Flookburgh School

This morning Sarah and I had a very pleasant drive down to Flookburgh School to do our Harvest assembly.  It was really great to see all the children and staff again.  So after singing Inright Outright Sarah talked to the children about time and asked questions like what time they get up, have breakfast, come to school have lunch etc she also asked who it was that told them it was time to do those things.  We then played the 1 minute game which was great fun.  I then talked about apples and asked what was inside an apple - seeds was the answer I got.  I showed them a seed as well as displaying a picture of an apple cut in two.  Next we displayed a picture showing the apple cycle and explained what happens.  I asked the children who makes it happen - like who tells the seed to grow or the flower to blossom - God came the answer.  I then read out some verses from the Bible which tells us that God made the apple with the seed in it and He provides the cold and the heat, the rain and the sun the day and the night which makes the seeds grow.  I asked next what time of year we were in - Harvest came the reply. I explained what harvest is and what people did many years ago but I added that today we have food all the time so we could have strawberries at Christmas for example and not just in the summer months.  So if harvest is a time to thank God for the food we have should we not say thank you every time we eat food no matter what it is.  To finish off our assembly we sang Creator God and then Sarah closed with a prayer.

Broughton School

Today I went over to do our Harvest assembly at Broughton school.  It was really great to see all the children again.  I started with Inright Outright.  Then talked about time and about what time we do things like get up, eat breakfast, come to school, have lunch.  I asked the children how they know when it is time to do things.  We then played the 1 minute game to see who could count to a minute and then stand up.  Next I talked about apples and asked what was inside them - seeds was the answer I was looking for.  I explained what happens in the apple cycle before asking who put the seed in the apple in the first place, to help out I displayed some Bible verses from Genesis - God was the answer I was looking for.  I moved on to talk about the time of year and one little girl said it is Harvest time.  I explained to the children that harvest is a time when we say thank you to God for all the food we get to eat - but we get food every day so we should thank Him each time we eat.  To finish off we sang Creator God before I closed with a prayer.

Croftlands Infant School

On Tuesday Sarah and I went to Croftlands Infant School to do our Harvest assembly.  We started with Inright Outright.  Then Sarah talked to the children about time asking them what time they get up, have breakfast, have lunch and who tells them it is time.  We then played the 1 minute game to see who could count to a minute.  She then introduced an apple and asked what was inside it - seeds was the answer.  She asked how the seed knows what time it is to start and grow we displayed the apple cycle on the screen before linking to a few Bible verses which tell us that God put the seed into the fruit and He provides the right conditions water, sun, cold, warm, day night etc to make it grow.  Lastly she asked what time of year it was - harvest time.  She explained that at harvest time we say thank you for all the food we have grown but as we eat food everyday should we not thank God every time we eat something.  To finish off we sang Creator God and then I closed with a prayer.

Croftlands Junior School

This morning I went to do are Harvest assembly at Croftlands Junior School.  We sang Inright Outright to start with then I talked about time and about how we know what time to get up or go for lunch etc.  After playing the 1 minute game.  I asked what was inside an apple - seeds was what I was looking for.  I explained the apple cycle to the children then asked who tells the seed it is time to start growing.  As the children gave me their answers I displayed some verses from Genesis which talk about God putting the seed in the fruit and then providing the right conditions for it to grow.  I linked this with Harvest time and how traditionally we had Harvest celebrations to thank God for what He had provided us with.  However with a transport network like we have today we can eat food stuffs all year round like strawberries on Christmas Day.  So therefore we should thank God everyday for the food we eat.  To close I said a short prayer and played Creator God as the children left.

OT Mini Lesson 5 Low Furness School

This afternoon I was once again at Low Furness School with the children of year 5 and then year 6 doing OT Mini.  It was the last lesson in the series so we covered the scattering of Israel, the exile of Judah and then their return.  Along the way we covered the story of Daniel and Esther before rounding off with the rebuilding work first on the temple, then with the people and finally the walls.  The whole thing ended with the people waiting....waiting for Christ.

Coniston Primary School

This morning I went over to Coniston Primary School to do our Harvest assembly.  We started by singing Inright Outright.  After the song I talked to the children about time asking who gets them up in a morning and at what time, when do they get to school, who tells them it is time for assembly, how do they know it is time for lunch.  We then played the 1 minute game. I then showed the children an apple and asked what is in side it - seeds.  I took a seed and also displayed a picture of a cut open apple on the screen.  I asked who or what tells the seed to grow - I got a number of very good answers, I displayed the apple cycle and explained what happens in apples from seed to apple.  I also displayed a few Bible verses from Genesis which talk about God putting the seeds into fruit and things as well as providing the right conditions for the fruit to grow.  I then asked the children what time of year it was - harvest.  I explained what harvest was traditionally in the past before talking about today and how we can get food stuffs all year round - so I continued if at harvest time we say thank you to God for our food should we not say thank you every time we eat?  I left that thought with them as we went into our final song - Creator God.  I then closed with a prayer.

