Sacred Art

In RaVE this term we have been exploring the last week of Christ's life through various pieces of art work, including Da Vinci's interpretation of The Last Supper, as well as various interpretations of the Stations of the Cross.  In conjunction with the works of art we have been studying the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to increase our understanding of the events leading up to the crucifixion.

The students were asked to create their own piece of sacred art to demonstrate their understanding of a particular event during this last week of Christ's life and explain how it relates to the gospels.  Here is just a sample of the amazing works of art that the students created:

A Lego diorama depicting the parable of the Tenants

3D art showing Jesus riding into Jerusalem

 

A re-creation of The Last Supper

A cake depicting Jesus on the cross

Rising to the Occasion

Yesterday 8J had the opportunity to lead the Junior Secondary Worship.  Our theme to focus on was "Unity" and the students did a fantastic job in preparing and presenting the Worship.  I was really impressed by how willing the students were to get involved, and also by the way they went about working together to achieve a common goal.

Please take a look at The Prezi to see what the students came up with.

Well done to all the students in 8J for working together so well.

Popplet - collect your thoughts

Today we used Popplet in our RaVE class to generate and collate our thoughts about heroes.

View the Popplet Here

This was a lot of fun and proved to be a very effective way to keep a record of our thinking.  I am looking forward to using it more and to having the students create their own.

RaVE

Today in RaVE (Religious and Values Education) the students shared some belief statements about stewardship and we placed ourselves along a human continuum to show whether we strongly agreed, strongly disagreed, or felt somewhere in between.

I was very impressed with some of the statements that the students came up with and how much thought they put into deciding where to stand on the continuum.

Some of the statements were:

• We are responsible for all the animals and therefore should not kill any animals for any reason


• We should have a no car day where everyone is forced to walk, ride a bike, or take public transport to school/work


• As good stewards of our environment we must stop littering


• Plastic bags should be replaced with compostable environmentally friendly bags


• We should treat all other people how we want to be treated

I am looking forward to our next lesson when we will have the opportunity to discuss these statements in more detail.