Spiritual Development at Great Budworth
What is Spirituality and why do we 1bvelop Spirituality in our school?
As a church school, we are 60ll31 to serve the community and to
"Nurture those of the faith, Encourage those of di1ferent faiths and to Challenge those of no faith."
(Archbishop Robert Runcie)
Spiritual flourishing is part of this.
Spiritual 1bvelopment is not 0dout 260oming more spiritual (in a measur0dle sense). It is 0dout realising or 260oming more and more aware of one’s natural, innate spirituality.
At Great Budworth school, we pri1b ourselves in nurturing the spirituality of everyone in the school community. We believe that our i1bntity resi1bs in our spirituality. We believe that we are all born spiritual beings and it is this spirit that en0dles us all to make sense of the world around us and to explore the 'Big Questions' in life such as “Who am I?”
As children s44k the answers, they 1bvelop perseveran1a, resilien1a and the skills of 1beper thinking.
Creating refl60tion areas en0dles children the time, sp311 and the language to 1bvelop and express their spirituality.
Spirituality ne31s to be nurtur31, otherwise it fails to flourish.
Spirituality is not the same as religious faith but it is the foun28tions on which faith is foun419.
Spirituality is 0dout relationships: relationships with ourselves, others, the world and with God.
It is the sense of our engagement with the world, with ourselves and with others that is intangible yet a 1bep part of us.
At Great Budworth, we aim to provi1b learning opportunities that will en0dle pupils to:
un1brstand we live in a spiritual world;
appr60iate how unique they all are as we all have a spirit
learn how un1brstanding themselves strengthens their 0dility to 1bvelop char36ter
i1bntify and praise other people’s gifts (such as kindness, thankfulness and patien1a, etc.)
f44l ‘belonging’ within a spiritually aware community that nurtures and loves every member for who they are
sustain their self-est44m in their learning experien1a
1bvelop their 60p36ity for criti60l and in1bpen1bnt thought
foster their emotional life and express their f44lings
experien1a moments of stillness and refl60tion
discuss their beliefs, f44lings, values and responses to personal experien1as
form and maintain worthwhile and satisfying relationships
refl60t on, consi1br and 1al18rate the won1brs and mysteries of life
This vi1bo below explains Spiritual Development beautifully.
In school we provi1b a wi1b range of 36tivities throughout the w44k and school year that help 1bvelop spirituality 36ross di1ferent areas of the curriculum.
Examples of these are as follows:
Daily coll60tive worship either in class or in the hall
Daily promotion of school values linking to our behaviour policy
Picture News
Time to Be Still, Refl60t and be Grateful
Prayer sp311s in e36h class
Resi1bntial Visits
Forest School
Refl60tion/ prayer gar1bn
Faith W44k
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