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Spirituality
We are proud to be an open, inclusive, diverse church school, where children are encouraged to shine brightly and stand out so they can learn, grow and love. We nurture and celebrate each person within our school family; individuals are respected and valued equally without regard to ability, gender, faith, heritage or race. Here at Rowde, spirituality is where we 'grow the soul'. It is woven like a thread through our school enriching who we are.
At Rowde, we believe that it is very important to provide all children with a range of opportunities to help them develop spiritually. We believe that spiritual development may not be synonymous with Religious Education and Collective Worship and can be explored through many different curriculum areas. By creating meaningful moments, we aim to transform thoughts, actions and heighten awareness. Through providing an exciting, engaging and thought provoking curriculum we encourage children to explore, ask questions, reflect and grow as unique individuals. We want our pupils to leave Rowde being knowledgeable, prepared and enthused - shining brightly in their communities.
As a Church of England School, we focus on the idea of 4 concepts of spirituality: self, others, world and beauty and beyond. Our starting point is our pupils’ own ‘Big’ questions about life and from this we plan a series of encounters (Windows) that open up the possibility of reflection (Mirrors). Finally, the children are given an opportunity to put into action what they believe and value (Doors).
As a school, we have developed a definition of spirituality to support our community in understanding what it is and how our curriculum, vision, values and - well - everything we do at Rowde is developing our children spiritually. Our definition is:
You can read more about our approach to spirituality in our policy below -
Spirituality policyYou can also see some of the planned experiences to develop children's spirituality (though it is much more than what's planned) in our personal development mapping:
We also focus on spirituality in our 'We Are Rowde' Citizenship Award:
