Every year our SLT, RE Lead, Governors and Chaplains monitor and evaluate prayer life at school. This year, even the children themselves have been evaluating their own prayer sessions. In response to our self evaluation, we have updated our Prayer Progression Document and Class Prayer Booklets to outline the prayers said, learnt and recognised throughout our school. We have increased our provision for informal prayer and we now have two prayer gardens and a Rosary Club. We are going to be creating Prayer Ambassadors in September who will lead great practice among the children.
In the first half of the Autumn Term, 2024, Mrs Earp led a whole school Child Led Prayer training event and, every Tuesday, has met with prayer leaders from across Key Stage 2 to help them to set up Child Led Prayer sessions in Key Stage One classes. Mrs Earp will continue to be available on Tuesday lunchtimes to support those undertaking Tuesday child led prayer sessions with understanding scripture, choosing appropriate Gather, Respond and Mission activities and practical resources for leading prayer.
Here are some images from our Rosary Club.
Our Child Led Prayer resource baskets for R, 1 and 2 have been well used this year. Our Year 3 and 4 'Trainee Chaplains' have been doing a wonderful job at leading prayer.
Children now have access to a prayer area on the school field which is being used at lunchtimes for informal prayer and quiet thought.
Outdoor informal prayer is encouraged in our beautiful school grounds. These are images from our Summer Prayer Area.
Children can hang their prayers on our prayer tree.
Praying for Pope Francis.
Some images from our Winter Prayer Garden which is supervised by Mrs Earp on a Monday . The Summer Prayer Garden is open whenever the field is in use.
Rosary Club : Monday lunchtimes throughout October and May .
To build of the success of our Child Led Prayer sessions each Tuesday afternoon, we will be appointing Prayer Ambassadors in September.
