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Spirituality

Spirituality

At the heart of everything we do at Lanchester EP, is the belief that all children are infinitely precious. We celebrate their joy in learning and play. We encourage children’s creativity within outdoor learning, the Arts and Sciences; instilling awe, wonder, fascination and delight.

Using our shared language of spirituality, we encourage children to look ‘in’ at themselves, their emotions and ideas around their experiences, whilst practising self-love and wholeness. To look ‘out’ towards the wonder of the wider world and others by loving their neighbour and reflecting on their relationships with others; and finally, look ‘up’, encouraging children to explore and consider something greater than themselves, asking big questions about what they discover and experience, reflecting God and Jesus’ teachings whilst providing opportunities for prayer and reflection.

Our mission is to develop confident, delighted pupils with great emotional intelligence, peace, creativity and a passion for all that life can offer. We seek to ensure all pupils reach their full potential, becoming all they are made to be.

We have very carefully linked our spirituality to our School Vision to provide children with opportunities to reflect and think about:

  •         Themselves (Looking IN)
  •         Their relationships with others (Looking OUT)
  •         God and Jesus’s teachings (Looking UP)

‘Through God’s Love, (UP) We are the rich soil (IN)

Where roots grow and seeds flourish (OUT)’

 

At our school, this means:

LOOKING IN:

  •         Awareness of their own feelings and being able to reflect
  •         Awareness of how unique they are and a happiness of who they are
  •         Being thankful for the things they have and the person they are
  •         Exploration of personal faith

 

LOOKING OUT:

  •         Showing empathy and understanding in relation to injustice and inequality
  •         To love and be loved
  •         To make a difference in the world

 

LOOKING UP:

  •         Encountering and experiencing God
  •         Opportunities for prayer and reflection
  •         Making sense of the world
  •         Being open to more