St Mary's RC School

This morning Sarah and I went to do our Harvest assembly at St Mary's RC School.  We started by talking about time putting time into everything we said then Sarah said it is time for a song - Inright Outright is a short song so doesn't take much time to sing.  After the song Sarah talked to the children about time asking who gets them up in a morning and at what time, when do they get to school, who tells them it is time for assembly, how do they know it is time for lunch.  We then played the 1 minute game afterwards Sarah commented that a minute takes such a long time to pass.  I then showed the children an apple and asked what is in side it - seeds.  I took a seed and also displayed a picture of a cut open apple on the screen.  I asked who or what tells the seed to grow - I got a number of very good answers, I displayed the apple cycle and explained what happens in apples from seed to apple.  I also displayed a few Bible verses from Genesis which talk about God putting the seeds into fruit and things as well as providing the right conditions for the fruit to grow.  I then asked the children what time of year it was - harvest.  I explained what harvest was traditionally in the past before talking about today and how we can get food stuffs all year round - so I continued if at harvest time we say thank you to God for our food should we not say thank you every time we eat?  I left that thought with them as we went into our final song - Creator God.  Sarah then closed with a prayer.

Lindale School

This morning I went down to Lindale School for the assembly, the year 5 and 6 children had gone off on a trip so the gathering of children was rather smaller than normal.  To start off we sang Inright Outright.  I then started to talk about time I asked what time they get up, who tells them it is time for breakfast, when does assembly start and who tells them, how do they know it is lunch time etc….  We then played the 1 minute game.  I then showed them an apple and asked what is in side it - a seed came the answer.  I then took a seed and asked who tells the seed it is time to grow - as the children thought about this I showed them the apple cycle then displayed some verses from Genesis about creation.  I reminded the children that God put the seed in the apple and gives it all the right things to make it grow cold and heat, day and night.  I then asked what time of year it is - harvest came the answer.  I explained that harvest is the time when we say thank you to God for all the food stuffs that are harvested - but we should thank God for our food stuffs every day.  To finish we sang Creator God and then I closed with a prayer.

Low Furness School

This morning Sarah and I went to do our Harvest assembly at Low Furness School.  We started with a short song Inright Outright before Sarah started to talk about time asking the children what time they get up and who tells them to, when do they have breakfast, what time schools starts and who tells them it is time, when do they know it is lunch time... We then played the 1 minute game with them before I showed them an apple and asked what was inside it - seeds - so if it has seeds in it who or what tells the seeds to grow into a plant/tree and start to produce more fruit.  We had loads of very good and correct answers I then displayed a few Bible verses from Genesis which talks about God putting the seeds into fruit in order for it to produce more fruit.  I then asked what time of year it is - harvest time and explained that at this time of year we thank God for the food stuffs he provides for us - but as we eat food all year round should we not thank him every day whenever we eat?  To finish off we sand Creator God before Sarah said a short prayer.

Pennington School

This afternoon I went to do the assembly at Pennington School.  I started with Inright Outright.  I then started to talk about time and asked the children a few questions such as who or what tells them to wake up, what time do they have breakfast and who tells them, who tells them school is starting and how do they know it is lunch time.  We then played the 1 minute game.  I then showed the children an apple and asked them what is in side in - seeds was the answer I was looking for.  I then held up an apple seed and asked who or what tells the seed it is time to start growing - I explained the apple cycle to the children.  I had a number of very good answers - I displayed a few Bible verses from Genesis which tells us that God put the seed into the fruit and He provides the right conditions for it to grow.  I next asked what this time of year is called and what we celebrate - harvest time.  I explained what harvest is and how people thank God for the food stuffs they have to eat - but we should do that every day as God is always providing us with good food to eat.  To finish off we sang Creator God before I closed with a prayer.

Newton Primary School

This morning I went to do the assembly at Newton Primary School.  It was really great to see all the children and staff again after such a long time.  To start off we sang Inright Outright before I started to talk about time.  I asked the children questions about time like who tells them to get up, what time is school and who tells them, when is it lunch time etc  We then played the 1 minute game - the children had to count in their heads 1 minute then stand up.  This talk of time linked in with the assembly because I had an apple and I asked what is inside it - seeds so who tells the seed to grow I asked.  I got a number of very good and correct answers I was looking for God tells it.  I then displayed a few Bible verses about creation and how God put the seeds into plants and fruit and how he provides the right conditions for them to grow.  I asked the children what the time of year was and what do we celebrate at this time- harvest of course.  I encouraged the children to say thank you each day for the foods they eat and not just at this time of year.  To finish off we sang Creator God and then I said a short prayer. 

OT Mini Lesson 4 Low Furness

This afternoon I have been at Low Furness once again teaching OT Mini to the year 5 and 6 children.  Todays stories were about the first kings of Israel so we covered Samuel, Saul, David and Solomon before talking about the break up of the kingdom into Judah and Israel.  Next week we move into the exile period.

