Christian Celebrations
St Bartholomew’s Church is an important part of our school community. We visit St Bartholomew’s to share our celebrations of the main Christian Festivals with our wider community We also enjoy visiting to be with our community and participating in local events such as the Christmas Tree Festival.
We also enjoy going further afield, and celebrating at Churches and schools beyond our community.
Please take time to share and reflect on our celebrations across this year so far;
Key Stage 1 Nativity 2024- Crewkerne Community Church
Our Early Years and Key Stage 1 Nativity was truly a magical event, showcasing the talent and hard work of all the children. Each child performed their role with enthusiasm and confidence, bringing the story to life. The costumes were wonderful, adding an extra layer of charm and colour to the performance. The children sang beautifully, filling the room with warmth and joy.
Parents were impressed and had a great time, it was clear that the children’s efforts made this Nativity a memorable and special occasion for everyone involved. Well done to all of our children and teachers that spent much time preparing and rehearsing for this fantastic festive nativity. The true story of Christmas was definitely in our hearts at this performance. #love of one another
Key Stage 2 Christmas Church Service 2024 – St Bartholomew’s Church Crewkerne
The month of December has brought much joy into our hearts here at Ashlands. The EYFS and KS1 Nativity retold the Christmas Story beautifully and brought a tear to many eyes. The KS2 Christmas Service at St Bartholomew’s was well led by the children and it was a joy to sit back and be reminded of the importance of the season in our Christian Calendar. A massive thank you to all the staff who supported these events and to Mrs Bryant our Music Lead for organising an opportunity for our Year Five and Six children to be coached by Sephi Williams, a talented singing coach from Somerset Music. This raised many aspirations amongst our upper Key Stage Two children.
Remembrance Day 2024 St Bartholomew’s Church Crewkerne
It was very powerful to meet as a whole school to commemorate the 2 minutes silence on the 11th day, at the eleventh hour on the 11th month. The children listened to a simple poem by S Ryan before the two minutes started, and this was repeated afterwards.
Many of our children were wearing their alternative uniforms to mark their respect, it was great to see a range of Scouts, Cubs, Rainbows, Beavers, Squirrels and Brownies.
On Remembrance Sunday many of our pupils joined their respective Scout organisation groups, and paraded through town for a memorial services at Severalls and St Bartholomew’s Church. Mrs Cottle and the choir also partnered up with St Barts School choir to sing a couple of beautiful songs for the occasion. They all did us proud.
Harvest Celebrations 2024- St Bartholomew’s Church Crewkerne
On Thursday 10th October, the school split into their houses of red, blue, yellow and green to do four exciting activities. Different teachers ran different activities. One of the activities was music with Mrs Cottle where we used the drums and sang an African song about harvest. We had fun outside completing a harvest trail with Mrs Hooper, made harvest key rings with Miss Wines and Mrs Marshall-James, and made cute log friends with Mrs Radford and Mrs Jones. We love these morning where we get into our house groups and get to help the younger children in the school.
After the fun activities of the morning, the children put on their hi vis jackets to be safe and headed to the church. We sang songs to do with harvest like ‘Cauliflowers fare fluffy’ and we also read out some poems to do with the harvest and autumn. We always enjoy going to church and know that our parents enjoyed our performances too. -By Ethan, Jack and Kai, Year 6
Thank you to everyone who bought in an animal made of recycling, we love your ideas! Also another big thank you for all the generous food donations. Be a Good Neighbour food bank came to collect on Friday and said it was much appreciated and would be help so many local families.
Year 6 Leavers Service- Taunton Minster
The Year 6’s went to Taunton Minster for a Year 6 leavers assembly. There were lots of primary and first school children there. They walked the school banner through the church. They talked about their next steps and how they might feel about moving up. They saw videos of Year 7 children talking about the transition they had gone through. At the end they received a candle for school. -Mrs Millett
Easter Service 2024- St Bartholomew’s Church Crewkerne
Thank you to those of us who were able to join us at Church for a wonderful Easter service. We think you’ll agree that he children sang beautifully. We had poems read by Year 5, a violin performance, a song from the choir and Reverend CJ shared the meaning of Easter. We hope you enjoyed it as much as the children did.
