CHILDREN'S WORK |
Welcome to the Children’s Work page!Children’s work happens throughout the week at St Andrew’s. Open the Book has been operating in the local primary
schools since 2002. Members of local churches form a team of
volunteers to tell bible stories in Collective Worship once a week at each
of the schools.
Wednesday lunchtimes from 11.00-1.00pm term time is BLT (Babies Lunch & Toddlers), a time for mothers to meet over lunch while babies play. Sundays there is a crèche for babies and children under
3. Little Fishes for 2-5 year olds. They enjoy a time of worship together, a story, some craft and a prayer. Little Stars for reception age children. Shining Stars for year 1
Faith Rocks for years 2 - 3 Our Group for years 4 - 6 Plus groups (no name) for years 7 - 9 and for 10+ Alison is an accredited Godly Play teacher. Her group for children in Years Four to Six of primary school follow a Godly Play curriculum Godly Play website What is Godly Play? These values are communicated in the organization of the setting and the use of time. Children are welcomed to the circle, hear a story, “wonder” in an open-ended way about its meaning for them and respond to that story in their own way using a variety of creative materials. They gather again to pray and chat together and share a “feast”. Stories are told in a meditative way using beautiful, hand-crafted materials which communicate their value to us. |