Change is in the air

Despite the wind and rain, it would seem that nature is preparing itself to burst forth once again. The buds on the trees are beginning to become more evident and the blossom is a warming sight on a wet and blustery day. 

It struck me the other day how easy it can be to miss things at times. The subtle changes in nature around us in particular. One day there are no leaves on the trees and the next they are covered. So how did that happen? The pace of life is so quick, things get taken for granted. We filter information and experiences and suddenly wonder where time is gone. The slow yet deliberate unfurling of new leaves on the trees is amazing to watch, but it takes time to notice such things.

Just like the Easter story. We know it so well, the events and the main characters, the twists and the turns. But then suddenly it is Easter Sunday and we move on with summer firmly fixed in our minds and the chance to see anew the familiar Easter story passed us by once again.

So I have decided to try something different over the next few days. To read the familiar bible passages and to seek to notice things I have not picked up on before. Strangely on first read, the reality hits me that the story has become too familiar. So with a few days to go to Good Friday, I find myself drawn back to the need to see things anew and it's amazing how refreshing, challenging and thought provoking it is.

Around the school this week

Year 4 have been producing some excellent newspaper articles and Easter cards and there is also a wonderful new piece of art work produced by some of our year 6 students. This will take pride of place on the back of the KS1 piano

 

Easter egg hunt

Many thanks to the PTFA for organising today's Easter Egg hunt. Each class took part in wonderful sunshine, enjoying the challenge of finding the eggs as well as taking time to enjoy the refreshments on offer ( which includes the PTFA helpers!)

Kingswood 2

After a great visit to Wells beach on Wednesday the weather turned very wet on our year 6 children at Kingswood yesterday, but they still managed to enjoy the challenges of the day.

After a good nights sleep they found themselves facing the challenges of the wall, archery, the wonders of nightline and a huge Twister board to name a few.

Today though, the sun is shinning on them as they finish their expedition and head back to Leicester ready for the break and much needed sleep.





The big question's will remain though - has the flannel actually been used, was the suitcase unpacked at all and are they really wearing the same socks as Wednesday morning!

Easter reflections

This week we have been considering the fact that the Easter story is really a story full of surprises or maybe even a tale of the unexpected!

 

From the time that Jesus rode into Jerusalem until the unexpected event on the road to Emmaus, things never really turned out as people might have expected. The twists and turns in the story, the excitement and the disappointment, the fear and rejoicing, the questions and the unexpected answers.

 

All of these make the Easter story a roller coaster of a ride, a story that has so many central themes, but one clear message, that love is about forgiveness and forgiveness is God’s love in action, reaching out to the world that he created. As 1 John 3:16 so boldly proclaims, for God so loved the world that he gave his only son Jesus to bring reconciliation and hope, something that our world continues to need now as much as it did on that first Easter Sunday. 

 

Our Easter blessing reminds us of God's call to all of us to live out the love and forgiveness that the Easter story is so clearly about.

 

 

May the loving power of God,

which raised Jesus to new life,

strengthen us in hope,

enrich us in love,

and inspire us in faith;

So that we can make a difference together.