ANNE'S PAGE -
Exploring Christian Faith with Children
ON THIS SITE...
- CHILDREN’S WORK RESOURCES
- TEACHERS' SURVIVAL KIT - basic
information on Christian faith and practice
- Collective
worship
- general advice and starting points.
- Collective
Worship blog. (More or
less worked out assemblies gradually being
posted from my archives)
- Guide
to
the Church's Year. Times and Seasons - a
brief guide , with suggestions for marking them in
collective worship.
- Guide
to the Bible
- Faith
in a Nutshell - what do Christians
believe?
- Golden
Rules
- Supporting the school's ethos. Theological
reflections and Collective worship ideas on
ethical issues.
- Visiting
a church. Organising a school visit to a church.
- Christian symbols and
their meanings - a handout I produced for a
staff training session at our local school. It
covers basic Christian symbols, the symbols of the
four Gospel writers and "our" saints symbols (St
Peter and St Paul)
- Beyond the tea
towels and the tinsel. What does Christmas
mean to Christians? What's in the story (and what
isn't) and why? A handout produced for a staff
training session I did.
- Beyond
the
Chocolate and the Chicks. What does Easter
mean to Christians? What's in the story and why. A
handout (like the Christmas one above) produced
for a staff training session.
- Holy
Week and Easter in the parish of Seal. An
example of one church's observation of Holy
Week and Easter. There's a lot of variation in
the way churches observe this special time of
year, but this is our way at Seal.
- Holy
Communion. Handouts and rough ideas for
exploring Holy Communion (also known as the Eucharist, Mass or Lord's Supper)
with
KS 1 & 2
- * NEW* Rights
Respecting Theology. The school I am
mainly involved with is working towards
becoming a "Rights Respecting School". I
developed some resources for reflection for
the staff linking the themes of the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child with
Biblical themes. This handout gives some
pointers for thinking theologically about
human rights generally, and some specific
ideas about the seven themes the school
focuses on; the right to be listened to, the
right to a clean and healthy environment, the
right to be treated fairly, the right to be
safe, the right to learn, the right to follow
your own religion and the right to play and
relax
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- The little cat above appeared
in our lives (and our home) mysteriously for
a while. He wasn't ours - but it wasn't any
use telling him that. After a while he
disappeared as suddenly as he came - who
knows where. I suspect he has let himself in
through the cat flap in the pearly gates and
made himself at home in the courts of heaven
- but here he is making himself at home in
my hanging basket.
Whoever wrote, "Do
not neglect to show hospitality to
strangers, for by doing so some have
entertained angels unawares"
(Hebrews 13.2) hadn't met this moggy,
who forced those who met him to
re-evaluate their angelology. I
haven't worked out what message he
brought from God , except perhaps that
we should all chill out and relax a
little more!
I hope you feel as welcome in
this website as little cat did with
us! My name is Anne Le Bas (despite
what you might assume from the address
of the website, which was built before
my marriage in 2004
to Philip Le Bas, a bassoon playing
physics teacher (his bassoon reed
making site is
here.) Pictures of the happy
event are here.
I am the priest in charge of St
Peter and St Paul, Seal, near
Sevenoaks. There's more about me
here
if you are interested.
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Email: Anne
Le Bas
