This week’s mission is based on the Gospel according to Luke and he tells us what John the Baptist’s father, Zechariah said when he praised God
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
Glory to you, O Lord.
Let us praise the God of Israel,
for God has visited us and set us free.
God has given us a saviour
who comes from the family of David,
as promised by the prophets long ago.
God promised our father Abraham
that we would be free from fear,
safe from our enemies
so that we could serve God
And live in love and goodness all our days.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke is telling us that God wants us all to be safe and that no one has the right to hurt us. It is important that we feel comfortable with all our friends and that we have the right to feel safe all the time. We also need to know where to get help if we ever feel unsafe or if we ever have uncomfortable feelings. God wants us to free from fear and always feel safe.
This week’s mission, therefore, is to know when we have comfortable feelings and when we have uncomfortable ones – and what to do when we feel like this.
Let us know in the comments below how you achieved this week’s mission.
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This week in year 5, we have been discussing comfortable and uncomfortable feelings. As a class we agreed that it can sometimes feel uncomfortable when you become stuck on a maths question and need to ask for help. We also discussed scenarios where you might start to feel uncomfortable when you are with a group of friends. We came up with scenarios such as saying something you know you shouldn’t, doing something you shouldn’t and talking to people we do not know.
Year 2 have thought about the things that make them comfortable and uncomfortable this week. Some children said they felt comfortable when they were at home under their blanket in bed, as it was really cosy. Some children identified they felt uncomfortable when their friends didn’t listen to them on the playground and another child shared that they felt uncomfortable in bed because their mattress was lumpy.
Year 3 have talked about what comfortable and uncomfortable feelings are. We said we all felt comfortable at home with our things around us and the people who love us. We recognised what might make us feel uncomfortable and that we could make others feels uncomfortable by our actions. Year 3 said they would talk to an adult, their parents and family about being feeling uncomfortable. We said that we should tell a grown when we feel uncomfortable so that they can help to make us feel better. We have made a real effort this week to make sure that we don’t make anyone feel uncomfortable.
In year six we spoke about how we are comfortable in environments we know are safe such as at home, in school, and with our friends and family. We linked feeling comfortable with feelings of being loved, cared for, happy and safe. We also spoke about how uncomfortable feelings can come from situations where we don’t feel confident or times when we are unsure- for example moving to secondary school or going to a new friend’s house for the first time. Feeling uncomfortable or ‘out of our comfort zone’ can sometimes help us to experience new things and to grow, but we also recognise that if situations are uncomfortable because they are unsafe, we must talk to adults and do our best to make sure our own action don’t make others feel uncomfortable.
We talked about how we can always talk to adults. Even when we are embarrassed or worried an adult will always listen and try to help us.
Year 4 spoke about things that made them feel comfortable and uncomfortable. Some of the things discussed were times when they didn’t know what to do and they asked a parent because the situation made them feel uncomfortable, when they fell down a hill and hit their hand on thorns and when they didn’t listen to a parent when they gave them an instruction to keep them safe. They all said they realised that talking to someone and listening to them made them feel happier, safer and comfortable. They also spoke about times when someone in their friendship group was being unkind to someone and that made them feel uncomfortable but that telling a grown up had made them feel better because they knew it was wrong. In doing this, the situation got sorted out and they no longer had the uncomfortable feelings.
Year 1 talked about when they feel uncomfortable and what they do to make them comfortable again. They talked about feeling uncomfortable when they had a bad dream and talking to mum and dad helped them to feel comfortable again and to go back to sleep. They said that mum and dad always make them feel comfortable, even when they have been feeling scared about something.