinosaurs.

  4. Year 2 says:

    We enjoyed assembly on Monday about Christian Aid. We had a big discussion about charity and what it means. We found out from Miss Payne that ‘charity’ is a word that means LOVE. We shared a lot of different ways we can share LOVE with other people. This means even showing kindness to people we don’t know very well. The children in Year 2 can give lots of examples of different charities that they have given money to.

    We shared lots of museums we’ve been to such as the “Black Country Museum, the museum in town (also an art gallery), there is the science museum and also a museum some children have been to in their holidays that has dinosaurs. Museums are interesting and have information. We can learn a lot from going to a museum!”

  5. Year 4 says:

    We talked a lot in Year 4 about the different museums we have visited and what we thought museums were for and the different ways we enjoyed them. Mrs Arnold said she had recently visited ‘The Museum of Mechanical Science’ in Stratford which displayed lots of things which looked like they had been created by Wallace and Gromit.
    We talked about Monday’s assembly and what we had learnt about the fantastic charity work carried out by Christian Aid. In RE we have been learning about similar charity work carried out by Jewish people on ‘Mitzvah Day’.
    We really enjoyed watching the clips of Paul McCartney and Billy Joel and Mrs Arnold explained who they were. We spoke about their inspirational moments and when we may have had moments like that. We talked about our ‘thin spaces’ which have been on mountains and at the beach and also looking out to the countryside.

  6. Emily yr6 says:

    I learnt that after ww2 lots of people were left without homes or things to drink and eat, So people came together and set up christian aid and helped people by giving them shelter and clothing and things to eat and drink. Anywhere could be a thin place depending on where you want to go for inspiration. Some might like a church if they are religious but some might like a mountain if they like peace and quiet. The two musicians got their inspiration in their dream and one had to go to a nearby piano so he didn’t forget the tune. I have visited the natural history museum. I like to find out about the past and what the owrld was like before. You might go to a art museum for inspiration for new paintings but you also might go to a transport museum for inspiration on new models.

  7. Archie Moloney says:

    We learnt that ‘thin places’ are places that you can peacefully think about things.
    People go to musems to see things from long times ago, and it makes everything seem alive.

  8. lily - mae yr6 says:

    I learnt that christian aid is a charity that helps refugees when they have to leave their home.
    thin places could be in your home or in your local church or place of worship.
    You might visit a museum to learnt about topics that you are interestted in or to simply enjoy the beauty of the objects in a museum.

  9. Jack Cowie says:

    we learnt that christian aid help people that don’t have house and refugees

  10. evie y6 says:

    what is a thin place?
    a church

    have you visited a musem
    yes the birmingam city museum

  11. Anjali says:

    Christain Aid help people in the war. They give shelter, food and drink for the people that need help.

    Christian Aid started after World War 2 because people were left with no homes and nothimg to eat or drink.

    A ” thin place ” is somewhere ypu feel close to. It can be somewhere you can think about things and relax. A thin place can be somwher religous for you, like a church.

    You might visit a musem to learn things. You could go there to get insperation as well.

  12. Class3 says:

    Year 3 went to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in February. We went to the museum to find out about life in Ancient Greece. We talked about how it was a quiet place where we had to walk around quietly. This would allow people to think and reflect about what they could see in the museum. The children said they had been to other museums as well. They especially like museums that have dinosaurs!

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