5 Reasons I Love Being a School Governor
Rachel Warwick shares about the importance of being a School Governor and why she still loves her role.
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Breathe
Large Group Spirituality Resource
Visit the BRAND NEW Breathe webpage here.
Breathe is a resource for the spiritual development of 16-19 year olds, encouraging them to explore and consider themes of belief, journey and values through a series of interactive, experiential meditations and activities.
Using an iPod, students follow 12 short mp3s with corresponding activities to guide their thinking. These, along with the simple practical tasks, make breathe an ideal resource for all types of learner, providing something to satisfy the visual, audio and kinaesthetic minds. Whilst the meditation texts offer a Christian perspective on these questions, the resource is designed for use in a multi-faith environment, taking care not to offend, nor enforce beliefs on anyone who may use it.
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Open
Small Group Spirituality Resource
Visit the Open Webpage here.
Open is a small group resource that looks at eight themes; Meaning, Values, Purpose, Forgiveness, Death, Responsibility, Questions and Hypocrisy. Each theme uses a practical activity to open up the topic, with an mp3 introducing the subject, raising some open questions and introducing some relevant thinking and wisdom from Christianity too. Each Open box can be used with up to 6 young people, and a set of boxes can be used with a whole class.
The resource is specifically written for use in a multi-faith school environment, and as such is carefully crafted to be accessible to pupils from any faith background. There's space in each session for students to listen, reason and respond to the material, whether they agree or disagree with what they hear.
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Rage, Hope & Despair
Engaging with Emotions Resource
See our Rage, Hope & Despair range of resources in the Youthscape Store here
22 pieces of art by Si Smith take students through the biblical story of Job. A story filled with depictions of rage, despair and hope; three emotions 16-19 year olds are all too familiar with.
The DVD is accompanied by an audio narrative, exploring the emotions and events in the story in an accessible and engaging way. Included are lesson materials looking at existentialism, wisdom and comparing the story of Job in Christian, Jewish and Islamic texts, and workshops offering a creative response to rage, hope and despair through poetry, art, music, rap and drama.
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Upcoming Events and Training
Here are some events and training days across the UK that might be helpful for those working with 16-19 year olds in Sixth Forms, Colleges and Further Education.
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Blogs and Ideas Worth Sharing
FOCUS ON: January Resources
Here are some new resources you may find helpful. The US Inauguration assembly is designed for use between 16 - 20th January, and the CU resource is designed for January - March.
New for 2017
Lahna Pottle, our 16-19s Specialist, shares the new exciting things coming to SchoolsworkUK in 2017 and shares her hopes for this New Year.
Advent Week 4: Love
Kieran Murphy of Phase Hitchin, reminds us of the central message of love this Christmas time and offers us schools workers an inspiring message and much needed encouragement.
Advent Week 3: Joy
Chris Henriette looks at the third theme of joy. Advent brings mixed emotions for many, and Chris shares with us how we can be there for our young people in this time.
Losing Heart: what we aren't talking about
Youthscape Centre for Research has just released a new report on the Church's engagement with children and youth, revealing some key information about what schools workers need to be doing.
6 ways to use "JESUS: TRUTH or FAIRYTALE?"
Brand new from SchoolsworkUK, “Jesus: Truth or Fairytale?” is a Christmas video resource aimed at 16-19 year olds. Here are 6 ways to use the video in Sixth Forms, Colleges, and Schools.
Advent Week 2: Preparation
We are doing an Advent series looking at the advent candle themes of Hope, Preparation, Joy and Love. Lucy looks at how we help prepare young people to engage with faith.
Advent Week 1: Hope
We are doing an Advent series looking at the advent candle themes of Hope, Preparation, Joy and Love. Lahna looks at what hope we have to bring to our local schools.
What does your School really need?
Amie Aitken (Children & Families Worker / Co-Founder of Sanctuary) encourages us to think about what our Schools really need, and how we can better engage with them?