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Children spend over 30 hours
a week in school so we want a
good understanding of what they
are experiencing and to be able to
support them. We want our children
to make a positive contribution
in school and be godly examples.
Through talking with them daily
we find out about their struggles,
then offer encouragement and
advice so they can face situations
with confidence.

We usually pray before school Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash
for the teachers and for God’s
protection. We read God’s word
together with our children and we
have prepared ourselves to answer
some of the challenges to faith and
lifestyle that they will face in school.

We know that school can be a
spiritual battleground. We show
interest in the school, going to the
parents evenings and sometimes
going in to talk to teachers about
specific issues.
schools, this meets a few times
When one of our boys was about a year with the headteacher to
to have the ‘growing up’ presentation, discuss issues that arise.
parents were invited to preview the
teaching video. I felt the content was At the boys’ secondary school I
too much too soon and, in some ways, recommended Chris to one of the
wrong. I shared this during meeting, senior teachers as a motivational
the teacher supervising accepted speaker for an assembly. He was
my comments well and the school invited to speak to the whole sixth
decided not to show one video. We form and gave his testimony pointing
chose for our son not to participate the boys to Jesus.
in the lesson giving our reasons.
Another Christian parent later Schools are full of challenges,
thanked me for speaking up. but also present many opportunities
for Christ.
When we have the courage to
stand up and say the right thing To find out more about our Tackling the
we find other people are often Giants initiatives email: giants@kt.org
thinking the same.

I volunteered to join a parent
forum group in one of the secondary

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