Leven Valley School

This morning I was at Leven Valley School for the assembly.  I started the assembly off with Inright Outright before talking about time and asking a few questions about when the children do things like get up, have breakfast, come to school have lunch - I also asked who tells them it is time to do those things.  We then played the 1 minute game and after everyone had stood up I showed the children and apple and asked them what is inside it - seeds - as well as nice fruit I added.  Seeds was the answer I was looking for though.  I had a seed from an apple and tried to show the children just how small it is and then asked who tells the seed to grow - I was looking foe someone to say God which they did.  I displayed the apple cycle and talked about the stages it goes through.  I then displayed a few verses from Genesis as part of the creation story when God place the seeds into fruit so it could grow more fruit.  I encouraged the children to be thankful for all the different foods stuff we have but to do it everyday and not just at this harvest time of year.  To finish we sang Creator God before a final prayer.

Our Lady's School

This morning I was at Our lady's School for the assembly.  I started with a quick song - Inright Outright before talking about time.  I asked the children who or what gets them up and how do they know what time breakfast is, when does school start, how do they know it is lunch time.  I was getting to the point that something needs to tell us the time to do things.  We then played the 1 minute game.  The minute seemed to take ages to pass but once all the children had stood up I carried on and showed the children an apple.  I asked them what is inside it - seeds came the answer.  So I took a seed and asked who or what tells it to grow - I was looking for God to be the answer which I eventually got from someone, other answers were the water, the soil, the sun.... I displayed a picture showing the apple cycle and then displayed some Bible verses which talk about seeds in fruit and God making it so as well as providing hot and cold, summer and winter in order for them to grow.  This links in with the time of year - harvest.  I encouraged the children to think about what they eat from fruit and vegetables to Big Mac's and KFC and thank God for all the food stuffs we have not just at harvest time.  To finish off we sang Creator God before saying a short prayer.

Dalton St Mary's

This morning Sarah and I visited Dalton St Marys school and took the assembly.  We decided to talk about harvest as it is that time of year.  So after singing Inright Outright (nothing to do with harvest) Sarah talked about time asking what time the children get up, come to school, have lunch and who tells them.  We then played the 1 minute game before I went on to talk about apples and asked who or what tells the apple seed to grow. I explained with a picture what happens in the apple cycle, saying that God designed the apple to have seeds in it that would produce more apple trees.  I referred to a couple of verses in Genesis when God created the world He put the seeds in the fruit and later on it says He provides cold and hot, night and day etc.  At this time of year we think about harvest and it is a time to say thank you for all the good things God gives to us - but we have food all year round so we should thank God every day.  To finish off we sang Creator God and Sarah ended with a prayer.

Lindal and Marton School

This morning Sarah and I went to do the assembly at Lindal and Marton School.  It was really lovely to see all the children and staff again.  We did our harvest assembly we started by thinking about time and what or who tells us when it is time to get up, go to school have lunch etc.  We then played the 1 minute game before I started to talk about the apple.  I asked the children who or what tells the apple seed to grow.  This led into some Bible verses from Genesis about creation and how God put the seeds into the apple (and other fruits too) and He also provides the right conditions for them to grow.  At this time of year I continued we think about harvest and we thank God for all that He provides for us, but we should say thank you everyday for the food stuffs we have.  To finish off we sang Creator God and Sarah ended with a prayer.

St Peters School

This morning Sarah and I went over to St Peters school for the assembly.  It was really great to see all the children and staff again after such a long time.  After singing Inright Outright Sarah talked to the children about time - asking things like what time they get up, who tells them it is time for school, when do they know it is lunch time.  Then she got them to count for a minute and when they thought it was time they should stand up.  Once we have finished this game I started to talk about apples and asked what is inside them - seeds (as well as nice tasting fruit).  I then asked who or what tells the seed to start to grow - God came back the answer.  I then explained what happens seed - seedling - tree - blossom - flower - fruit - seed …… I then displayed some verses from Genesis about creation and how God made the seeds in the fruit and how He provides the right environment from them to grow, summer and winter, hot and cold etc.  This links to the time of year which is harvest so I encouraged the children to thank God for all the great food stuffs we have to eat and not just at this time of year but everyday.  We finished with Creator God before Sarah said a prayer.

Priory Day - Cartmel

Today Sarah and I have had a great day down at Cartmel Priory when 6 local schools sent their year 5 and 6 pupils.  We started the morning off before leading a worship and singing workshop.  The children working in 6 groups moved round during the day from a craft area to drama, prayer space, games, treasure hunt and to worship/singing.  The theme this year was Moses and the burning bush so at the start of the day I told them the story to get them started.  Then during our workshop we explained with a video clip what worship is and sang some songs.  We had a mix of loud big action songs and reflective ones too.  At the end of the day we finished with a few more songs and then  Wonderful Lord.