Woodrush Star June 2013 | Page 22

HUMANITIES Christian Union, working with St Mary’s Church. WITHIN Christian Union pupils explore a range of Christian views and also consider their own outlook in life. Pupils have had the opportunity to watch contemporary poetry and consider both the message and meaning of them. There is also game playing that includes sweets, doughnuts and jalapenos! For those who are interested in attending, KS3 Christian Union is Friday lunchtime in H2, and KS4 Wednesday lunchtime in H2. This year Dean Taylor has taken over Christian Union. He has worked closely with pupils across the school as part of their religious study of Christianity. He also joined pupils and staff on the residential trip to Whitemoor Lakes. A huge THANK YOU to Dean, Simon and St Mary’s Church for taking the Christian Uni on sessions and for all their hard work with trips and RE lessons. Philosophy and Ethics – First Year done! This year was the first year we introduced Philosophy and Ethics GCSE. The group have worked really hard setting the standard for the next lot of GCSE groups to come through. Pupils 22 have been doing extra sessions on Thursdays after school during in which we cover certain ethical debates in a lot more depth and eat some lovely cakes – courtesy of the baking group! Spirited Arts 2013 AS PART of the extracurricular programme in RE, a group of pupils have been working on the national ‘Spirited Arts’ project. This has involved pupils creatively interpreting one of four topics using art and media. This has included work from Megan, Steph, Sophie and Abbie making a wooden shed (with the help of Mr Paget) interpreting the topic ‘Window to the soul’. Ben, Fraser and Emma who chose to interpret the topic ‘Open Minded’ by making a model head out of ModRock. Not forgetting Rosella’s digital entry, as part of which she has filmed Mr King and Ms Rancins interpreting the topic ‘God, what if?’ Well done to all the pupils who have taken the time to complete their entries, and also thank you to everyone that has supported us during this project. Miss Kaur