{"id":9268,"date":"2026-02-27T07:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/reception-1\/?p=9268"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:25:47","slug":"re-palm-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/1grove\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/re-palm-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"RE &#8211; Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In today&#8217;s RE lesson, the children were introduced to the biblical story of Palm Sunday &#8211; a time when Jesus arrived to Jerusalem on a humble donkey and was welcomed fondly with praise and palm leaves by the people who lived there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To assist in the children&#8217;s understanding of this event, we had a special visitor arriving on a little donkey of his own &#8211; we welcomed &#8216;Jesus&#8217; with palm leaves and shouts of &#8220;Hosanna&#8221; for our saviour! 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