Within the context of our church school, we support children to engage spiritually. This might be through the appreciation of a picture, enjoying our beautiful environment or by speaking directly to God through prayer. We have a range of prayers that we say collectively each day and at these times children can participate in talking to God or take their own moments for contemplation, however that looks for them.

The prayers we use in school have been composed by our children who worked with some of our foundation governors and Reverend Richard to put together their thoughts on the themes of integrity, creation and friendship.

Alongside prayer we have also been working on supporting the children to understand ‘spirituality’ and what this actually means. It’s about much more than praying! We have given consideration to this through studying the idea of ‘ows, wows and nows!’

Ows - times of difficulty

Wows - those awe and wonder moments in life

Nows - the moments of ordinary grace, the day to day

We encourage children to think about how the ows wows and nows can make them feel and how to find the special within each.

We actively plan to reach children in this way and celebrate our spirituality, no matter what our faiths or beliefs.

Please feel free to read our spirituality policy to see how we work to achieve this and where we look for these opportunities in our curriculum.