As a church school, we deliberately plan for spiritual development by allowing time for these simple things: encouraging increased awareness of the world, its wonders and challenges, finding ways in which this can be reflected on with others’ support, and exploring a range of ways to live out and put the ‘faith’ or convictions that are growing from this, into practice.

Although the following questions and examples may be used within Year Five, please visit the other year group pages since we understand that each child is an individual. Therefore, we provide gentle, respectful challenge, pose our questions and present opportunities related to the age, stage and experience of each individual child.

Opportunities for children to develop their spirituality weave throughout the curriculum and school life. We thought that you would find it interesting to learn from the children's experiences and reflections. 

Year Five were challenged with a question in RE to consider if God could only be loving; this was following learning about what Christians learn about God from the Bible. Mehuli reflected on this question and responded with further questions and observations:

"You can be more than one thing. After all, you can't be brave, if you don't have challenges that you have to be strong or wise to overcome."

In response to our persuasive writing on plastic pollution, Anna thoughtfully reflected on this critical environmental issue, along with other pressing challenges facing our world. She began to question the impact of her own actions and considered what steps she could take to make a difference. Motivated by her reflections, she decided to write a letter to the Prime Minister, urging immediate government action.