Some St Venera primary school staff prepared the Prayer Spaces in one of their classrooms. From the 10th till the 15th of April 2019, each primary class from Year 1 to Year 6 visited the prayer spaces.  Seeing how well the primary classes received the prayer spaces, the Head of School extended the days for the Kinder 1 and Kinder 2 classes so they could visit, too.  Ms Anne Marie Fenech, who prepared the resources and instruction cards, adapted some prayer spaces for the kindergarteners. 
 
Children on different stations
The children prayed at six different stations. Most of them enjoyed silence in the camp as they closed their eyes and stood still. 

Being Still


They asked forgiveness and wrote sorry on the sand trays. 

Sandy Sorry


They thanked God for their friends as they built a friendship paper chain. On the prayer wall, they prayed for something they liked. Some even drew their prayer and stuck it on the prayer wall. 

Prayer Wall

Finally, they prayed for their teachers and each other.

Prayers for teachers and students

 

This is the feedback of the educators and students after they reflected and prayed:
 
“It-tfal ħadu gost ħafna għax kien hemm activities differenti u kellhom iċ-ċans jagħmluhom kollha 🙂 Well done for the initiative… it was beautiful 🙂
Year 5 teacher
 
“It-tfal ħadu gost u ħadmu fis-silenzju għax ħassew l-atmosfera vera tgħinhom. It-talbiet kienu sinċieri u biċċiet minnhom vera jmissu l-qlub għax urew ir-realta’ ta’ ħajjithom.”
Year 3 teacher
 
“It-tfal, għalkemm għal ħafna minnhom kienet l-ewwel esperjenza tagħhom ta’ Prayer spaces, interessaw ruħhom sew u mhux biex esprimaw dak li ħassew permezz tar-riżorsi offruti 
(sempliċi iżda effettivi fl-istess ħin), talli setgħu jagħmlu iktar sens miż-żmien li kienu qed jgħixu fih (ir-Randan). B’hekk inħolqot niċċa oħra t’opportunita’ u esperjenzi ġodda għat-tfal tagħna. Proset tassew u awguri għall-futur 🙂 Li jkollok bżonn qabbadna 🙂 
Year 4 teacher
 
“It-tifla tixtieq li ssir s-sena d-dieħla wkoll.  Jien ħadt gost u kont naqra emozzjonata fl-istess ħin!”
Year 6 LSE
 
“Għandna bżonn ta’ spazji hekk ġewwa l-iskola. Kien hemm atmosfera kalma, speċjalment bil-mużika għaddejja. Min mexxa, niżel għal-livell tat-tfal sew. 
It-tfal ħadu gost u għamlu l-attivitajiet kollha. U prosit għax kienu tal-livell tal-Kinder ukoll.
Kieku jkollna kamra hekk, it-tfal jagħmillhom  il-ġid.
Grazzi u prosit.”
Kinder 2 Teacher
 
“Kellna tfal fil-klassi li urew ix-xewqa li jkun hemm kamra simili ta’ riflessjoni għax ħassewhom vera fil-paċi, u ma riedux joħorġu minn hemm ġew.”

Year 6 LSE