Heritage Learning Programme KS2

Extraordinary Characters Through Time
Year Group - KS2
Duration: up to 90minutes
Delivery: Facilitated on-site session
Class size: Maximum of 32 pupils
Availability: This programme is only available during key events (British Science Week, Arts Week and Black History Month). Dates currently available : 13-15 March 2023, 3-5 July 2023 and 9-11 October 2023.

Step inside St Alfege Church and discover how it has been the centre of a vibrant community of people for over 1000 years.

Become a History Detective and join us to travel back through time and meet some of the extraordinary characters who have shaped our past and find out how they can inspire us today. Learners will have the opportunity to work in groups to use their detective skills to explore key figures from our site's history, undertake a creative activity in response to their extraordinary character and share their learning with the wider class.

This session includes the opportunity to visit the crypt and find out about the churches role as an air raid shelter in WWII bringing our timeline into the 20th century.

Curriculum links:
History: *A local history study *A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 *Understanding methods of historical enquiry

English: *Use discussion in order to learn *Gain competency in the arts of speaking and listening, making formal presentations *Demonstrating to others and participating in debate

To book or for further details please email: office@st-alfege.org.uk

KS1 SELF-LED VISITS

We welcome classes of all KS's to visit the church in a self-led capacity. For KS1 we have learning activities which can be printed in advance of your trip. The resources link to key areas of the church with heritage interpretation. A class of 30 could be split into two and rotate between activities of your choosing.

We may also be able to offer 15 minute visits to the crypt supervised by a volunteer or staff member. Maximum of 15 pupils in the crypt at one time directly supervised by atleast two members of the school staff. PRE-BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.

To book a self-led visit please email: office@st-alfege.org.uk

To view the self-lead heritage trail please click here.

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Planning your Visit

Services at St Alfege Church

We have a range of Sunday and weekday services at St Alfege, including daily prayer, children's services, Lugandan fellowship, Taizé and Evensong. Everyone is welcome to our services.

Please email Wendy Foreman if you would like to sign up for a regular e-newsletter with information about worship, music, heritage and other activities.

Updated service times are always available on the homepage of this website.

Sunday Services

Sunday 8am, Holy Communion (BCP)
This is a said communion service in church according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer lasting about 35 minutes. It is quiet and contemplative. The congregation normally gathers at a local coffee shop after the service. Please note this service does not take place in August.

Sunday 10am, Parish Eucharist

This is a full, sung communion service attended by up to 200 people in the congregation every week. The service, from Common Worship, includes a sermon and cathedral-standard singing with St Alfege Church Choir. Many volunteers are involved in welcoming, reading and serving. This service lasts about an hour and ten minutes and uses traditional language on most Sundays.

This service is broadcast live on our YouTube Channel, @StAlfegeChurch. You do not have to sign up or log in, and we do not broadcast the distribution of communion.

Children's Church gathers for worship in the Church Hall during term time.

Refreshments are offered in the hall after the service, and everyone is welcome.

Sunday 4pm, Choral Evensong (monthly)
Join us for Choral Evensong which is sung on the last Sunday of every month at 4pm (excluding August) and lasts for about an hour. Enjoy the beauty of language and music in cathedral-style evensong according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer with St Alfege Choir led by Director of Music, Joshua Ryan. Please note that there is no Choral Evensong in August. However there is a special Bell Ringers' Evensong on Sunday 30 August at 4pm.

Sunday 3pm, Okutendereza mu Luganda (monthly)
A service in Lugandan is held every second Sunday of the month at 3pm in the church. This is an Anglican service organised and led by Okutendereza mu Luganda, a fellowship of Lugandan speakers from Uganda and Rwanda. Everyone is welcome.

Sunday 5:30pm, Abide (monthly)

A contemplative service on the first Sunday of every month at 5.30pm featuring silence, liturgy, prayers and music from the Taize and Northumbria Communities, and lasting for about 45 minutes. Please note that there is no Abide service in August.

Weekday services

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8:30am, Morning Prayer

A said service of prayer and Bible reading, lasting approximately 20 minutes. We meet in the St Alfege Chapel, in Church.

Thursday 8am, Holy Communion

A said service of Holy Communion, lasting approximately 40 minutes. We meet in the St Alfege Chapel, in Church. Please note that this service does not take place in August.