BX OT5 Croftlands Juniors

This morning I did the last Bible Explorer lesson at Croftlands Junior School.  All the year 5 children sat and waited as I recapped some of the hand signs from the previous week and explained what it all meant - which would then lead us into the lesson for today.  We started with the prophets speaking out and then the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel to the Assyrian army.  Next we moved on to the fall of Judah at the hands of the Babylonian army , not forgetting though that they had taken over the Assyrians before hand.  Then we looked at the story of Daniel as he stood up for God and was put in a den of lions.  Next came the Persians and the people of Judah started to make their return to Jerusalem as first recorded in the book of Ezra - then the story of Esther who saved her people the Jews from death.  Ezra then taught the people before the walls are rebuilt under the guidance of Nehemiah.  We end with silence before we welcome Christ and the start of the New Testament.  All the children enjoyed the stories as well as joining in with the hand signs as well as getting dress up as some of the characters in the stories.