Spirituality

We nurture and celebrate each person within our school family; including their spirituality.

At Heytesbury, we believe:

Spirituality is reflecting and asking questions of ourselves, others, the world and beyond; this leads us on a journey of understanding and growth of who we are on the inside and how we behave on the outside.

Our school vision and ethos is based on the parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13: 31-32).  This story shows the power of growth and flourishing, and how from small beginnings we can all become something magnificent that gives to those around us.  To achieve this, we must start with ourselves.  We need to know and understand ourselves as an individual, and how this affects how we interact with everyone and everything around us.  This means looking within, at our spirit.  

We have dedicated Spirituality Sessions each half term, where each class uses the same prompt as a stimulus for discussion and activity to help children on their journey of spiritual understanding and growth.  Outcomes are recorded in Class Reflection Books.

We also take opportunities to explore spirituality through all subjects across the curriculum and through other events that take place in school, to enable children to become deeply reflective.  

Collective Worship and Class Reflection Times are other occasions during which children are encouraged to reflect and explore through the four aspects of our understanding of spirituality: ourselves, others, the world, and beyond.  Helping to ensure that empowering children to grow spiritually is part of every day life in our school.