Experience Easter

On Wednesday 23rd April 2025, all classes from Reception to Year 6 came from St John the Baptist CE VA Primary School to St John the Baptist Church to ‘Experience Easter’.

It was a really lovely event that took place outside. There were five stations: the children visited the church and thought about the Last Supper; then they went out to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus was betrayed; next they went to the courtyard where Peter denied Jesus three times; then they went to Golgotha and the cross; and finally onto the garden tomb to discover it was empty and to think about Jesus’s Resurrection.

Alice and Ralphy wrote this brilliant report about their visit:

‘On Wednesday 23rd April, classes from Reception to Year 6 went to the church and learnt about the Easter story. First, we learnt about how Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday. Next, we went to the camp fire where Peter claimed he didn’t know Jesus and we all burnt sticks in place of our sins. Inside the church, we thought about the last supper. Shortly after, we went and tied ribbons to the trees in the Garden of Gethsemane. At the next station, we went to the crucifix and were told that one of the thieves at the side of Jesus begged for forgiveness whilst the other thief mocked him. We were given palm crosses to help us remember Jesus’ death. We next went to the empty tomb, which had nothing but Jesus’ grave clothes in and we planted forget-me-not seeds, so we can watch them grow through the years.’

Thanks go to the school for organising the children to come along. Thanks also go the church team for setting everything up before Easter and for helping to make the experience come alive for the children on the day.