Flookburgh School

Last Thursday Sarah and I went to Flookburgh School for the assembly.  As Grace was free we also took her with us.  As this was going to be our last visit for this year we decided to talk about moving on, as each of us will do at some point in our lives and in the case of the children they will move through the school and the year 6 children on to secondary schools.  In other schools we have been telling via a drama the story of Abrahams move.  So all three of us did the drama, it was about a family that was moving and the panic to get everything just so and remembering to take everything too.  After the drama Sarah explained to the children what it was all about and talked to the children and encouraged them as they make the move forward not only through the school but on into new schools.  We displayed the words from Joshua 1:8 - Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid for God is with you wherever you go.  After this we sang Great Big God.  Then we finished with a prayer.

Broughton School

This morning Sarah and I were at Broughton School with the 2019 Transition Team.  We did an assembly to the whole school first then worked with the year 6 children giving them a booklet and helping them as they make the move to secondary school.  The assembly started with a drama about a family that was on the move, there was a lot of panic in the room as the 'children' ran about getting things to take with them on the journey - the panic resulted in loads of laughter from the children.  The drama linked into the Abraham story in that he was told to make a move the big difference was he didn't know where he was going to.  This was our final line - the children are all moving on this summer, some will move up the school while others off to new schools.  In the Abraham story God journeyed with him and we encouraged the children with the words from Joshua 1:8 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid for God is with you wherever you go.  We then sang Great Big God and finished with a prayer.  After the assembly we worked with the year 6 children for about an hour helping them face some of the issue they may come across when they get to their new school.

Penny Bridge Academy

This afternoon Sarah and I with the 2019 Transition team went to Penny Bridge to do the transition lesson and the assembly with the year 6 children.  The lesson went well as we hopefully helped the children think about their move to secondary school.  Our assembly was a bout a family that was moving and there was a little panic about what to take with them as they made the move.  It was linked to the Abraham story in that the family didn't know where they were going a bit like Abraham didn't.  At the end Sarah explained that we all move on in life and most of the time we know what is going to happen as we know where we are going such as when the children move up a year, change class room etc in the case of the year 6 move school.  Using the words of Joshua 1:8 to encourage the children that God will be with them as they move.  We then sang Great Big God before finishing with a prayer.

Croftlands Infant School

This morning Sarah and I went to do the assembly at Croftlands Infant School.  We started with Be Happy before I told the children the story of Abraham - how God told him to move to a new land.  Abraham trusted God and obeyed God.  I asked the children if they had ever moved house, relating back to times when I moved house as a child and then much older.  We all at some point move and we nearly all know where we are going which makes life a little easier.  But Abraham didn't know.  Sarah then linked this to moving within a school as we get older and move up through the school and in particular as the year 2 children go to the junior school.  We used the Joshua 1:8 verse to help encourage the children that God is with us and that we should be strong.  To finish off we sang Great Big God and finished with a prayer.

Croftlands Junior School

This morning Sarah and I once again joined with the 2019 Transition team as we delivered an assembly followed by a lesson to the year 6 children at Croftlands Junior School.  The assembly was about a move a family was about to make - we acted out various roles and gathered bits and pieces to take with us only to ask at the end - Where are we going? - don't know came the reply.  The drama was based around the life of Abraham and we focused on the fact that he was told by God to move on but didn't know where he was going - but put all his faith and trust in God.  The children on the other hand do know where they are going after year 6 - so we tried to encourage them with the words God gave to Joshua in chapter 1 verse 8 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid for God is with you wherever you go.  Following the assembly we did a lesson that was designed to help them as they make the move.

Coniston Primary School

This morning Sarah and I joined the 2019 Transition team to do an assembly and then a lesson with the year 6 children at Coniston Primary School.  We started off with a drama about a family that was moving, there was a bit of panic going on with the children as they tried to get everything they needed in the suit case.  Then one asked where they were going and the parent said don't know.  This was a take on the Abraham story when God told him to move to a new place.  The point was we all at some stage or another move on and Abraham didn't know where he was going but we very often we do.  God was with him as he travelled.  We talked to and encouraged the about the changes ahead of them and used the words from Joshua 1:8 as a way of reassuring them. We then sang Great Big God before finishing the assembly with a prayer.  We then went on to do a special lesson with the year 6 children about their move to secondary school.

Crosthwaite School

This afternoon Sarah and I have been over to Crosthwaite School for the assembly.  We started by singing So Many Ways to Praise the Lord.  Then Sarah had the word fire on the screen all in flames and asked what the children thought about when they see or hear about fire a number of good responses came back.  I then retold the story of Pentecost partly using the Lion Storyteller Bible and adding to it as I went along.  Sarah then finished off by talking a bit more about the Holy Spirit before we sang our second song Shine.  To finish we said a prayer.