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Creative prayer in Bowdon Church School
Three areas of our school were recently transformed for ‘Prayer Spaces in Schools’, a national initiative to enable children and young people, of all faiths and none, to explore big questions, spirituality and faith in a safe, creative and interactive way. Our large landing area became a cardboard city where children engaged with the serious issues of homelessness and child trafficking but still had fun hiding in boxes.
Our technology room became a place where children thought about forgiveness, used inflatable globes to help them pray for people all over the world, blew bubbles to illustrate sending prayers up to God and covered a whole wall in post-it note prayers.
In our prayer room, children were challenged to see themselves through God’s eyes—perfect and precious.
A team of indefatigable volunteers ensured that this whirlwind of activity, with all 480 children engaging over three-and-a-half days, offered an opportunity for them to stop and reflect, think of others, laugh and express their emotions.
Now it is all over, it is hard to see the landing in quite the same way!
Mrs Vanessa Horner, Reception teacher, Bowdon Church School
www.prayerspacesinschools.com
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Cardboard city’ on the landing in Bowdon Church School (photo: Mrs Horner)
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