Allowing children to be more reflective
To provide our children with further opportunities to think deeply and reflect on their experiences we have built a permanent Prayer Space / Reflection Area in our school prayground.
Children from all classes are encouraged to use this area and can chose whether they complete one of the activities available to them (https://www.prayerspacesinschools.com/) or just spend time quiet playing with their friends.
A number of children have chosen to be monitors for the Prayer Space, they decide on the activities which are available for others to use and ensure the space is welcoming and inviting.
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Prayer Spaces
We are very lucky to have Annabelle and Richard Blackaby visit our school and once a year they design and, with help from children, build a Prayer Space for us. The last Prayer Space thought about forgiveness and made all children from our school think deeply and reflect on this subject. We fed back on our experiences of Prayer Spaces to a National Research Project.
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