Spirituality
At Humberston CE Primary School we believe that spirituality is not necessarily taught, but is an inherent interwoven part of all aspects of school life. Whilst Collective Worship and Religious Education provide rich opportunities for spiritual development, other opportunities often naturally arise, and are promoted, in all aspects of our vision driven curriculum and school life, as the children become actively engaged in an enquiry based curriculum. Our rich curriculum provides a wide range of experiential learning opportunities that enables children to question, consider, reflect and respond, and consider their own values, beliefs and feelings and those of others, with whom they are working alongside or with.
As a school we focus on the idea that spirituality is rooted in developing a deeper and richer sense of ourselves, others, the world and beyond and we explore this through our relationships and connections with these four concepts.
Windows, Mirrors and Doors
We use the visual analogy 'windows, mirrors and doors' to support us in our spiritual growth. We frequently reflect on a variety of personal, local and global issues often coming across social injustices. As a school community we continually seek opportunities to make a positive difference in the world and be agents of change for a brighter future.
WINDOWS: Encounter - The Learning about life.
Opportunities are provided to become aware of the world in new ways, to wonder about life's 'Wows' (things that are amazing) and 'Ows' (things that trouble us).
MIRRORS: Reflection - The learning from life.
Valued time is given to reflect on own experiences, to look inward and see things more clearly and ask ourselves questions. We learn from our own and each other’s responses.
DOORS: Transformation - The learning to live by making a positive difference.
Opportunities are given to respond to all of this; to act in a meaningful and purposeful way as a means of expressing, applying and further developing our thoughts and convictions.
Reflection
We make sure to take some quiet time out each day to be calm, still and enjoy being in the moment. Our calming classroom reflection areas can help us with this.
A special time in the week is when we use our reflection diaries. Children regularly record their thoughts, prayers and ideas for social action in their reflection diaries in a variety of ways, and pupils have the opportunity to share these with classmates during class worship.
We also have a whole school prayer tree and a reflection garden, central spaces where all in school can take some time out in our busy day to connect with ourselves, the world and its nature or God.
Classroom Reflection Areas
Our Prayer Tree
Our Reflection Garden
