This is a two hour event designed to unpack the events of the Christmas story, to look more deeply at the meaning of Christmas. This is as an age appropriate introduction to the theme of incarnation, of God’s love coming to us in human form.

 This resource is a 1.5 – 2 hour lesson, using video clips, crafts, storytelling, drama and discussion to help give the pupils time & space to consider how they respond to and can bounce back from life’s challenges.

This lesson can be used as part of the provision of Religious Observance and Health & Wellbeing as it seeks to promote the spiritual development of pupils and helps express the shared values of the school community and curriculum.

Aims:

• Help children develop strong coping skills

• Develop healthy thinking habits

• Support children to adapt to challenging situations, changes and pressures

• Equip the children with skills to bounce back from life’s challenges

• Enhance children’s relationships with each other

Cambuslang & Rutherglen Reachout Trust in partnership with local churches offers a project specifically designed for primary school pupils who will be Buddies for Primary 1s when they start school. We have developed this resource to offer to the primary schools in our area which encompasses several interactive learning styles to engage pupils with the issues they may face in their new role.

The resource includes opening activities, video links, discussions, and workshops on different aspects of buddying.

We want to encourage transparency and support schools in delivering this project, there is a short bible story which we believe allows us to consider Christian characteristics and is modelled in our delivery and indeed in the way the children build relationships with their buddies.

This 2-hour session will help equip young people at the end of P5/6 to have the skills required to be the best ‘Buddy’ they can be to new P1 children.

Our Aims

·      Create a new mindset to where playtime becomes about someone else

·      Enable them to have skills to identify/support more vulnerable children

·      Allow them to reflect on what it was like when they were younger, allowing them to consider how the P1’s may feel.

·      Equip them to be good/responsible role models

·      Encourage them to be positive about their new role.

We aim:

●       To encourage Primary 7 pupils to learn about the meaning behind the celebration of Easter

●       To connect the celebrations of Christmas and Easter, and to build on ‘Christmas Unwrapped’

●       To help the pupils to better understand the background to the final events of Jesus life

●       To give the pupils an opportunity to experience and participate in key events remembered during the Church’s ‘Holy Week’

●       Through the Easter story to uncover five areas of personal experience and development

It’s Your Move is designed and published by Scripture Union England & Wales. Over a million copies have been distributed to pupils across the UK in their final year of primary school. It is designed to be a fun and friendly guide to support pupils as they look to move up to secondary school and allay any fears they may have. It is a resource which has been used in many schools in Scotland.

This resource is a 2-hour lesson, using video clips, music, crafts, quizzes, storytelling and discussion to help give primary 7’s space to think and reflect on their forthcoming transition. This lesson can be used as part of the provision of Religious Observance as it seeks to promote the spiritual development of pupils and helps express and celebrate the shared values of the school community.

Aims:

• To encourage each pupil to reflect on how they are feeling about their transition.

• To give each pupil space to ask questions and discuss any concerns they may have.

• To support staff in primary schools as they prepare their pupils for this move.