This half term, Jenny and Anna have had loads of fun using the Zacchaeus Story Bag with Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 in Naburn and St Mary’s Primary Schools. During the story, the classes had to remember a repeated chorus all about Zacchaeus (see above). They also made some excellent sound effects for the noisy crowd trying to see Jesus, the rustling of the tree Zacchaeus was climbing, and the clinking coins as Zacchaeus repaid the money he had stolen.

After the story, we thought about how someone might change their behaviour because of having heard this story, perhaps trying to be more kind, or to be friendly to people who are being left out. We drew pictures of these actions on leaf shapes, and then stuck them on some backing paper to make a tree collage, with Zacchaeus hiding in the branches, and Jesus at the bottom. We finished off with a fun song about ‘Little Zac’ and lots of noisy instruments!