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At Stansfield Hall, we see spirituality as a journey that enables our children to flourish. On this journey, both staff and children reflect on the deeper things in life and how they make us feel.
As a Church school, we believe in educating the whole child and within that we include their spiritual growth.
How do we do this?
Our school vision of, ‘Let your Light Shine,’ is spiritual within itself as the ‘light’ we refer to is the inner self of each person. We develop this through the faith or non-faith of our pupils in Collective Worship, British Values, opportunities through the curriculum and in our everyday interactions. We strive to get our children ready for a life where they have experienced and will continue to consider the world around them. That they will be able to reflect personally, evoking positive, emotional responses and to consider life’s ‘Big Questions.’
What do we want to achieve?
We want our children to:
- Feel fulfilment
- Be responsible
- Be aware of spirituality
Windows, Mirrors and Doors
To help develop our SMSC (spiritual, moral, social, cultural) development in each child, we follow ‘Windows, Mirrors and Doors,‘ within our policy.
Windows
By thinking about windows, we are learning about life in all it’s fullness.
- Look out of the window, what do you see?
- Do you see people letting their light shine?
- Can you see examples of our school Christian Values in action?
- What makes you go ‘Ow, Wow or Now?’
Mirrors
By thinking about mirrors we can address many Big Questions from our own perspectives.
- Look into the Mirror, what do you see?
- Look into the Mirror, how do you feel?
- We can self-reflect on how we see ourselves.
- Do we live out our Christian Values?
- Are we letting our own light shine?
- Are we Stansfield Stars?
- What makes you go ‘Ow, Wow or Now?’
Doors
By thinking about doors we can learn from Christian teachings and opportunities for action.
- Go out into the world, what can we do?
- How can we contribute to our homes, community and globally?
- Courageous Advocacy opportunities.
- Pupil led activities from our Ethos Group can inspire others.
- Are we living our Christian Values?
- Do we go out and show others our light shining?
- What makes you go ‘Ow, Wow or Now?’
How else do we permeate Spirituality within our school life?
- Daily Worship
- Pupil led worship
- Individual responses to worship
- Promote our school vision of ‘Let your Light Shine.’
- Our school houses competing and sharing successes.
- Ethos Group and School Council
- Pastoral Care
- Residential visits
- Food for Thought
- Reflection areas around school
- Reflection Journals
- Activities that Liturgical and relevant to the Church’s year.
(This is a non-exhaustive list)
