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Questions for the Modern Pentecost Person
Can you please tell me about growing up?
Did you grow up in a family where faith was important?
Is faith – Belief in God - important to you?
When did your faith become important for you?
Did something happen or was it something you grew into?
It sounds as if your faith matters to you.
Are you part of a Parish community? Do you have a particular role there?
I’m interested in how your faith affects your everyday life. We have been learning that what people believe affects how they live in the world. For example: some people might choose to buy certain things because of fair-trade; other people might choose not to watch certain things on TV because of their beliefs.
Can you describe some of the everyday things that you do because your faith tells you that you should?
Could you explain why these things are important for you to do?
How they link to your faith and what you believe?
Of all the things that Catholics believe is there one thing that you think impacts most on how you live your life?
Why is that particular belief important?
How does it lead to you living as you do?
Sometimes it’s hard to live as you would like to all the time.
Are there things that challenge your faith and how you would like to live?
You faith in God seems to have been a big part of your whole life.
Have there been any big decisions that you have made as a result of your faith?
Sometimes we talk about ‘Walking with God’ – do you think your life has been walked with God?
Thank you.
One of the things we are learning about is whether people of different faiths think differently about specific issues.
So could I now ask you about what you think about education for young people?
1. What do you think is the role of education in today’s society?
2. Does religion have a place in education?
Does your faith give you any special insight into these questions?
What beliefs do you think link to this question? What particular beliefs help you form your view on this issue?
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Dear Parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes,
The pupils of Our Lady of Lourdes School are seeking people in our local school and parish community to support us with our RE learning this half term about modern ‘Pentecost People’. We would be grateful if you were able to assist with this.
This half term, our whole school focus for our RE learning is based on Pentecost. The children have been learning about the recount of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit by exploring the scriptures, so that they can retell what happened. Our topic moves forward to explore the question: What is a Pentecost Person? The children will be taught that, since the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke to those they met about the Good News, people who believe in God have continued to live their lives differently – to live remembering what Jesus taught and what he showed in his life. We will teach the children about people who have lived their lives differently, by first looking at the group of Pentecost people, who we read about in the Bible, such as: Peter, Paul and the Gospel writers. Then we will learn about people today who believe in God and try to live as God would want. These will be examples of modern ‘Pentecost People’.
In order for the teachers to teach about modern ‘Pentecost People’ and provide good real life examples for the children to learn from, we are looking for volunteers to provide us with this information. Therefore I am contacting a range of different believers (men, women, older, younger, ordained and lay) from our school and parish community to see if they are able to assist with our ‘data’ collection. We were hoping to interview people directly by asking various different questions. Please see here for the questions, in order to help the children achieve the level of attainment they are working towards. Obviously, we would not want to ask anyone anything without giving them time to prepare ideas and examples which you feel comfortable saying.
If you feel you are able to help in any way by providing an example of a modern Pentecost Person, it would be greatly appreciated. We would need the information as soon as possible, within the next week (week beginning 04/05/15) or possible week after (week beginning 11/05/15). There are various ways you could help us. Firstly, we can arrange a time for you to visit one of the classes so that the children can interview you. We would also like to film/record the interview so that other classes can also access the information. Another way could possibly be that just a teacher interviews you and films/records it, so that the information can be used in classes. Finally, if you are unable to come into school or do not wish to be filmed, you could write down the answers to the questions and send/e-mail to school. This information can then be distributed to teachers to use.
I appreciate that you are busy, however real life examples are always fantastic models to the children and helps them learn much better. Anything that you can provide would be extremely useful and beneficial to us. If you are able to help, please contact the school office to arrange a time when you could come into school for the children or teacher to conduct the ‘interview’ or send in/e-mail your responses for the attention of myself.
Thank you very much for your time.
Lorraine Davies
Assistant Headteacher / RE coodinator
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The School Admissions Code requires us to notify pupils currently in Year 5 and transferring to Secondary School in September 2015 of the results of our tests before they complete the Common Application Form (CAF). These changes will affect all applications to selective schools and partially selective schools.
As a parish from which pupils have recently applied for a place at St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School, I am writing to ask for your help in raising awareness of the time schedule involved. We would be particularly grateful if you could include these important dates in your newsletter to prevent disappointment for parents.
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Fr Tom, Fr Damian and the Parish Council welcome you to the Our Lady of Lourdes parish website. We hope that in the months and years to come it will prove a great resource for us all.