Below you can find some examples of what schools have done with our CSFPRF funding

Stickney Church of England Primary School

Stickney Church of England Primary school have created a new prayer  and reflection area in school. The headteacher reports 'It has been such a positive addition to school and the children have responded very well to it. The church school councillors have helped find and resource prayer activities and each week they share the prayer of the week with the whole school in collective worship. The children then visit 'castle calm' as and when they want to.'

Here are some comments from the children:

• Castle calm is really relaxing and there are some fun activities in the prayer area. 
• It’s really nice and calm. 
• I like to go to Castle Calm when I am feeling upset with my friends. It gives me time to reflect. 
• I have used Castle Calm when I am sad. Sometimes I need time to be on my own and I find the best place to be is Castle Calm. 
• I really like the Sorry Sand – it makes all your worries about saying sorry go away. 
• I like the Sorry Sand activity in the prayer space because it’s fun to play with and I find it really calming. 
• I like the Sorry Sand because when you put your fingers in it, you zone out from what you’re worrying about and it goes to the back of my mind. 

  

 

Heckington St Andrew's CofE Primary School

Heckington St. Andrew's C of E Primary School has recently undergone a transformation in its entrance hall, with the unveiling of a stunning new piece of artwork that encapsulates the school's core values.

For some time, we have displayed our 5R values - respect, responsibility, resilience, relationships, and reverence - in our entrance hall. However, upon reflection, we realised that this display did not adequately convey the paramount importance of these values to our school ethos and the values did not shine through in the way that we wanted them to.

In an effort to better showcase our values, the school applied for and were successful in obtaining a grant from the Diocese through the Closed Schools General Purpose Reserve Fund.  This enabled us to commission an artist, James Mayle from Imageskool, to design and paint the wall in our entrance hall with the 5R values alongside a focus on our community, the Heckington Windmill - also the school's logo. The result is a vibrant and inspiring piece that immediately captures the attention of visitors and serves as a visual representation of our school's identity and aspirations.

Our 5Rs at the heart of everything we do at Heckington St. Andrew’s – they are lived out daily by children and adults alike.   Our 5Rs enable children to flourish in all that we do – our motto is 5Rs = Ready for Life. By completing this artwork, it is enabling us to share the 5Rs more widely with the whole school community.

The new artwork not only serves as a visual representation of the school's values but also as a conversation starter for visitors. We hope that the artwork will not only "wow" visitors and enhance their understanding of our ethos but also leave a lasting impression of the values that Heckington St. Andrew's C of E Primary School holds dear.

 

Welton St Mary's CofE Primary Academy

At Welton St Mary’s Church of England Primary Academy,  communicating our school vision to our whole community continues to be really important to us so that everyone knows what we are striving to achieve. To help us do this, we have created a large, bright piece of artwork at the front of our school that represents our school vision and values. You can see a picture of this below.

We wanted the children to be the driving force behind this and so the whole school shared their initial design ideas in their house meetings in term 3. Each house came up with their own interpretation of the vision and there were some wonderful ideas (so many that we ended up having to combine many of the different designs!). The key designers for each house (a group of children in Year 4, 5 and 6) then took their designs to the nearby William Farr secondary school and worked with a group of Year 12 art students to combine their ideas and further develop the design.

Finally, this piece of artwork was sent to an illustrator, Rowan the designer, who developed this even further and put his own spin on it. The aim was to create a bright, creative and inspiring piece of artwork that encapsulates our school vision.  We are delighted with the finished piece!

At the heart of creating this artwork was community – school community and the wider community. The school community and wider community (William Farr students) have been the driving force behind the creation of the artwork and due to the location of the artwork, this will reach every visitor to our school: contractors, members of the public (who use our recycling bins just metres away), parents, children, supply staff, delivery drivers, trainee students who have training in our hall etc.

We are hoping that the artwork will provide some joy and hope and be a regular reminder of what we are about and what we are striving to achieve at Welton St Mary’s Church of England Primary Academy.  We will be doing further work with our community to unpick the artwork and reflect on what it means to each of us. After all, much of it is open to interpretation, which is exactly what we wanted.

We want to say a big thank you to the Lincoln Diocesan Board of Education for their grant which has helped to fund this project. If you are nearby, please do come and have a closer look and see what you can identify!

 

Gunness & Burringham CofE Primary School

As a result of our spiritual development grant kindly awarded to us in the spring term, we have developed an outside area and have worked hard to develop an awareness of nature and an appreciation of the awe and wonder of our natural world.

I love love love that we look for God’s creatures!

The area has made me look at the playground differently , before we had this area I just heard the football and the shouting, now I can hear the birds tweeting and God’s animal talking to me!

Elizabeth – Year 6

We have purchased some books to further enhance our appreciation of the world and the children and the staff feel that the area is a huge benefit to the school.

I love that we have this area. It’s made me really stop and listen and look for what is lurking in the outside areas. If we’re not sure we can go to our reading cupboard (outside) and find a book.

Renae – Year 4