We enjoy a close relationship with the Church of St Philip’s and are lucky to be adjoined to the church; we regularly open the hall doors to create one large spiritual space for children, parents and the larger community to worship during the school week.

In this video, you can learn more about the close links between our school and the church from one of our parents.

Members of the clergy visit our school each Wednesday to hold  worship for our children and staff, in addition to a Eucharist service each half term when we also welcome parents/carers and the local community. 

We welcome clergy and the church community into classrooms for special Religious Education learning throughout school, in addition to specific preparation for children’s confirmation in Y5 and Y6.

Our children work closely with the church and often attend church community events such as community lunches.

Find out more about St Philip’s Church here.

 

Archbishop of York Visit

On Monday 5th October, we were lucky enough to welcome the Archbishop of York to St Philip’s.  This was part of his diocesan visit.  During his time in school, the Archbishop took part in our KS2 worship which focused on the Lord’s Prayer and then he spent time with a group of year six children in our spiritual garden, discussing prayer and spirituality.  It was an honour to welcome him to our wonderful school – he was so impressed with our pupils!