In this week’s assembly, Mrs Beer told us this story from Luke’s Gospel:
As Jesus made his way to Jerusalem, he went along the border between Samaria and Galilee. He was going into a village when he was met by ten men suffering from a dreaded skin disease. They stood at a distance and shouted, “Jesus! Master! Have pity on us!”
Jesus saw them and said to them, “Go and let the priests examine you.”
On the way they were made clean. When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself to the ground at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan. Jesus spoke up, “There were ten who were healed; where are the other nine? Why is this foreigner the only one who came back to give thanks to God?” And Jesus said to him, “Get up and go; your faith has made you well.”
We heard how sad Jesus was that nine of the men did not say thank you. Mrs Beer asked us to think about how we feel when someone says thank you to us and how we think other people feel when we say thank you to them. We all agreed that it makes us feel good to be thanked and we like to thank others so that they feel good too.
Words like please, thank you and sorry are not difficult words to say, but they mean so much.
This week’s mission, therefore, is to use these words to make the world a better place. We discussed how we could make sure we thanked whoever made our dinner, whoever opens a door or us or passes us a pencil.
We look forward to hearing how you achieved this week’s mission – let us know in the comments below.
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Year 5 have been thinking about the words they used this week and have been thinking about ways they could use the words ‘please’,’ thank you’ and ‘sorry’ as Mrs Beer had asked them in our assembly on Monday. They have said ‘please’ to their siblings when they wanted something that their sibling had. They said ‘thank you’ when their mums have made dinner or when someone gave them something. One child said ‘thank you ‘ when Mrs Beer let him past.
Year One have tried really hard this week remembering to use their manners. After winning the snowman building competition, we all said a big “thank you” to Mrs Beer for our prize!
In Year 3 we have remembered to say please and thank you for our lunch each day and to those that have passed things to us or shared with us. We have also said sorry to people we have hurt or upset. We’ve also let other members of the class have a turn at speaking both online and in class.
In Year 2 this week the children have been busy thinking and recalling when and where they have used words to make the world a better place. The children have said please and thank you at home with their family and when they have been in and around school. They have also noticed when they have used these words and why these words have been used. This has made them feel really happy.
I try my best to always remember my manners. I always say thank you to mummy and daddy when they help me. I say sorry to my brother when we fall out.
Year 6 have thought about the mission a lot this week by taking extra care to make sure our words are kind. We have remembered to use good manners to show respect to each other and have made an extra effort to give each other compliments to make each other smile.
It is important to say thank you and please because it’s polite. I remembered to say thank you to Mrs. Beer when she held the door for me. We need to say please and thank you all the time.