Children at St Augustine’s learn that prayer is a way for them to talk to God. They understand that this can be done anywhere at anytime.
In our prayer areas we have practical activities that the children can engage with. For example, writing or drawing something in a tray of sand that they want to say sorry for.
Worship leaders took part in a session at All Saint’s Church. They had a wonderful day working with our Christian Distinctiveness Advisor. The focus this year was prayer. Children considered lots of different ways to pray. They thought about the categories: me, others, please, thank you and sorry. Children loved confetti prayers, they took a pinch of confetti and put it into a central place; while they were doing this they thought about who they wanted to pray for and why. They have now set this activity up in worship areas in school.
Another favourite prayer was the ‘love heart’ prayer. Children put a love heart on their tongue and waited for it to dissolve. While it was dissolving children thought about who they loved, who they found hard to love and people who don’t know that they are loved.
This is our School,
Let peace dwell here,
Let the rooms be full of contentment,
Let love abide here,
Love of one another,
Love of mankind,
Love of God,
Amen
The Church of England Vision for Education
SUAT supports and leads in the set-up of new academies joining the partnership. The services provided by the central support function cover both educational and non-educational support. In terms of educational support, SUAT is linked to the School of Education of Staffordshire University, which is an outstanding ITT provider.
