{"id":9556,"date":"2023-12-05T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T23:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9556"},"modified":"2023-12-05T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T23:15:07","slug":"advent-and-year-5","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/advent-and-year-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent and Year 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Year 5 have been examining the symbolism of the Advent Wreath.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an explanation of what the students have learned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first purple candle represents hope. It is called a \u2018Prophecy Candle.\u2019 It represents the coming of the Messiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second candle, also purple, represents faith. Sometimes called the \u2018Bethlehem Candle\u2019 it is a reminder of Mary and Joseph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third candle is pink and represents joy. It is sometimes called the \u2018Shepherd\u2019s candle.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fourth week we light the final purple candle. It is called the \u2018Angel\u2019s Candle.\u2019 This symbolises peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The white candle is called the \u2018Christ Candle\u2019. It represents the birth of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/Picture-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/Picture-1-1024x871.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9557\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year 5 have been examining the symbolism of the Advent Wreath.&nbsp; Below is an explanation of what the students have learned.&nbsp; The first purple candle represents hope. It is called a \u2018Prophecy Candle.\u2019 It represents the coming of the Messiah. The second candle, also purple, represents faith. Sometimes called the \u2018Bethlehem Candle\u2019 it is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[5],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9556","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-gioia-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/9556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=9556"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=9556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}