Leven Valley School

This morning we made our first visit of 2012 to Leven Valley School. We should have gone before half term but due to bad weather we moved it to today. The children were happy to see us as we hadn't seen them for a while. The assembly started with 'So Many Ways to Praise the Lord' then Sarah introduced the theme which was about communication. She asked the children how many ways can and do we communicate with each other. The children responded with over 13 different ways. I then sent Sarah a message using semaphore to which Sarah replied in Morse Code. Then I displayed on the screen some radom looking shapes and Sarah asked the children how God communicates with us and how we can communicate with him. The answers the children gave were the best we have heard - by prayers, through the bible and the Holy Spirit. I asked them to think about how God showed his love and referred to the shapes. Sarah reminded the children that last week it was Valenntines day when we sent cards to tell people how much we love them. I then set the displayed shapes moving and they started to form a cross. So I reminded the children that God showed his love for us through Jesus who died on a cross. Coming up to Easter as it is very soon I told the children that in school they would be probably be hearing a lot more about Jesus on the cross. We concluded with 'Shine' and a prayer and as we had a few minutes before lunch we sang 'The Chicken Dance'

St Peters

Today we did our assembly a little differently as we did the talk part first before we sang that was because I stood at the front looking very sad and down wearing a pair of dark glasses. Sarah said good morning to the children and they responded back then I said good what is good about it, everything looks dark to me, the room, outside and even the children. Which was rather interesting as the children were having an international day today and they had dressed up for the occasion. It was not long before someone said that I should remove my dark glasses. I slowly pulled them up and was taken back at how bright everything was. Sarah then went on to explain that we sometimes meet people who look at everything negative when ever someone says something to them they respond with a negative comment. I explained that I was only acting and that the Bible tells us lots of times about when we do what is good and follow Jesus our lives can be a lot happier, I mentioned about how Jesus healed the sick and told wonderful stories. Sarah said that Jesus wants us to be like him - always happy after all Jesus knew what was going to happen to him but he still was happy about it and so we should be happy too. We sang 'Be Happy' followed by 'Shine' and finished with a prayer.

Ulverston Infants Church Walk

This morning I went out to Ulverston Infants Sarah didn't come with me today as Grace was off school ill today. We sang 'So Many Ways to Praise the Lord' I then started to talk about how we communicate with people. Then my phone went off with a text - but I couldn't understand the language so the children helped me out with it. I asked them about other ways we talk and communicate. Then I used semaphore to send a message and also used Morse Code to say HELLO. I reminded the children that last week was Valentines Day and we send cards showing love. I went on to ask the children about how does God talk to us and about how he shows us his love. I put up some symbols on the screen and told the children to watch them as they moved into place to form a cross. I told that children that God communicated his love to us by allowing Jesus to die on a cross. I finished the assembly with 'Inright Outright' and a prayer.

Penny Bridge School

We went this afternoon down to Penny Bridge School, I don't think I have ever been there when it wasn't raining! But the rain didn't dampen our assembly, the children had not been out all day with the rain so were glad to sing a lively song at the start. The assembly theme was on God's love. Sarah started to talk about the different ways in which we talk to one another and communicate, then her phone text went off right on cue. The children thought it was a bit funny as Sarah read out the rather strange message. Thankfully some of the year 6 children could speak text and told her what it said. Sarah then went on to ask the children about other ways we communicate. I demonstrated Semaphore using a couple of flags and Sarah answered in Morse code. We reminded the children that last week it was Valentines day and that is when we send cards to say how much we love them. We then asked how does God communicate his love to us. The children made a number of responses then I showed a pattern of shapes and asked if the children knew what it was as the shapes slowly moved into place. Just before the cross shape was formed a few put up their hands. I explained that God showed his love for us by allowing Jesus to die on the cross. We finished with Inright Outright.

Pennington School

This morning we made our first visit of the year to Pennington School. We continued with the theme we had started before half term and talked about different ways in which we communicate. Sarah got a text message just as we started to speak, she read it out to the children who told her what it meant. She asked the children for other examples of communication. I then sent Sarah a semaphore message and she replied in Morse code. This led onto talking about how God communicates with us and how we can talk to him. As last week had been Valentines Day when we think about love etc we asked the children how God shows us that he loves us. On the screen there are some odd looking shapes which I tell the children show us about God's love. The shapes slowly move into place to show a cross. Just before the cross shape forms the children guess what it is and start to put their hands up to tell us. We enjoyed it and I think the children did too.

St Peters Ireleth

This morning we took the assembly at St Peters. The junior aged children were going on a school trip so we only had the infants. Sarah received a text from me at the start of the talk and couldn't read it as it was in text language. So I sent her another message this time in semaphore, Sarah replied in Morse code. The point was we wanted to demonstrate the different ways in which we can communicate which led onto how we communicate with God and how He communicates with us and shows us his love. I then showed a series of shapes that moved to form a cross. But before it was completed the children had already started to guess what it was.

Croftlands Infant School

Today we did an assembly on God's love and how that gets shown to us. We started off with Sarah getting a text message from me which was a bit in code and needed some one to help. Then I used Semaphore to say hello to Sarah and she responded with Morse code. The point was we can communicate in many different ways and the children gave us a few other examples. But we asked how does God communicate to us and in particular His Love for us. I took a sheet of paper and folded it a few times then tore a strip of it to show a cross. We finished the assembly with a prayer.

Low Furness School

This morning we went to Low Furness school again. We had an assembly theme of St Valentine - so we expanded on it a bit and did an assembly on love and in particular God's love. Sarah showed the children a text that I had sent her which was in a bit of code. One of the year 6 boys was able to understand it though. I then sent Sarah another message using two flags - semaphore which Sarah responded to by sending one back in Morse code. We talked with the children about how we communicate with each other before talking and thinking about how we talk to God and how He shows His love for us. Displayed on the screen were some random shapes which moved into the shape of a cross but after each move I asked the children did they see anything not until the last click did they see the cross - God's way of showing us his love.

Croftlands Junior School

This morning we took the assembly at Croftlands Junior School. We picked a topic from a new book we have bought from the Cornerstone Books and Gifts in Ulverston. Sarah received a text just as we started the assembly and it was all in text language so one of the pupils translated it for her. Then she sent me a message using Morse code so I sent her one back using semaphore. The children thought this was interesting and told us of different ways in which we can communicate with each other. Sarah then asked how do we communicate with God - and the answer came back as prayer - but Sarah continued how does or did God communicate his love for us. I showed a picture on the computer and asked them did they know what it said as the slides moved on it formed a cross which the children fully understood. Today to start we had sung Creator God and ended with Be Happy.