The Celery Object Lesson

Have you heard of the Celery Experiment? For those who haven’t its a science experiment that shows students how plants transport water within their structure: you put a stick of celery into a jar of water with food colouring in it and gradually the leaves at the top of the stick of celery start to

The Real Presence

Today I had a really beautiful moment when I was supporting a child to learn about the Eucharist. This was the time I was going to talk about the Real Presence and I had decided this had to be a short session which went straight to the point so that everything was clear: my thinking

Holy Week Resources

Holy Week is the most important week of the Church year and there are some great resources available to help support inclusive catechesis. There are a number of great resources out there but the resources I have been using to prepare for Holy Week (and that would be great to use during Holy Week or

Palm Sunday

I have always loved Palm Sunday. I love the idea of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem with people cheering and waving palms, I love the fact that Jesus chose to be humble and rode on a donkey and I love the fact that we remember those events in quite a physical way by starting Mass

Look to the Cross

Its the first week of Lent and all of the doors on our Lent calendar are open and I am feeling so blessed. Let me tell you a story…. It doesn’t matter how well you know a child, young person or adult you are supporting: they can still always surprise you! I like the idea

Lent and Holy Week Visual Resources

The very nature of Lent can be tricky for some individuals who face barriers to learning. Lent requires us to give up something meaningful or do something meaningful. It asks us to focus on the suffering of our Saviour (The Saviour that loves our children and young people and that we tell them all about,

Christmas Nativity Trail

As you may know, I really love the Trueway Kids resources. The packs are free to download and you can choose which pages may work for the person you are supporting. As a Christmas Eve activity I decided to use the Nativity Trail resource and it is excellent! This activity can be downloaded here: This

Advent Lapbook

This year I’m going to be creating an Advent Lapbook to help support the understanding of Advent. I’m going to be drawing on a variety of sources and using different parts of resources that other people have created to make this suitable for the child I am supporting. The wonderful thing is that all children

Advent Atmosphere

One of the things that the Catholic church excels at is helping people to use their senses to worship and focus on God: We have a wealth of visual resources from a rich supply of art that has been commissioned by or created for the Church for hundreds of years and powerful symbolism which can

The New Church Year Approaches

The start of the new Church Year is nearly upon us and for many people the challenge of enjoying the spiritual benefits of the Advent season is lost amongst anticipation (both positive and negative) of Christmas. Advent is an incredibly important period in its own right and Emma from Tanglewood Atelier recently shared the below