Education Sunday
East Garston Church - 2008
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the 20th of January saw the re-introduction to East Garston Church
of "Education Sunday" A service of prayer and celebration
of education. "Education Sunday", the day when
all Christians celebrate and thank God for education and the gift
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We don’t
just learn from teachers. We can also learn from our parents,
grandparents, brothers or sisters, friends, as well as important
people from history and the media etc. There are all kinds of
people who inspire us and people we can learn from, so today's
service reminds us that education - and the ability and potential
we all have to learn - are gifts. |
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| The displays were all produced by pupils from local area schools, and represented the work they do within those respective schools. We saw work from six schools in all - Great Shefford Pre-school - Great Shefford C of E - St Bartholomews - Brightwalton - John O' Gaunt and Ridge House School. All have East Garston pupils in attendance. The Revd Tony Cumberlidge, who conducted the service, spoke of the precious gift of education, open to all of them. As the children listened intently, he suggested that quite possibly, some of them may themselves become teachers. |
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| After the service, the children manned their own displays and explained the work they do and how they cope with school in general. They spoke of their teachers and the way in which the better ones endevour to make learning as interesting and relevant as possible. |
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Revd
Cumberlidge reflected afterwards, how impressed he was that the
children so readily responded to the occasion, putting a great
deal of conscientious effort into the design of their displays.
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Photos : Ken Tarbox
Text : Sally Wright : Ken Tarbox
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