Christingle

As part of their RE work on Christianity, we welcomed Sarah Mullen from St Benedict-Biscop church into school today to teach the Year 1 children about the significance of the Christingle service. Each child was presented with an orange, a red ribbon, a candle, four cocktail sticks and some dried fruit. They learnt that:

• The orange symbolises the world.
• The red ribbon shows God's love for the world and the blood of Jesus.
• The sweets/dried fruit represent God's creations.
• The four cocktail sticks can represent either the four seasons or the four corners of the world.
• The candle represents Jesus being the light of the world, bringing hope to those in darkness.