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This week at Cradley...

Significant learning moments across our school this week have been:

Reception have been planting flowers and beans this week. They have been looking at different types of flowers and have enjoyed sketching from close observation. Year 1 have been tasting Handa's 7 delicious fruits and describing them using adjectives while in Year 2 pupils have been studying Cradley's local history of chain making.

Year 3 have enjoyed doing observational drawings of a range of Mayan masks and Year 4 have really enjoyed playing tag rugby. In a creative twist to learning in science, Year 5 have been recreating the phases of the moon Jaffa Cake advert with Jaffa Cakes and chocolate biscuits!  Meanwhile, Year 6 have worked hard in athletics try outs to build a team ready for Halesowen District Sports.

Pupils who have been praised this week...

Reception - Harry and Oliver

Year 1 - Arabella and Freddie

Year 2 - Oliver and Lily

Year 3 - Theo and Rowan

Year 4 - Oliver W and Oliver J

Year 5 - Isobel and Emelia

Year 6 - Hajir and Frankie

Collective Worship

In this week's worship, we explored how Jesus' disciples were feeling in the aftermath of his death and resurrection.  Despite Jesus appearing to his disciples on two occasions, their lives and purpose felt changed.  There may have been feelings of confusion, and questions around 'what next?' for them.  Many returned to their previous professions.  For them it may have felt like a time of being in limbo.

While some of them, including Peter, Thomas and Nathanael, had gone out fishing, Jesus appeared to them from the shore of the Sea of Galilee. they caught nothing that night but in the morning, a man stood on the shore shouted to them, "Cast your nets on the other side of the boat."  When they did this, their haul was so large they struggled to pull in their nets.  Peter realised that the man on the shore was Jesus.

As they returned to shore, Jesus had lit a fire and said, "Come and have breakfast."  This was the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples.

For Peter, it is likely that his feelings were mixed; joy at seeing his Lord mingled with the shame and guilt having denied Jesus three times before his death.  But Jesus asked Peter, "Do you love me?" three times, almost cancelling out Peter's three denials.  Jesus went on to tell Peter to "take care of my sheep," and "feed my sheep,". Despite Peter's mistakes, Jesus showed that he still loved him and still had purpose for his future.  

Jesus saw Peter's potential, his strength, and who he could become. Just like Peter, we are not defined by our worst moment—we are shaped by what we choose next. 

Sometimes we might think: 

• “I’m not good at this”  

• “I’ve messed up too many times”  

• “I can’t do it”  

But this story reminds us: 

We are all capable of more than we think. 

• More kindness  

• More courage  

• More responsibility  

• More growth 

Prayer

Dear God,

Thank you that we are created in Your image and You have put so much potential in each of us,

May we have the courage to try again, and the perseverance to keep going, 
knowing we are never alone. 

Amen.

Overall school attendance this week: 

Whole school: 95.2%

Class Attendance Winners: Year 2 - 97.1%

Year 3 - 97%

Year 6 - 96.29%

Year 5 - 96.1%

Reception - 95.6%

Year 1 - 95.3%

Year 4 - 93.7%