A few weeks ago I was in Samuel Ryder Academy teaching a lesson on Relationships and Christian Values. It would be fair to say I wasn’t completely sure about how these lessons were going to go. The id...  Read More

Did you know that the average student spends 35 hours a week in school for just under 40 weeks of the year....  Read More

Imagine a group of twelve anxious, non-communicative Year 9 students gathered in an awkwardly shaped room, tucked away in the hidden parts of Loreto. Well, that was what Manjit, Jane and I faced back ...  Read More

Today we had the most awesome, fun and blessed day with Townsends year 8! Their Head of Year who spent the day with us was so impressed with them and loved what the space gave the students. Massive th...  Read More

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is probably the most well-known story Jesus ever told and is a staple for primary and secondary schools when looking at the life of Jesus. What I love about the parab...  Read More

Imagine Joel dressed in traditional Nigerian clothes, playing a Djembe Drum, Hopscotch and other games dotted around the room for the students to explore. John taught the class to do a Hakka, celebrat...  Read More

Back in January I wrote a latest news about the first Youth Alpha in Townsend since 2019. Jane, Shannon and I have been running the latest course across this term. On Tuesday we had our last week on t...  Read More

It has been a fantastic week for Step at Loreto – we have been there Monday, Tuesday and Thursday doing so many different things.Monday was the Snug, where we set up the projector and lap top and sat ...  Read More

Over the last 10 weeks of termtime, a treasured volunteer - Joel and myself had a unique opportunity to present a Big Questions session to a group of 8 Katherine Warington School students in year 8 wh...  Read More

This week I’ve been challenged with having to distill and present Step to a new employee. ...  Read More

At Beaumont Explore Club, we like to begin our time together by sharing our likes, lemons and lightbulbs of the week.In case you’re not one of the Beaumont Explorers, let me explain that ‘likes’ are t...  Read More

I have always wanted to be able to use the word inaugural before, but haven’t really had the opportunity, until recently! And that is because Step had the pleasure of hosting its “inaugural” Leadershi...  Read More