Lent 22

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nodbear has taken up the 'forgiveness/pardon' theme and run with it, and her most recent post is - as always - both excellent and thought provoking.

Earlier, I was looking at the website for the school where I'm chair of governors, and our three key values are Love, Hope and Forgiveness. Those were decided on by staff and governors about a year ago and form the heart of what we do. Those values are supposed to be at the heart of all we do, explicitly (in terms of forgiveness):

We wish to work in a school community where:
• We forgive other people who hurt us
• We are forgiven when we are in the wrong
• We think about how others might feel, and do what we can to help them
• Strong friendships are forged

Our new headteacher has been using these values, with success, to reinforce the behaviour policy and get children to see the impact of their actions.