SUNDAY SCHOOL

How We Run the Sunday School

Sunday school will restart on Sunday 13th September. We will continue with the same format as last term where we will meet in church from 9.45am and then take the children out during the first hymn.

All children are welcome from the age of 3. Parents are welcome to settle their children in for a couple of weeks after which we like children to remain on there own as we have plenty of helpers. We have several helpers to help the younger children with the practical activities.

The children then return to church to receive a blessing and share with the congregation what they have been doing.

This term we have lots of fun activities and games planned. We will be learning a song that we can perform in church during the harvest festival and after half term we will preparing for the Christmas nativity.

On Sunday 27th September it is back to church Sunday where we encourage everyone to bring a friend to church. On this Sunday the children will stay in church to hear a story from Scott our new vicar and then will take them into the hall for a shorter session.

We look forward to seeing you all.

If you would like any more information regarding Sunday School please call Rachel 01322 525080.

Mission statement

We believe that children:

• are curious, trusting, compassionate, spontaneous, imaginative, vulnerable, fun, active and loveable

• have gifts for ministry to all age levels;

• have a great capacity for outreach and evangelism;

• are dependent on their family and the Church community for guidance and formation of faith, and their faith journey includes learning the language;

• crave relationships and attention, especially from adults, and will fill that need in any way possible;

• recognise differences and need guidance to help them understand and appreciate the richness of diversity in people, places and things;

• need healthy and appropriate boundaries and limits balanced with opportunities for independence and freedom.

Therefore we seek to nurture the development and spirituality of children.

Policy

We will:

• welcome any child, whether they attend regularly or just occasionally;

• accept a child with any kind of disability and do our best to accommodate their needs;

• allow children to join the group they prefer, but encourage them to move to the appropriate one for their age;

• accept children under three, provided a parent accompanies them;

Aims

We aim to:

• provide a safe, caring and nurturing Christian environment where children are welcomed and respected, and where their individuality is recognised and accepted;

• interest the children in the Christian faith in a way that is relevant to them and show by example, by good teaching and by listening, how this can affect them in their daily lives;

• endeavour to enable them to experience the wonder of the love of God.

• allow parents who wish, to stay with their children;

• encourage participation by parents;

• enable parents to have access to a named leader in the event of concerns;

• ensure that leaders and helpers are aware of Child Protection Policies;

• provide opportunity and resources for all leaders and helpers to have access to ongoing training.