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Clergy Mailing - September 2020 Clergy Mailing - September 2020 Contents 1. Nifty Notes 2. RealLIFE flyer Niftynotes news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org SEPTEMBER 2020 Compiled by Nicola Mellors email: [email protected] Back to school safely his is a September unlike mentally confident, all pupils will if our little any we’ve seen before, we find it hard to make good family unit Thope that the new normal progress in their learning. was be a time of re-discovering what experiencing it means to live and learn Therefore, our community needs this and together. Above all may it be a time to recover and rebuild our dealing with time of hope. resilience alongside providing for our children's our pupils' educational emotions and We invited Sarah Barrat, Head requirements. their ability to express Teacher at Hucknall National C of their feelings, then all of our E Primary School to share news The basis of this came from my families will have had their own of an important initiative her staff own experience over the past few individual challenges and have been developing during the months. I have two young experiences to a greater or lesser summer months. children, aged 2 and 5, and they degree. are part of a very close and loving Sarah writes, “At Hucknall family. I am a headteacher and Our mindset for the children National C of E Primary School, I their dad is a police officer so our coming back in September, is that am very proud that our Staff put house, although it is a stable all of our children have become the mental health and well-being environment, was invaded by vulnerable. of every one of our children first. stress and anxiety, for all sorts of reasons, even just watching the The Coronavirus pandemic Without feeling safe, secure and news. And it got me thinking that occurred extremely swiftly and has impacted across every layer of society without discrimination. Continued on page 2 In this month’s issue: 2 News in brief 5 Prayer diary 8 Events and information 12 Comings & Goings @diocswellnott @SouthwellandNottingham 2 September 20 News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. Continued from page 1 school day, there will also be reduced movement and mobility daily and frequent opportunities during lockdown. built into the timetable to enable All pupils, whether they have pupils to recover. This will be Love - Learning to love accessed school provision during based upon our eight areas of themselves and other. Space to be this period or not, will have recovery: themselves and to learn how to undergone a traumatic event with manage their feelings and respect to Covid-19. The impact Nurture - A focus on well-being behaviour. has been significant for pupils, and mental health to equip parents and school staff because children in being able to cope Staff have planned activities to their school year and the systems with changes and any issues they support each of these areas based they thought they knew ended may have faced in the last few on theraplay and trauma abruptly; with that in mind, we months, building skills of counselling. Our designated child intend to focus on anticipating the resilience to manage any changes and family support worker is challenges and opportunities that in the future. constantly available to support all will have arisen regarding the of our pupils and the whole pandemic to minimise the risks Academic Achievement - family. and to develop a proactive Supporting our pupils in their strategy to support pupils in their educational studies to ensure that We want opportunities to reflect return to school. they are secure in prior and not ignore what has happened knowledge and skills and to over the past few months, and Pupils have been supported catch-up on individual areas of then to move on stronger as we through an extensive online need. grow together in learning, love learning package, including daily and faith. lessons, online video sessions and Together - Teaching our children regular, consistent feedback. about being back together and re- Nigel Frith, Diocesan Director of However, it is inevitable that this establishing relationships with Education said, “Welcome back, cannot replicate the experience of adults and peers. to all those beginning a new pupils being in school and that school year. God bless you as you access and experience of online In Safe Hands - Ensuring all our begin your new chapter”. learning will be varied. It is children feel safe, secure and anticipated that all families will happy and that they know how to have experienced stress and be as safe as possible in our anxiety by exposure to news school. coverage, stress from individual circumstances and the difficulty Our God - Learning through the arising from trying to educate Bible and religious education pupils at home. It