Mossley Methodist Church
Ministering the Message of Christ
Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy
Rosehill is a Primary Academy in Ashton. In December 2018 it became part of the Wesley Trust – an organisation committed to the ongoing involvement of Methodism within education.
Our minister is the school chaplain, Reverend Robert Balfour – in this role he leads collective worship once a week, supports the teaching of RE and offers pastoral support to staff, children and parents.
One of the members of the church serves as the Chair of Governors.
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Volunteer Programme
Some people help out in the class situation, hearing children read or working with groups. Others help to run lunchtime groups such as quilling.
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Rosehill has a penpal scheme where members of the congregation write regularly to a child. The letters can be full of news form home, memories of childhood etc. Those who write to one another build up quite a rapport and there are opportunities to meet up at school.
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The volunteer programme is closely monitored by the safeguarding procedures of the school and the Methodist Church.
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Working Together
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The school choir visits the church to take part in the Community Café Praise Services at Easter and Christmas. Pupils visit the Community Day Centre once a term to chat with the guests there. Our church has been ‘twinned’ with Year 4 (8 and 9 year olds) and we receive invitations to visit school and build links with those classes. Some Circuit events, like holiday clubs, take place on school premises.
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