We aim to engage with all those in schools (students, teachers and support staff) and to encourage and support Christians in schools by using words and actions.

Prayer

The most significant contribution we can make to our schools is to pray for them. Each year there are particular prayer events, including Education Sunday (early September), Prayday (November) and Pray for Schools (May).

Hanging Around Ministry – HAM

HAM reinforces and complements schools ministry by providing an opportunity to spend time with pupils, staff and others at more informal occasions such as lunch and break times. HAM is about ‘being there’.

 Assemblies                                                                    

Assemblies are an effective way to dispel some of the misconceptions about Jesus and Christianity. They provide a short opportunity to share with a large group some of what Jesus said or did.

The Lost Son (Assembly): (Recorded: 4th August 2020)

The Lost Sheep (Assembly): (Recorded: 21st October 2020)

Christmas (Assembly): (Recorded: 21st October 2020)

Zacchaeus (Assembly): (Recorded: 21st October 2020)

Lessons

Teaching time contributes to the school RE/PSHE curriculum and provides opportunities for discussion in a classroom setting

Christmas Unwrapped and Easter Cracked

Local schools are invited to send their Year 6 classes to these church-based presentations of the great stories of the Gospel, which have proved to be so popular that they have been used in more than 50 areas throughout the country. This includes around 45 schools in Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead, with involvement from 10 local churches

Each presentation provides a warm welcome to the church and hopes to share the Christmas and Easter miracles in a way that is memorable, interactive and engaging. An outline programme is available for those interested in holding their own events. 


It’s Your Move!

It’s Your Move! provides a session and resources for year 6 pupils (age 10/11) preparing to move to senior school. It is held in primary schools between May and July. In recent years 55 local schools have enjoyed It’s Your Move presentations, and approximately 3300 Year 6 pupils were given the accompanying book. Pupils love it, schools welcome it and it provides a great complement to other mission opportunities.

School Christian Groups                                   

Christian groups meet in a number of local schools, including Altwood, Burnham Grammar (Explore), Newlands Girls Schools (Revive) and Windsor Girls’ School (Big Questions)

Examattack

Examattack is a presentation held in most of the secondary schools Wayne visits and helps to put exams into perspective for students. http://www.examattack.org.uk/

Inter Schools Soccer Sevens                                                       

This is an annual competition for local schools which enter teams of students, up to and including year 10, and is held at Furze Platt Senior School over two evenings. 

Youth & Children ‘What’s On? Update

We send out a regular email that helps publicise events, resources and more that might help churches enhance their children’s and youth ministry.

 ‘Illuminate’ with LZ7 & Saintz

CCiS works with youth groups and churches through planning, producing and leading specific campaigns and activities in schools and the wider area.

 Illuminate is a week of activities to make Jesus known to young people and staff through school-based sessions, and an end of week concert at a local leisure centre.

 Christian music artists LZ7 and Saintz take assemblies and lessons along with the Friday evening concert. The event impacts around 3000 secondary-school age pupils. The week is supported by prayer and training events for churches and volunteers, and opportunities are provided for Christian young people to come together.

School staff feedback was very positive.

 We would love to repeat Illuminate in many more schools.

 Really enjoyed it! Wish I’d had that kind of thing at my school when I was a teenager.

 Kids (yr 8) loved it! Great, thought provoking and uplifting session for them.

 Absolutely AMAZING! Wonderful energy! Fantastic music! -Thank you, it is so wonderful to see the joy in the children. As a Christian, this feeds my soul!

Primary Schools initiatives

CCiS hopes to expand our work to support primary schools. This short video explains our Church/Primary School initiatives and how they have developed over the past 35 years.