Year 6 have studied people who had a particular vocation as part of the RE curriculum.  They have also considered their own vocation and the important characteristics that will help them to achieve their goals.  A few examples of their research and their personal vocations are included here.

I am writing about the Queen of England because she is dedicated to her job.  She also cares about the people of the British Empire.  As the Queen, she has the responsibility of "defender of faith."

The Queen is a caring person to everybody.  She looks after this country well because she brings money into the country with people visiting.  She is also the head of the commonwealth.  She is the commander in chief of the armed services.  The queen has eight houses in Great Britain.

The Queen represents the Nation in great sorrow.  An example of this is remembrance days where the Queen honours the members of the Armed Forces who have died for their country.  Alongside her, other duties the Queen spends a huge amount of time travelling around the country visiting hospitals, schools, and Charity Organisations.
Marc Smith

I am writing about a man who had a very big vocation and his name is Jesus.  He was the son of God and his mother was Mary.  Since his father was God and his mother was a human, so Jesus was half man half God.  I am going to explain how Jesus understood his vocation.

When Jesus was born and was growing up, he noticed many people who were fighting and being killed.  Jesus wanted to stop this he thought when he was older that he would be a preacher.  When he was twelve, he went to the Temple and spoke to God.  God told Jesus he must help the people who need help and to cure the sick.

Jesus died for us.  That explains that Jesus cared for everyone and that he would do anything for anyone.  Therefore, he had a special vocation, which helped many people.  As well as spreading the word of God.

In conclusion, examples of Jesus helping others are when Jesus cured a leper of leprosy, gave the disciples The Holy Spirit.  He cured blind men, and he helped bad men become good.
Michael Jones

I am going to write about the life and work of Florence Nightingale also known as the Lady of the Lamp.  Florence Nightingale was born to a very rich English family in Tuscany, Italy in 1820.  She wanted to be a nurse, but in those days, it was a job that poor people did.  She upset her family by becoming a nurse in 1845.  She cared for the poor, and helped to change the poor laws.  In 1837, Florence had a calling from God to do his work.

She trained other nurses and during the Crimean war worked hard to make the hospitals cleaner and healthier for all the soldiers who were wounded.  She helped make people realise that by using clean equipment and having clean sewers and lots of ventilation, the soldiers could survive.  She became known as the Lady of the Lamp because she would walk around the hospital at night with her lamp checking to make sure the patients were all right.

When she came back to England, she helped to set up a fund to train nurses, she also wrote a report for the government about how to take care of soldiers and helped to setup an army medical school.  Throughout her life, she helped to develop training for nurses and wrote books on how to nurse and this knowledge spread across the world.  An American nurse was trained by Florence, went back to America, and set up nursing schools there.  Florence was awarded Royal Red Cross, the order of merit and was given the freedom of the city of London.  She became bedridden in 1896 and although unable to walk continued to work on hospital planning.  She died at the age of 90 and is buried in the graveyard at St Margaret's Church, Hampshire.

Florence Nightingale's work has influenced how hospitals are planned and how nurses are trained even today.  She was a great woman who went against what was expected of a rich gentle woman she was a wonderful woman.
Hayley Florentine