We have strong links with the church in West Bretton and enjoy celebrating important festivals such as Harvest and Christmas in this special place with parents and other members of the local community. Glee Club, our school choir, also sings at special Sunday services like Mother’s Day and Harvest.
Every Christmas we work alongside the church and support Operation Christmas Child by filling shoeboxes with small gifts etc for some of the poorest children in the world. At Harvest the church auctions off the school produce and the proceeds go to the children’s designated charity. In 2014 £144 was raised and the children chose to send this to a local food bank.
Reverend Canon Kelly, the Anglican minister, visits our school every Tuesday and leads an act of collective worship for our children. These assemblies celebrate different Christian festivals and stories, as well as promoting Christian values. In addition to this, children learn about festivals from other religions around the world in both RE and other collective worship sessions.
The church has assisted us in forging a link with a primary school in Tanzania and one of their teachers recently visited us.
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