What is Spirituality?
Spirituality is a quite a difficult thing to define. At Cop Lane C.E. Primary School, we believe it is fundamental to our mental and physical well-being (for children and adults too, but is not exactly the same as those things). It is not necessarily tied to a religious belief. People of faith and people of no faith can be deeply spiritual.
At Cop Lane C.E. Primary School, we have defined spirituality as:
Spirituality is not something we can see or touch – we feel it inside all of us. It might be a sense of awe and wonder. It might be a sense of empathy and compassion. It might be a sense there are important questions to be asked which might not have obvious answers. It might make us want to laugh, cry, sing, be creative or be still. We might have spiritual experiences with faith, or we might have them on our own. It is about relationships: relationships with ourselves, other people and the world. Spirituality is a sense of something bigger than ourselves. It is not the same as religious faith, but it is the bedrock on which faith is founded.
Spirituality within Subjects at Cop Lane C.E. Primary School
