Croftlands Infant School

Yesterday Sarah and I were at Croftlands Infant School for the assembly.  After singing So Many Ways to Praise the Lord Sarah invited two children to join us at the front.  She gave one a tube of toothpaste and the other a plate.  She asked the one with the toothpaste to draw with the toothpaste on the plate - which they did.  Sarah encouraged them to do a bit more which turned the plate into a mass of toothpaste or as we called it a mess.  She then asked them to put the toothpaste back in the tube, which they tried and tried to do but sadly could not do.  I then explained the purpose of what we had done.  The toothpaste is like what we say in that it is easy to come out but not easy to put back a bit like when we say something unkind or hurtful to someone.  The words come out of our mouths very easily but once they're out we can't take them back.  We also explained that our tongue can be a very dangerous thing as it can hurt people far more than hitting can.  So I encouraged the children to think about what they say and how they say it and try to praise people when ever they can.  To finish off the assembly Sarah talked about when we do those kind of things we Shine from the inside out - cue song.  After the song Sarah closed with a prayer.  We also did an ad for the holiday club during the assembly.