Church Walk Primary School

This morning Sarah and I went to Church Walk Primary School for the assembly.  We decided as it was getting near to harvest time that we would focus on that as a theme.  To start of we sang Inright Outright then Sarah asked the children about time, like what time they get up, come to school, start school, have lunch etc.  Then she asked them who or what tells them - a parent, a teacher, the alarm clock, school bell.... Then we asked the children to count in their heads for a minute/60seconds then when they though the time was up they should stand up.  As the children did this we set a stop watch off and looked for the child who was a s close to the minute as possible.  Next I show them an apple and asked what is inside it - the answer was a seed.  I had an apple seed to show them and as I did I asked them who or what tells the seed to start growing - I explained that the seed grows into a seedling then to a tree then the tree gets bigger and bigger and starts to flower and once it has finished flowering the apples are produced and the process can start all over again.  I had a diagram on the screen to explain it.  Back to the seed who tells it to grow?  I then displayed three bible verses  Then God said, "Let the earth grow grass, plants that make grain, and fruit trees. The fruit trees will make fruit with seeds in it. And each plant will make its own kind of seed. Let these plants grow on the earth." And it happened. (Genesis 1:11)   and As long as the earth continues, there will always be a time for planting and a time for harvest. There will always be cold and hot, summer and winter, day and night on earth."

(Genesis 8:22) then There is a right time for everything, and everything on earth will happen at the right time. There is a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to plant and a time to pull up plants. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2) So it is God who put the seed in the apple and loads of other fruits as well and God provides the means for it to grow and develop.  I linked this to harvesttime saying we should thank God for all the good things he gives us to eat.  To finish we sang Creator God and Sarah closed with a prayer.