City of Westminster, London

St Mary’s Bryanston Square C of E Primary School

Enford Street, London, W1H 1DL

 

“For the past three years we have been working with Project Touchline, starting as the first school in London. Our first contact came through seeing the work happening with schools, via X. I knew that I wanted our school to be involved. One of my aims with this project was supporting our children and staff to understand how our Christian values drive us and the way in which they can be implemented into our daily lives.

From the first session, it was clear to see how our school, children and staff team were going to benefit from this project. Chris leads Project Touchline with such passion and energy, which translates across to children and adults.

The personalised approach linking each week to your school’s Christian values really helps our school community to understand and live the values out within a new context (sport).

Each week is led with a Collective Worship and supports children’s understanding of the Bible and the theological basis of the school values. This is then followed with an invite to a lunchtime prayer club, where children can choose to attend. Many of our children join the prayer club each week, and continue with our church youth worker, after the end of Project Touchline.

The sport sessions (tag rugby) are a firm favourite with the children, and with Chris’ experience as a coach, the level and quality of teaching is excellent. This has not only supported the learning of our children but also enhanced the skills of our teachers; developing a greater awareness of the links between PE and the school’s values and vision.

The final video provides an insight into the joy, learning and compassion which is demonstrated throughout this wonderful project. The impact for our children is not measured in numbers but through the enjoyment and subsequent further embedding of our school’s Christian values.

We are soon to be entering our fourth year and the relationship with Project Touchline becomes stronger and stronger each year. I would thoroughly recommend involvement.”

Lee Duffy Headteacher head@stmbs.org.uk or Contact us