Year 1

This term, Year 1 has been learning about the story of St Dominic. The children learnt about Dominic’s family through a storytelling session using the ‘Dominic Dolls’. The children learnt about Dominic’s parents, Felix and Jane, and his two brothers, Mannes and Anthony.

In Year 1, the Dominic story focuses on the symbols of the black and white dog and the torch which are in the Santa Sabina College Crest. Before Dominic was born, his mother Jane went to visit a holy monk in a nearby village of Silos. The monk’s name was Dominic of Silos, Jane told the monk she had a dream about the baby she was carrying. In her dream she saw a black and white dog running around the world with a torch in its mouth. The monk told Jane that he thought it meant that the baby in her womb would be ‘A Hound of Heaven’, carrying God’s light around the world. On Friday 1 August ,to celebrate St Dominic’s feast day, the children created their own dog and torch.

Year 1 Teachers