1. Developing Personal and Social Competence

2. Christian education enables us to be Found

3. MY DEFINING SPACE (C) Human Ecology Ltd 20113 LexPete PeaceSam HOW do we help our children grow emotionally?

4. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 20114 Sam Each of them faces a challenge.... Sam’s challenge is to trust herself and others. She can only do this if she understands that her SPACE is valid. Her risk is TRUSTING other people.

5. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 20115 Sam This affects the FOOTPRINT Sam leaves on others and others leave on Sam

6. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 20116 Each of them faces a challenge.... Peace’s challenge is to trust herself. She can only do this if he understands that her SPACE is valid. Her risk is TRUSTING her own opinions. Peace

7. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 20117 This affects the FOOTPRINT Peace leaves on others and others leave on Peace Peace

8. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 20118 Each of them faces a challenge.... Lex’s challenge is to trust other people. He can only do this if he relinquishes control. His risk is discovering that he is VALID regardless of what he achieves. MY DEFINING SPACE Lex

9. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 20119 This affects the FOOTPRINT Lex leaves on others and others leave on Lex MY DEFINING SPACE Lex

10. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201110 Each of them faces a challenge.... Pete’s challenge is to trust himself (and others) a little less. He can only do this if he realises that he cannot cope with everything. His risk is to LEARN this... Probably the hard way. Pete

11. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201111 This affects the FOOTPRINT Pete leaves on others and others leave on Pete Pete

12. So the children’s SOCIAL competence (their FOOTPRINT) is informed by their EMOTIONAL competence (their SPACE)

13. And their EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE (their SPACE) is formed by their experience of care And TRANSFORMED by their experience of GOD’s LOVE

14. MY DEFINING SPACE (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201114 LexPete PeaceSam Each child needs to experience God’s love in a different way. There is no single way.

15. MY DEFINING SPACE (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201115 LexPete PeaceSam How do we enable our Sams, Peaces, Lexs and Petes to experience God’s love?

16. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201116 Sam...Needs to be trusted and discover that other’s can be too... Practical examples...

17. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201117.... Needs to be accepted, not rejected, and learn to value herself appropriately. Peace

18. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201118.... Needs to learn to allow others to give to him, to fail and to receive love. MY DEFINING SPACE Lex

19. (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201119.... Needs to learn to be realistic about himself, to accept struggle, challenge and difficulty with out being able to solve everything Pete

20. MY DEFINING SPACE (C) Human Ecology Ltd 201120 LexPete PeaceSam God’s love is Gods.... It comes through our HANDS

21. What have we learned? Christian education is NOT at odds with social, emotional formation We enable people to grow personally, emotionally and socially within God’s love Each child needs to experience a different outworking of that love The arenas for this will be the classrooms, playgrounds and sports pitches of our schools

22. Christian education enables us to be Found

23. St Irenaeus