Croftlands Infants School

This afternoon Sarah and I took Scruff the Dog to Croftlands Infants school.  It was our first assembly of the new school term.  After introducing ourselves to the new children we sang Be Happy then I introduced Scruff to the new Reception class.  But Scruff wasn't all that happy today he was feeling very sad and down.  So I asked him why and he told me that as he had now grown a bit older and bigger he was no longer allowed to go to the puppy grooming parlour but the one for older dogs and he had left some good friends behind and he was a bit scared of the bigger dogs.  So I asked the children what he might do about this and they gave me lots of different ideas some of which made him happy so with a dog treat in his mouth he returned to his bag. Sarah then used some of the childrens ideas and used them to explain about looking out for each other and in particular for the new children in the school.  This linked in with a bible passage from Matthew 25:35ff which has Jesus explaining to his followers how we should help each other and when we do that it is as if we are doing it for him and to him.  I explained this in infant speak to the children and then finished by saying that when we do that we Shine from the inside out Jesus' love which was a cue for a song.  after the song Sarah closed the assembly with a prayer.