by ICE | May 20, 2020 | Primary Schools
We Recommend… This week we would like to recommend: Sporcle https://www.sporcle.com/ What is it? A website dedicated to quizzes and puzzles Who is it for? Anyone who likes quizzes will enjoy Sporcle! We recommend this as a family activity or playing with adult...
by ICE | May 19, 2020 | Primary Schools
Sally here from the ICE Primary Team. Having spent so much time inside lately (for obvious reasons) I’ve been treasuring my daily exercise. I’m not a jogger or a cyclist, so most of my normal exercise comes from walking which is what I’ve decided to keep up under...
by ICE | May 18, 2020 | Primary Schools
This week we’re going to set aside some time to pray for our world. What do you need: Go to this website MapCrunch. https://www.mapcrunch.com/ You can also use an atlas or world map if you have one at home. You might also like to have a separate web page open to do...
by ICE | May 15, 2020 | Primary Schools
Here is the link to today’s downloadable worksheet: https://icetrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fortress.pdf Today’s activity is a colouring page for you to enjoy making as bright and colourful as you would like. As you colour it in, take some time to read...
by ICE | May 14, 2020 | Primary Schools
For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognise it. (Job 33:14) The Bible tells us that God does speak to people, in lots of different ways, but sometimes we miss it. We have to be ready to listen in lots of different ways. Christians believe that God...
by ICE | May 13, 2020 | Primary Schools
We Recommend… Our resource recommendation this week is for the Animated Bible Stories playlist created by Saddleback kids. You can find their Youtube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5aPdmniG3y_n7hXEKTV4qQnIeCe-p6Ws What is it? Stories from the...
by ICE | May 12, 2020 | Primary Schools
Anne-Marie here this time! I know a lot of workers and students will be struggling to get along with working at home. It’s a lot harder, isn’t it? There are so many other distractions, such good weather to tempt us into the garden and a thousand other things we might...
by ICE | May 11, 2020 | Primary Schools
Today we’re going to use our shadows to help us to reflect and pray. Have you ever noticed your shadow before, how it grows and shrinks during the day? Sometimes when you’re in-between two lights you might have multiple shadows and end up looking like a three headed...
by ICE | May 8, 2020 | Primary Schools, Secondary Schools
Downloadable Worksheet: Roses and Thorns Sally from the ICE Primary team here. Recently someone asked me ‘What have been the roses and the thorns of this lock down?’ and I thought it was a brilliant image to help us reflect on what’s been going on in our...
by ICE | May 6, 2020 | Primary Schools
Our resource recommendation this week is: Story Keepers What is it? An animated series set in the early days of the Christian faith during Roman times. Who is it for? Children and families. What can I find there? You can find the Story Keepers YouTube channel...
by ICE | May 5, 2020 | Primary Schools, Secondary Schools
Sally from the primary team here! I live in a house with 5 other people and the lock down has been a great opportunity to get to know them better. Usually we’re so busy running from A to B that we don’t get the chance to spend time, but over the last month we’ve been...
by ICE | May 4, 2020 | Primary Schools
Activity: Using chalk to draw prayers Resources: Some chalk, a place outside to draw on (like the pavement or driveway) You don’t need very much for today’s prayer activity! Once you have some chalk and an idea of what, or who, you’d like to pray for, head outside and...
by ICE | May 1, 2020 | Primary Schools
This Reflection Friday sheet is all about learning a way of praying called contemplative prayer. Contemplation means to think about something deeply. To take time to think, to notice and to consider carefully. When we pray like this it means slowing down, taking our...
by ICE | Apr 29, 2020 | Primary Schools, Secondary Schools
We Recommend… Our resource recommendation this week is the Prayer Spaces in Schools website. You can find them here: https://www.prayerspacesinschools.com/ What is it? A website full of resources to inspire creative prayer. Although this s is usually most relevant for...
by ICE | Apr 28, 2020 | Primary Schools
Anne-Marie from the Primary team here. One of my favourite things to do is go ice skating. Nearly three years ago I started taking lessons, and now I can do all sorts of things I never imagined I would be able to do! I love skating backwards and spinning, and I’m...
by ICE | Apr 27, 2020 | Primary Schools
Activity: Saying ‘sorry’ using coins to help. Resources: Some old 1p or 2p coins, a dish, some vinegar, some kitchen roll. In today’s prayer space activity, we’re going to think about saying sorry. I wonder if you can think of something that you have ever needed to...
by ICE | Apr 24, 2020 | Primary Schools, Secondary Schools
Worksheet Download – Reflection worksheet | Be still Being still is an important part of life. It might not seem like it because, well, you’re being still! But when we take time to stop moving our bodies and filling our brains with new things, we can see more...
by ICE | Apr 22, 2020 | Primary Schools
We Recommend…Our resource recommendation this week is a band: NewWorldSon You can find them on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud and Amazon Music. What is it?NewWorldSon are a Christian Soul/Pop group originally from Canada. Who is it for? Anyone looking for...
