At the end of last term, with Bristol Schools Connection and Together4Bristol, we hosted what we hope will be the first of many Prayer for Schools events. People from across Bristol and South Gloucestershire came together to pray for students, teachers and other school staff, senior leaders, governors, and parents. It was a wonderful evening, and those who work in or support work in schools, were able to connect and be encouraged after what has been a long and often challenging year.
Bristol Women's Conference
We had a wonderful time at the Bristol Women's Conference on Saturday! There were lots of fabulous talks and seminars, including Sharon’s one on supporting children with additional needs, which was really well attended and received. We were able to meet with delegates at our stall during the breaktimes, encouraging and being encouraged!
Prayer for School's Event
Revision Help!
We had a fabulous day hosting Year 10 from a local school at one of our partner churches. It was great to engage with the students and share what some of the key Christian beliefs they have been learning about mean in real life for Christians. The students did a tour of the church, learning more about Christian beliefs and practices in action; a session on Mission and Evangelism; and a session on Sin and Salvation. We loved it!
Prayer Workshop
We really enjoyed hosting 2 days of prayer workshops for all the classes at a local primary school!
In Key Stage 2 pupils had the opportunity to think about the words of the Lord’s Prayer through looking at different pieces of art, making pipe cleaner people, writing postcards, making paper chains and completing a piece of scratch art.
In EYFS and Key Stage 1, pupils made plasticine people, drew pictures about the world and watched bubbles filling the classroom!
It was a busy two days, but the children and teachers thoroughly enjoyed all the interactive stations as they moved around the room to explore more about Jesus’ famous prayer.
SACRE Conference 2025
It was wonderful to join with 100 primary and secondary school teachers from across Bristol and South Glos. at the Annual RE Conference.
We enjoyed meeting a number of staff at our stand, and running a workshop for secondary teachers on teaching Christianity from a Christian perspective.
We are uniquely placed to help schools include a ‘lived reality’ approach to the Christian religion - something OFSTED commented was lacking from many RE lessons.
Happy Christmas!
Wishing all our schools, volunteers, friends and supporters a very Happy Christmas and a fruitful start to the New Year!
We hope that teachers and students will have a refreshing break and we look forward to seeing everyone again in January, when we have a busy term booked in.
We so enjoyed working with Kensington Baptist Church to host a Christmas Trail for local schools in December. We welcomed over 200 pupils to their building over 2 days.
The children enjoyed exploring the different places in the Christmas story, and investigating the part each character played.
We had lots of positive feedback from the schools involved, and the children certainly enjoyed their adventure!
“Spot on! Every room told the story.”
“That’s the best school trip the children have been on!”
“The children were so engaged.”
NEW LOOK!
As the leaves are changing colour, so too are our clothes; we have a new uniform! Very excited to get tee shirts in our teal colour with our logo, it feels good going into school in them. At the end of last term we were also able to showcase our work to a group of RE leads at a cluster meeting, which was a wonderful opportunity.
100 Students!
We had a really wonderful day with one of our partner churches and 100 Year 8 students. They visited different parts of the church and met different Christians, who shared their experiences and why that particular part of church is special to them. The students asked lots of brilliant questions, and we had some super feedback. Ethan explained all about his baptism and why it is so important to Christians whilst stood in the pool!
Making Connections
We had a great time at the South West Gospel Partnership Men's Convention last Saturday, meeting lots of new people. It is wonderful to grow our network of supporters!
