What is Chapel?
I wrote this paper some years ago to help me (and others) think about the structure of chapel. What follows is neither technical nor...
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completing a secular curriculum with biblical thinking
Emma Newling
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Prayers for the Classroom - Occasions and Events
Below are a collection of prayers that might be useful on certain occasions or for school events. I will occasionally update this page,...
Emma Newling
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Prayers for the Classroom - Everyday
A collection of prayers for the everyday that can be used in the classroom. Some of them I've learnt from others (but sadly can't ascribe...
Emma Newling
- Feb 25, 2022
- 5 min
Whether the weather
Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not; whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot; we’ll weather the...
Emma Newling
- Feb 25, 2022
- 4 min
Teaching narrative structure
How a money spider and the Bible can help. I seriously do not remember being taught half the things we talk about in primary school...
Emma Newling
- Feb 25, 2022
- 1 min
Series Start: Curriculum Connections
The principle of the ‘curriculum connections’ series is to spark ideas for classroom or subject teachers. These posts will not provide a...
Emma Newling
- Feb 25, 2022
- 9 min
States that matter
There are states of matter for scientists, and matters of State for politicians, but states that matter is a matter for all, not simply...
Emma Newling
- Feb 25, 2022
- 7 min
Planning a feast: ideas for teaching Christianly.
When teaching in a Christian school, we are working with a secular, state mandated curriculum. What we mean by ‘teaching Christianly’ is...
Emma Newling
- Feb 25, 2022
- 3 min
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
“Find out what it means to me” … in the classroom! Aretha was on to something … respect looks different in different relationships. How I...
Emma Newling
- Feb 25, 2022
- 3 min
The Jonah Rap
A four week series in Junior School Chapel on the book of Jonah brought forth ... the Jonah Rap. It may be true that there is a YouTube...
Emma Newling
- Feb 25, 2022
- 6 min
A. C. TOAD - Answering tough questions
The tough question. It lands squat on the floor, right at your feet, and stops everything else from zinging along. In a Christian Studies...
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