"Building Communities"

Refections  from Grangehurst House

My hopes for the weekend…….
  • To have fun and learn lots.
  • Have fun x 3
  • Make new friends and have a great time.
  • Make new friends and learn new things and enjoy new experiences.
  • Learn how to respect people’s views more. Make new friends. Have an enjoyable weekend of fun.

 
  • Meet new friends and have fun.
  • Take time out to reflect and build relationships.
  • Hope we shall have a great time, make new friends and make new experiences.
  • Make new friends, have a good time. Also have new experiences.
  • Meet new people and have fun.
  • Have a fab time and make new friends. Also to have a new experience.
  • Make new friends and new people.

My worries about the weekend…….
  • I felt shy.
  • Fire alarms going off again x 3
  • Whether we will have a good time. We had a fire and the fire brigade came. We hope that it does not happen again.
  • The fire that happened Friday night. Not making friends or disagreeing with views and people.
  • Making new friends x 2
  • There was a suspected fire in the building.
  • Forget about what I am supposed to be doing.
  • I am anxious about there being another fire.
  • Who will be there? What will it be like and what we are doing.
  • About embarrassing myself.

My personal contribution towards the weekend………

  • Wash-up, help Cook.
  • Help people to have fun
  • Make people laugh and be helpful.
  • I am part of a religion and am not afraid to share my thoughts. I can also make people smile.
  • I have a strong opinion but respectful. Also I am always ‘smiley’!
  • I am happy.
  • I am helpful x 2.
  • I hope I am a good listener.
  • I am a good listener, confident, I can express my opinions well and very chatty.
  • I am helpful. I am a lively and chatty person.
  • I have good ideas.
  • I’m enthusiastic and very helpful and chatty.

I am looking forward most to……

  • Tomorrow x 2
  • New friends because it will be fun.
  • Drama workshop because I love drama.
  • Carrying on with this weekend and doing some of these activities because I haven’t ever

done anything like this before.
  • The walk in the woods! And carrying on with the weekend. Also the drama workshop

because I enjoy drama and I’m having lots of fun!

  • Tomorrow – a new day because the second day is better.
  • Walk in the woods because it would be fun.
  • The walk in the woods by the river because I love nature.
  • Drama workshop and other activities and just be with my friends because they will be fun

and new.

  • Drama workshop because I like to act and it lets you be lively.
  • The talent spot because I feel it will be good fun.
  • The drama workshop because I love drama!
  • The talent spot because I feel it’s going to be good fun.

This evening I have benefited from the following experiences……..
  • Monks singing because it was relaxing.
  • Seeing a fire engine because we thought there was a fire.
  • Fire alarm going off because there was a fire in the other garden that went into an open window.
  • The ‘fire’ and mingling with other people because I didn’t know many people here.
  • How to cope in a difficult situation. I.e. the fire, and learning how to react. And seeing the monks in the abbey because we needed to be careful and listen to our instructions.
  • I have been shaken up because of a suspected fire because I don’t like scares on the first night.
  • The fire! The abbey, the dance and listening to such lovely poems and readings.
  • The fire and seeing and listening to the monks because there is always something interesting to come.
  • Learning a fire cannot be your fault. We went to watch monks so it happened to us unexpectedly.
  • Listening to the monks and the fire scare because the monks were very strange and the fire was scary and fun.
  • A fire goes off sometimes when it’s not your fault. We went to watch monks- we had a misleading fire at the building.
  • Listening to the monks sing because it was very interesting.

Tonight I have learned that …….

  • Everyone is different yet we are all one!
  • Listen to fire alarms!
  • We went to watch monks sing in the abbey.
  • About the monks and their lives.
  • The way the monks sing their prayers. Also about dealing in a serious situation.
  • Tonight I have learnt that I am psychic! (Knew the cause of the fire!)
  • Everybody is different. Fires are not funny.
  • What happens when there is (a fire).
  • Monks sing in Latin and what they look like.
  • Monks sing in Latin and are good singers. Their appearance.
  • Fires aren’t as scary as they look. X 2
  • Monks sing in Latin and what they dress like.

    I found the spiritual journeys of other people interesting because……….

    • I found out a lot about myself.
    • I learnt so much about other religions and my own.
    • I had to remember things.
    • You learnt about each individual person’s life story.
    • I learnt a lot today and about myself.
    • It has got new skills and things.
    • It was interesting.
    • We may all have holidays or births but they are all different and equally special.
    • They were very different from mine and anyone else I know.
    • Everyone else’s are very different in many ways.
    • I learnt more about their life and it helps you understand their character.
    • You learn more about people’s characters and life stories.

    Dr & Mrs Mubashar helped me understand the following…..

    • About Islam and Muslims.
    • About Muslims’ culture.
    • Islam and how it isn’t that different to ours.
    • The dress code for Muslim women.
    • Helped me understand the beliefs and lifestyle of Muslims.
    • It made me understand a lot of things that I didn’t before. It was very interesting.
    • The argument and evidence for their being a God and religion. Also the reasons for many Muslim practices.
    • What Muslim faith is.
    • The lifestyle of different people is interesting.
    • Muslims.
    • They helped me understand about the Muslim culture and the way they believe about the creation of the world. Also about the way women are treated.
    • The way that their lives are different from ours.
    • What people wear, how they act.
    • Lots about Islam that I don’t learn at school.
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