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

Preparing for Lent

I imagine that most of us are currently preparing for Lent in one way or another. We may be choosing a devotional or praying about what may be the most meaningful thing to give up or begin to do during that Holy period of fasting, prayer and almsgiving. There are so many considerations when we

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

Vulnerability

The topic of the final week of the Northampton Diocese Advent Retreat ‘Let the Wilderness Bloom’ was on a subject very close to my heart, ‘Vulnerability’. The term vulnerability is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as: ‘The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally’ and

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

Celebrate Advent Resources

If you are looking for Advent Resources then you may well find what you need in the latest Celebrate Advent 2023 Family Pack which you can access via this link: https://www.celebratetrust.org/ The pack includes ideas for activities, books you may enjoy, and family films that you can watch together during Advent. (The Star is a

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

The Rosary Challenge

Although there can be negatives about social media one of the big positives is that you can learn about people doing amazing work to share the Faith that you might not otherwise hear about. This week Therese from The First Saturday Shop highlighted the work done by The Mark 10 Mission and in particular their