As we have continued on our Advent journey as a school we
have drawn to reflect on a word that is probably underused in the time of
Advent, GRACE.
I started playing the Stormzy song , Blinded by your grace, at
the start and end of assembly’s recently. It’s a song full of reminders of God’s
love and our identity in being a significant part of his creation. The song
caught on and we have now been using it to sing along to. This has even led to
a small group of future rappers in year 6 performing the song live in singing
assembly yesterday and boy, where they good!
Grace is an incredible word, it speaks of love, forgiveness,
hope, new beginnings, and all that
Advent is about. All of this is also being captured in our various Christmas productions
that are being prepared across the school ready for next week and beyond. I
have been bumping into angles, shepherds, camels and a whole range of other
nativity characters over the past few days and the sound of singing has also been
filling the hall and corridors. Sometimes with songs for our performances, but
also occasionally a 70’s or 80;s Christmas classic fills the airways as well!
I am sure that as ever you will enjoy our Christmas
productions, they will certainly be worth the wait for, something Advent is all
about.
