Church
The school shares in a daily act of Christian Worship, which usually led by a member of the teaching staff. Twice a week we worship in the village Church and occasionally the parish vicar joins us to lead worship.
Children are encouraged to become actively involved in worship and take the lead in our major celebrations.
We promote spirituality through our ethos of respect for others, care for our world and discussing the big questions.
Under the provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988 all parents have a right to withdraw their child from the School’s daily ‘Collective Act of Worship’.
These short services, geared especially to children , are held every third Sunday of the month . They start at 9.30 with breakfast – croissants, coffee and squash – and then the actual service lasts 30- 40 mins. Children are encouraged to take part in reading prayers if they wish to do so.
Church Choir
The church choir meets on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 till 7 in church. New members are always welcome including school children from 6 years old and up, particularly when they can cope with reading the words in the hymn book. They do not meet in the school holidays.
In September we welcome our new vicar, Revd. Lewis Eden, and his wife Catherine.
Our church is one of the seven churches in the White Cross Mission Community so it will take some time for Lewis to get to know us all.
He will be licensed by the Bishop on Monday September 23rd in Woodbury Church at 7.30.
Lewis and Catherine were married last April and will make their home in the Vicarage in Woodbury. Lewis has expressed a particular interest in our schools so we look forward to his support. The Mission Community is hoping soon to employ a Family Worker, who it is hoped will also support our schools.
At Easter the schoolchildren and all who walked along The Plantation, were delighted to admire the beautiful Easter displays of chicks, rabbits, eggs etc. on the fence, all crocheted by Trish Hourston.
This July Trish had crocheted another beautiful display, this time an underwater scene, featuring fish, sea horses, seaweed etc. Bunting pennants spelt out the message
'Have fun on the beach help save oceans and take the rubbish home.'
The schoolchildren were especially delighted and some of the younger pupils made a giant card saying Thank You.
The message inside said
‘Dear Trish,
Thank you for the wonderful sea scene and the nice note. We all loved it. It was the best sea scene we have ever seen .
From Woodbury Salterton School.‘
This display, which must have taken Trish hours of painstaking work, has also been much appreciated by adults!
Thank you Trish.
SWEDE BOWLING .
Sunday Sept. 1st saw a unique fund raising event for church funds in Woodbury Salterton.
The Village Road was closed in the afternoon, with the course running from the Lych Gate to a bollard in the middle of the road opposite the bus shelter; the object being to land your swede as near as possible to the bollard. The marshall at the start of the course, selling swedes at 2 goes for £1 and marshalls measuring and recording the distance a swede landed. Swedes were then collected up and transferred by wheelbarrow, or hand, back to the start.
First came individual bowling and it soon became apparent that the swedes had a mind of their own and went all over the place. After that came the team competition . 12 teams entered, including our visitors from Tasmania, members of the choir calling themselves The Singing Swedes and Woodbury W.I.
Meanwhile, we ran an obstacle course in which swedes had to be guided round obstacles followed by an agility section.
The trophies presented to the victors in the swede bowling were Golden Swedes mounted on a wooden base.
Tea, coffee and cakes were served by a rotation of many helpers. Thanks to the many who made cakes .
Special thanks go to Goosemore Farm for donating all the swedes .
Thanks most of all go to Debbie Jung, ably assisted by Geoff, for all the organisation, planning and preparation, which included hours of clearing the road gutters to smarten the road up.
It was a most enjoyable social afternoon. Someone was heard to comment ‘Who would have thought that swede bowling would be so much fun!’
Church Treasurer , Nigel Dupain , reported that the event raise just over £500 for the church.
Debbie hopes that this may become an annual event .