When pupils are able to find the presence of God in picture stories invite the pupils to consider their own actions, words and items as a sign of the presence of God. Explain that if we can see the presence of God in picture stories we should be able to see it in our own the stories of our days at school and our play ‘stories’; with our friends and our time with our families. Choose from these activities to explore this idea. Make a large copy of Resource 1 (or with older pupils give them one each). Put a photo or drawing of the class in the middle. Invite pupils to watch for someone in the class doing or saying something that shows that God is present. When they notice something someone has done/said have them cut one of the images from Resource 1 and paste it around the edge of your photo. Make a quilt’ of the ‘paper children’s work. (You could do this activity with calico and make a real quilt if you wanted to.) Make a photo-story of day at School’. Take pictures of ‘A the class involved in various activities. At the end of the day print out the photos and make the photos into a book. Write a text noting the presence of God in what has been captured in each photo. Innovate on the Good Days Bad Days. Use the text as it appears in the book but have pupils illustrate their own version of it, showing God’s presence in the ‘school’ school in words, actions and things of the class. Copy (or have pupils draw) their responses to the activity you chose. Put them inside the hand circle. Write the words: In our words and actions and things (symbols), God is here.
When pupils are able to find the presence of God in picture stories invite the pupils to consider their own actions, words and items as a sign of the presence of God. Explain that if we can see the presence of God in picture stories we should be able to see it in our own ‘stories’; the stories of our days at school and our play with our friends and our time with our families. Choose from these activities to explore this idea. Make a large copy of Resource 1 (or with older pupils give them one each). Put a photo or drawing of the class in the middle. Invite pupils to watch for someone in the class doing or saying something that shows that God is present. When they notice something someone has done/said have them cut one of the images from Resource 1 and paste it around the edge of your photo. Make a ‘paper quilt’ of the children’s work. (You could do this activity with calico and make a real quilt if you wanted to.) Make a photo-story of ‘A day at School’. Take pictures of the class involved in various activities. At the end of the day print out the photos and make the photos into a book. Write a text noting the presence of God in what has been captured in each photo. Innovate on the Good Days Bad Days. Use the text as it appears in the book but have pupils illustrate their own ‘school’ version of it, showing God’s presence in the school in words, actions and things of the class. Copy (or have pupils draw) their responses to the activity you chose. Put them inside the hand circle. Write the words: In our words and actions and things (symbols), God is here.
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