Hello, 5B families!
Here is a description of the Religion/Arts Ed. project that students have been working on in class.
For this Advent project, you’ll be creating your very own nativity scene diorama to show the story of Jesus’ birth, using any craft materials, natural items like sticks or rocks, or even toys like Lego or other toy figures that you already have at home. The goal is to apply your creativity and show what you’ve learned about the nativity story from the Bible and how it fits into our Catholic faith. While you are welcome to include toys or pre-made items, it’s important to make sure your design has some innovative and construction elements that you make yourself. For example, simply purchasing a ready-made nativity scene and bringing it in would miss the point of this activity, which is to challenge you to be creative, to thoughtfully engage with the story, and to think through the elements of it. You’ll also use your diorama as a prop to help retell the nativity story to a Grade 2 buddy. You’ll be celebrated for and assessed on how faithful your diorama is to the Bible story, how creative your artwork is, how much effort you put into making it, and how well you retell the story using your diorama. Have fun and let your creativity shine as you bring the nativity story to life!
Here is a video of the nativity scenes that last year’s grade 5s made for inspiration…
Tiffany Poirier 