It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school, this week and to have our first assembly of the new school year. I told the children about a challenge that I had set myself over the summer, to learn to swim. I talked to them about why I have never learnt to swim before and about my worries about learning a new skill. This is closely linked to our school focus this year on rising to new challenges. We have reflected on how for Christians, faith is a support and comfort when facing new challenges and overcoming worries and concerns. At the end of the assembly, we shared the Footprints prayer.