Our definition of spirituality

As a Church School, spirituality is all about our relationship with God the Father, whom we come to through Jesus his Son, united in the Holy Spirit. We define Spirituality as an ongoing, reflective journey. It is something that teaches us about questioning, understanding and relationships: relationships with ourselves, others, the world and beyond.

Our school and trust values are firmly rooted in our approaches. Spirituality enables our children to be happy, flourish and succeed, and live life in all its fullness. Life in all its fullness means we can shine, achieve our God-given potential, love ourselves, others, the world and God. At Snarestone, we acknowledge spiritual development is not a direct path – it is cyclical and goes through many phases through all aspects of life.

Rebecca Nye suggests that spirituality can be defined as relational awareness. That means awareness of the relationship with: 

• Self (being a unique person and understanding self-perception) 
• Others (how empathy, concern, compassion and other values and principles affect relationships) 
• World and Beauty (perceiving and relating to the physical and creative world through responses to nature and art) 
• Divine (relating to the transcendental and understanding experiences and meaning outside the ‘everyday’

 (Nye R (2009) Children’s Spirituality: What it is and why it matters London: Church House Publishing

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