by ICE | Apr 21, 2020 | Primary Schools, Secondary Schools
I wonder if you’ve picked up any new habits or routines recently? I’ve started to stretch every lunch time with my housemates. It began with a one off session because we all felt stiff and now I look forward to it every day! We’ve been doing it most days for about 3...
by ICE | Apr 20, 2020 | Primary Schools
One of our favourite projects to run in Primary Schools is our prayer spaces. For a day the Primary team take over a school hall or classroom and transform it into a place filled with blankets, cushions, fairy lights and activities to help us pray in lots of different...
by ICE | Apr 17, 2020 | Primary Schools
Worksheet Download – I am loved – I can love If you flick through the Bible there is a word that turns up 551 times. It is the word love. That’s a lot of love! Today’s reflection worksheet is here to help you think about love and what it might mean to you....
by ICE | Apr 15, 2020 | Primary Schools
We recommend… This week’s recommendation is for the Flame Creative Kids blog. You can find it here: http://flamecreativekids.blogspot.com/ What is it? This blog is full of resources to inspire creative reflection, crafts and prayer at home or at church. It has...
by ICE | Apr 14, 2020 | Primary Schools
I’ve been inspired by this blog to try a prayer activity: flamecreativekids.blogspot.com. Why don’t you join me? There are lots of other great activities on her blog too so why not give it a look! Activity: Creating prayer collages with random objects. Resources: A...
by ICE | Apr 14, 2020 | Primary Schools
I wonder how many things you can count? Take a moment to count how many books you can see right now. What about how many things that are red in your room – can you count all of those? Why not try and count how many breaths you take in a minute. I’m pretty sure...
by ICE | Apr 14, 2020 | Primary Schools
Worksheet Download – 3things Not so long ago, the ICE Primary team did an assembly focusing on part of the life of Corrie Ten Boom. Many readers will know of her incredible and inspirational faith and the dire circumstances she often found herself in. During the...
by ICE | Apr 8, 2020 | Primary Schools, Secondary Schools
We Recommend… Our resource recommendation this week is The Daily Audio Bible app/webplayer Where can I find it? Available as an app (iOS and Android) or on the web player: https://dailyaudiobible.com/ What is it? A daily Bible reading in a podcast. Who is it for?...
by ICE | Apr 6, 2020 | Primary Schools
Activity: Carefully stacking stones to make a balanced tower. Resources: Some stones or pebbles of various sizes, or any collection of small to medium objects you can stack together to form a tower. In the Bible, people often setup stones as reminders of the things...
by ICE | Apr 2, 2020 | Primary Schools
We Recommend… This week’s recommendation is for Crossroad Kids’ Club Youtube channel. You can find the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmMySSzKknjgAVVCOPXu_qg What is it? A channel full to the brim of fun resources for children, to help them get...
by ICE | Apr 2, 2020 | Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Updates
I’m hoping that most of you will have sung-read that. If not, then allow me to enlighten you. While the sentiment may be familiar, it was the catchy tunes of the High School Musical movie that have prompted me, and many others, to be unable to hear or read those words...
by ICE | Apr 2, 2020 | Primary Schools
I wonder what you’re thankful for? In difficult times it can be hard to think about what makes us say ‘thank you’ but it is important to keep on looking out for those things. They remind us of the good still all around us, they remind us that God provides for us every...
by ICE | Feb 27, 2020 | Secondary Schools, Team News, Updates
What is the TLG Mentoring Programme? TLG (Transforming Lives for Good) is a national church based charity working with vulnerable children all across the UK. According to the Association for Young Peoples Health, 1 in 10 children in the UK feel unable to cope with the...
by ICE | Mar 12, 2019 | Primary Schools, Projects, Updates
This Easter we’ll be running a series of prayer spaces in schools. ICE prayer spaces are creative, atmospheric, reflective spaces where both students and teachers step out of their ordinary school day and into a sacred space. By transforming a space like a...
by ICE | Feb 27, 2019 | College, Updates
We’ve begun a brand new season at Exeter College with two new leaders running the ECCU. It’s been an amazing term so far and we’ve seen so many young people come along on Wednesday lunchtimes and it’s been a great opportunity to unite youth from different churches...
by ICE | Feb 9, 2019 | Primary Schools, Projects
In November 2018 the Primary team enjoyed working with the London City Mission once again to bring Narnia to Exeter!It was our second year taking over St. Thomas Baptist church for a week, armed with snow, fur coats, a lamppost and a lion (kindly lent by Killerton...
by ICE | Feb 7, 2019 | Launches
We’re excited to bring you the new look of ICE, but why the change? ICE has existed for nearly 30 years and we’re at the forefront of schoolswork projects in the South West. We wanted to make sure our visual identity reflects our mission and purpose in...
