In Schools
CRIBS was started by Gordon Raggett who, while running a local delicatessen business, visited primary schools in Bexleyheath to assist with teaching RE and leading collective worship. We now visit over 50 primary schools each academic year. We spend most of our time in schools. Our work fits within educational aims and legal requirements, by offering schools support in pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, a core educational aim alongside other competencies in subjects like Maths and English. We lead assemblies, and deliver a portfolio of specially prepared RE lessons covering all aspects of the Christian faith.
We also run lunchtime and after-school clubs focusing on enabling young people to engage with their spiritual side, helping them to think through what that means in practice and encouraging them to explore the Christian faith and way of life.
Every year the CRIBS Primary Team allocate a considerable amount of time and effort to writing, rehearsing and delivering drama productions in local schools. These Christmas and Easter presentations have become fixed dates in many school calendars. The staff enjoy them, the children love them and we thrive on them too! They allow us to store the story of Jesus in the memory banks of thousands of children. We regularly meet young people (and now some adults) who tell us about the productions they witnessed many years previously.
We also run lunchtime and after-school clubs focusing on enabling young people to engage with their spiritual side, helping them to think through what that means in practice and encouraging them to explore the Christian faith and way of life.
Every year the CRIBS Primary Team allocate a considerable amount of time and effort to writing, rehearsing and delivering drama productions in local schools. These Christmas and Easter presentations have become fixed dates in many school calendars. The staff enjoy them, the children love them and we thrive on them too! They allow us to store the story of Jesus in the memory banks of thousands of children. We regularly meet young people (and now some adults) who tell us about the productions they witnessed many years previously.
In January 2011 CRIBS launched a new mobile project called 3:16 to mark the fact that 2011 is the 400th Anniversary of the Bible authorised and published in English. We invite young people to take a fresh look at some of the great stories and wisdom in the old book which has informed and shaped our history, culture and the lives of millions of people around the world.
We were given a double-decker bus which we fitted out to make a creative space for encountering important values (click here for photos of the refit and photos and comments made by the children during our first visit). The bus will be taken to schools and youth groups across the borough. We have created three fascinating zones on board the bus: three stopping places along the learning journey and the chance to reflect in each of them. More information can be found here www.cribsonline.org/whatwedo/bus-project
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