Im not really religious, i dont have a problem with religion, i just choose not to follow anything closley. i had bad experiences when i was younger and it turned me off it really.
Im looking at kindys for dd1 and there is a great one near us, its anglican. whats the deal. do you have to 'be' anglican or something....do they teach religion openly, being a religious school??
TIA
We are Anglican, well, DH and I are baptized as Anglican although we are not involved with a church and haven't been for a number of years..
We also have an amazing Anglican school nearby we'd like to look into for our little ones but that's a while away yet!
From what I remember of Anglican Scripture lessons at school, it's a pretty easy going religion, I'd imagine there would be religious teachings at the schools but it doesn't seem to be as 'full on' as other religions if that makes any sense..
Also if anyone pops in and is in the know on Anglican ways, I am looking to have my babies baptized Anglicans next year, do I need to be involved in a specific church to do so? I know other religions are picky on this..
Thanks for asking Beckoes! I'd like more info too!! x
In terms of the school, you probably wouldn't need to be Anglican or even Christians to send your kids there - they aren't like Catholic schools in that sense I had girls of other religions at my Anglican school. But you will probably find they have weekly chapel services and other special services - Christmas, Easter etc. They are pretty aware that the majority of kids are unchurched and try to be inclusive without forcing it, if that makes sense.
In terms of baptism, it will probably be up to the individual minister. Some will happily do baptisms for non-church families, but others might not. They will probably care more about your actual beliefs- they mightn't be keen to do it if you were atheists, for example. But why would you want your child baptized you were an atheist lol.
I went to an Anglican school and although we had compulsory RE and chapel, eucharist etc, a note from parents excluding a child from such things was always accepted without question, although TBH, not many really bothered.
You did not have to be baptised, I don't think anyone ever even asked. So long as you pay the fees - and with Anglican schools they will be considerable - then nobody cared.
I'm born and raised athiest but went to a private church of England school (same thing, right?). We had R.E. And weekly chapel, as well as sung hymns in assembly which were compulsory attendance but you didn't have to be christened or even participate. I gave up kneeling and pretending to pray as I got older because it insulting to everyone if I did. We had openly Jewish students, buddhists, athiests... Anyone who chose the school for its standard of education. I'm fairly sure a number of the teachers were athiests, too.
They did do a witch hunt of a few lesbian teachers in the late 80s which saw some of the best teachers chased out. That brought the standard of education down. I'm not sure they'd get away with that now.
using an anglican kindy/school??
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