Wednesday 15th July - Robins

Date: 14th Jul 2020 @ 11:57am

Good morning everyone J

How are you all today? It was AMAZING to see so many of you yesterday. I went home with a huge smile on my face, feeling very grateful that I was able to spend some time with you all before the summer holidays. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!!

You can watch the final instalment of ‘The Twits’ this morning. I really hope you have loved listening to it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRkPER4lXh4&t=3s

I have attached our Home Learning Timetable below if you would like to do some project work this morning. I have also attached some fun maths puzzles for you to have a go at this morning. Can you work out the value of each object? Why not share your answers over on our class discussion this morning?

Have a super day my lovely Robins J

Lots of love and BIG hugs,

Miss Beattie and Mrs Esling xxx

Message from Mrs Powell:

Joshua 1:9

How do you feel about returning to school?  Do you feel nervous, anxious, perhaps wishing you were back home where you felt safe?

In this passage, Joshua was standing at the edge of the land of Canaan, Moses had died, and God was commanding Joshua to take the Israelites forward into the promised land.  It was new, they were leaving what they had known, to step into a future that God had planned. 

God gave this command to Joshua in verse 9 to encourage him, to put a strong heart into him, whatever the future holds, God would be with him.  I wonder how this made Joshua feel strong and courageous? As Joshua and the people of Israel recalled how God had been with them through the desert, it gave them certainty of the truth of this going forward, this is a common pattern throughout the Bible of looking back to God’s faithfulness to stand strong in going forward.

Joshua probably felt the same as we do now, as we begin again, our community, coming back together and settling down into our school – some things will feel familiar, some will feel different.  Corrie ten Boom, a German Christian who survived concentration camps during the Holocaust, said, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”  What do you know of God?  Reflect back – how has God been with you before Covid-19?  How has he been with you through this?  How might this make you feel strong and courageous?

Listen to the track “Good Good Father” by Chris Tomlinson.   Joshua spent time talking with God – it gave him courage to go forward into something new…spend time talking to God now, recall how he has shown goodness over that past months and even years, tell him your feelings and ask him to give you courage for the future.

A prayer for courage:

Lord, I’m afraid

I don’t feel bold or courageous today

Help me to remember that bravery isn’t the absence of fear, it’s doing the right thing no matter what.

Give me a courageous heat.

I know that you will be with me, I am not alone.

You are greater than any obstacle I face.

Help me to step forward knowing that you are trustworthy

And my source of strength.

In Jesus’ name.  Amen

“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robi

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