is recognised about God’s love and our that every child will have an Christian values. individual experience of this time. At National Primary School Neighbourhood - Understanding we aim to support pupils and about our Hucknall community families post-pandemic, adopting and the part we all have to play in compassionate leadership to society to help each other and embrace a new way of teaching care for each other. and learning. Activity - Additional physical Whilst we will still be keeping a education in recognition that familiar structure to the children's many pupils will have had Niftynotes 3 News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. Bringing their gifts to God he Ordinations of nine priests and eleven deacons Twill take place in Southwell Minster later this month. The services will be held under careful guidelines because of the Coronavirus pandemic with strict limits on the numbers attending. The ordinations will take place in smaller groups throughout the two days. This year there are nine priest BENJAMIN EVANS. Ben has SUE PENDENQUE. Sue is candidates being ordained on been married to Elise for three married to George, she is mum to Saturday, 26th September; years and Elya was born in July Josh and Steph, mum-in-law to of this year. He is serving his title Alice and Andy and Nanna to JOHN BLAKELEY. John is in Radcliffe-on-Trent and Alaia and Erin and Levi. Sue married to Lynda and they have Shelford Benefice. trained for ordination at St Hild two teenage sons. John was a College, Sheffield as a contextual teacher at the Nottingham BENJAMIN MARSTON. Ben is student at St Peter’s Church, Emmanuel School for 12 years, married to Sarah and they have Ruddington and is serving her prior to his training for ministry two daughters, Naomi (3) and title in Sherwood Benefice. John is serving his title in Lydia (1). He trained for Nottingham St Nicholas Benefice. ordination at Wycliffe Hall in ALEX SHIELLS. Alex has been Oxford and is serving his title in married to Catherine for four TRACEY BYRNE. Tracey and the Retford St Saviour Benefice. years and they are the owners of a her partner Sandy have spent the black cat called Kasper and a past year living in and serving the CLAIRE MELLESS. Claire miniature daschund called parish of Beeston. Tracey is worked as a teacher in a special Charlie. Alex trained for serving her title in the Beeston needs school in Cotgrave until Ordination at St Hild College, Benefice. commencing ordination training Sheffield. He is serving his title in full time at Cranmer Hall, the Worksop Christ Church and JULIE COTTERILL Julie is Durham. Claire will continue to Shireoaks Benefice. married to Steve, and they have serve her title in the Ravenshead three grown up children, Benefice. Rebekah, Matthew and Bethany There are eleven deacon and a granddaughter Abigail. She JONATHAN MOLE. Jonathan candidates being ordained on has spent the past year training is married to Kristine and they Sunday 27th September; and will continue to serve her title have four teenage daughters. in Sutton-in-Ashfield (St. Michael Jonathan came to Nottingham as & All Angels) New Cross a consultant Anaesthetist 2005. EMILY CHARKHAM. Emily Community Church - Anglican - He has been serving his curacy in previously she worked as a not- Methodist - Local Ecumenical the Gamston and Bridgford for-profit accountant in London. Partnership (Benefice). Benefice. She trained at Trinity College, 4 September 20 News in brief . News in brief . News in brief . News in brief . Bristol and will serve her title in JO LEES ROBINSON Jo is the Gamston and Bridgford married to John and they have a Benefice. one-year old son. She trained for ordination at St Mellitus College ANNA CLARKE Anna and will server her title at Trinity graduated from Exeter University Church Nottingham (Bishop’s in 2014 and started working for Mission Order) Exeter Network Church as a Student Pastor. She will serve her PIPPA SCOTT Pippa has spent title n the Aspley Benefice. the last three years training residentially at Cranmer Hall in FRANCES FINN: Fran has been Durham and will serve her title in Bishop Paul said ‘I look forward a BBC radio presenter for more the Mansfield St Peter and St very much to the forthcoming than twenty years and she will Paul Benefice and St Mark ordination of these 20 women and continue to broadcast on Radio Benefice. men called to minister in many Nottingham and Notts TV during different contexts across the her curacy. She is married to PETER STANLEY. Peter has diocese. While this year, the need Gerry and has a nine-year-old been married to Susan for 36 to be Covid-safe has meant daughter. She will serve her title years and they have two finding new ways of hosting our in the Nottingham St Nicholas daughters, Victoria and Gemma Ordination services, I am sure Benefice.
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