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News from the church 20.11.2022

25 Nov 2022

Speaker's Day 2022

Our annual trip to the Houses of Parliament was electric this year.

It was world Children's day last Sunday, and that reminded me of, and reinforced to me, the sheer magic of working with kids.

I've spent an increased amount of time this week in reception class, and year 1 this week. And to watch them play and learn is wonderful. It's amazing just to sit and watch them. As I watched them this week I couldn't help but admire how effortlessly they play, learn and interact. They live out with ease so many life principles that are so difficult for many of us adults to grasp. Whatever the kids were doing, whether it be building outdoors, playing in the sand, or making something creative, the kids gave themselves completely to the task. They were riveted to the present moment - not predicting the future, or dwelling on a past mistake. In their interactions they were totally care free, and untroubled as to how others saw them. They laughed with unselfconscious joy, and were overcome with awe and wonder when staff showed them the next step in their learning. Their world was a source of endless wonder.

We tend to think of all the things there are to teach kids, but working in a school you are constantly reminded of what kids can teach us. So, as we embark upon the season of Advent take this message with you, and as we see kids being silly, and popping with fun and excitement join in on the fun. If the kids can have a goal of play and wonder, why can't we as adults. Let's try it.

As Angela Schwinn said, "as we try to teach kids all about life, let our children teach us what life is all about"

Michelle is leading us all brilliantly on the Thrive Programme - helping kids, and indeed adults to thrive. I was out and about round Chorley on Saturday night - I was lucky enough to bump into a few former families who spoken so fondly of the school, and their time with us. One former kid spoke about how he and I sat on the junior yard just before PGL, many years ago. Like many, he was nervous - very nervous, and in the days before Thrive we would say, "it's ok to be nervous (which it is) let's just get on the coach.....) and then I said the key words that little did I know would stay with him for a long time, "You'll be begin to feel better once you have got round the corner, it's just your mind tricking you." And with that message, and the bond of trust we had created, he got on the coach, and had a great time. I knew my words had had a positive impact on him, but what I didn't know was that he would use the words for the rest of his school life, and beyond. He told me how the words, "You'll be fine when you get round the corner" had become a life mantra for him. Whenever his mind was tricking him, whenever he faced problem he would say to himself, "it's fine. Just get on the coach, and get round the corner..... "

And that's amazing - we know in education that we rarely see the outcome of our efforts - our job is to give skills the knowledge and skills to tackle the next stage successfully, being determined and confident. It was lovely to hear a real life of example of doing just that.

My final point hear will be that the lad didn't know the difference he would make to me, by telling me that heartwarming story.

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From the PTFA

We will have 2 non-uniform Fridays (today, and 2 December) in the run up to the Christmas Fair

For the final day next week would you mind supplying us with bottles, clean/Unused/New re-useable soft toys, books, games, chocolates, toiletries, or any prizes that can be used for the tombola stall. (if you can't make a donation, don't worry - just do your best, and in any event still send you kids into school with a big smile, and in non uniform!)

If you shop through EasyFundraising for St George's. Look out for Black Friday Deals, you could raise extra cash for School.

If you don't already, please consider signing up, it's so easy to shop and raise cash at the same time. Thank you!

In other news as we prepare for the Fair

Cakes. Please Please Please = Let's do this!

On the morning of the Fair can as many people as possible send in cakes for us to sell please? We'd love to re kindle the lovely cake stall of old! Hope you can help here. That would be amazing, and thank you.

Location of stalls. Kelly Beesley, and others have organised a wonderful Fair - it should be amazingly gorgeous. You will enter the fair through the junior yard - hopefully there'll be an amazing queue all the way to the chippy to enter the fair. There will be rides on the junior yard, with the majority of the stall on the junior MUGA.

Refreshments, drinks, chips and hot dogs, will be served from the kitchen, as will mulled wine, tea and coffee. Along the promenade there will be the year 6 games, on the right, and school council in the classroom on the left - a Christmas photo booth.

Santa will be in the stable - the hut outside class 4. Class 4 will be where you wait to see Santa.

Reindeers will be on the small slope, heading towards the MUGA. (Where they were last year)

Please don't forget to bake

Please don't forget to come to the fair

Please don't for we are a cash only fair - change welcome - money very welcome!

And can I pass on heartfelt thanks to all who have help prepared the fair - the PTFA who have worked tirelessly, and also a thank you to those of you who have offered to help come and help set up on the day of the fair - don't worry - full training will be given. Thank you all so very much indeed - as I say many times, we are so much stronger together, and together we can achieve great things.

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The Thrive Programme Rollout continues...

This week the children have been introduced to the concept of 'What does it say about me?'

Our lives are full of all kinds of experiences. Some good, some bad, some happy, some sad, some you regret... we have so many experiences that we can't possibly hold them all in our mind at the same time.

It is important that we take the time to actively notice the little positive experiences and things to be grateful for that happen in our lives every day.

Even on really bad, hard days - there are still things to be grateful for. By recognising these and taking some learning about ourselves from them, we can boost our own self-esteem.

For example, if a friend sent you a funny text over the weekend. Sometimes our initial response may be to giggle, send one back and then forget about the whole thing. We may go as far as to have some nice thoughts about our friend e.g. aren't they funny/it was nice of them to think of me etc.

Very rarely (if ever) do we ask ourselves:

'What does this say about me?'

The fact your friend has sent you a text means they have thought of you.

You are an important person in their lives.

You are someone they want to connect with and enjoy interacting spending time with.

You have a good sense of humour... the list goes on...

But very rarely do we take the time to think about what that experiences says about ourselves and to process them. If we did, that little inner voice that we spoke about last week, would become kinder and more charitable towards ourselves. This will boost our self-esteem.

Have a look at the grid below.... you can create the same grid at home to use with your child if they are struggling with their self-esteem/sense of self-worth. It will help them to process all the good things in their lives and take something positive about themselves away from them.

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