Spirituality

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT?

It's thinking about your relationship with:

1. Others: how we feel about others, historical figures, characters in a book, people we see on TV and how these people help me see myself and make sense of things. how we feel about others/historical figures/characters in a book/people we see on TV/how these people help me see myself and make sense of things

2. Yourself: how you feel about yourself, your skills, your achievements and any targets you have for yourself.

   

3. The Divine: our understanding of God shapes our behaviour, thoughts, actions and the way we interact with others. (This doesn't mean that you have to believe in God and be part of a religion.)

4. The World: how we experience awe and wonder and thinking about things that worry or frighten you.

SOMETHING TO HELP US

At Saughall All Saints, we use Windows, Mirrors and Doors to help us understand our Spiritual Development.

WINDOWS

• This is like looking through a window and identifying what you can see.

• We call this learning about life from what you see.

• It helps develop a sense of awareness of the world.

When we talk about window moments in school, we categorise them in to the following:

1. WOW moments- these are things we see that inspire awe and wonder in us, things that we like

2. OW moments- these are the things we see that we don't like.

MIRRORS

We use a mirror image to encourage the children to reflect on what they have seen out of the window, to think about what it means to them or to remind them of things that have happened in their own lives.

We talk about how we can learn from life, the things we have seen or the things that have happened to use. We encourage the children to explore their own feelings and thoughts, and the feelings and thoughts of other people.

DOORS

• This is our time to respond to what we have seen through the window or in the mirror.

• We learn to live life.

• This is us living out our Christian vision: 'We all love, learn and grow together' and we decide how we can 'Love our neighbours as ourselves'.

• We are showing our love in action.