{"id":10943,"date":"2024-01-24T12:42:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T12:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/?page_id=10943"},"modified":"2024-02-08T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:31:42","slug":"big-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/?page_id=10943","title":{"rendered":"Big Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AboutPage-OurAgenda-Icon_1.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AboutPage-OurAgenda-Icon_1.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through our distinctively Christian ethos, we also encourage our pupils to be <strong>spiritual. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This can be defined as:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\">\n<li>Religion and worship<\/li>\n<li>Relationships to other and\/or to God<\/li>\n<li>Evocative or favourite places and experiences<\/li>\n<li>Creativity and responses to Art and music<\/li>\n<li>Mystery and what we can\u2019t really understand (asking Big Questions)<\/li>\n<li>Prayer, silence and meditation<\/li>\n<li>The opposite of what we can touch and feel (the material world)<\/li>\n<li>Experiences which take us beyond ourselves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At Hartington C of E Primary School we encourage the children to question what is going around them in world, what they see, what they hear and what they experience.<\/p>\n<p>We will be collecting Big Questions from the children and staff and posing them here on this page.\u00a0 Hopefully we will all learn more about each other and the world around us as we talk and think about the questions we&#8217;ve asked!<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few to get you thinking!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;Who am I?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;Why am I here?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;Who is more important &#8211; you or me?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;What is more important &#8211; the Earth or the Sun?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;Why is our world a place of wonder?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;Is Heaven as big as the Earth?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;Could you walk around the whole world?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;What does God look like?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;How would you bring peace to the world?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;Why should we care about the environment?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;What is heavier &#8211; light or dark?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;How do you know for certain that you exist?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through our distinctively Christian ethos, we also encourage our pupils to be spiritual. 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