Secondary Schools
Secondary Schools
Assemblies
Assemblies
YoYo visits a number of secondary schools across York to deliver assemblies. They are always focused around a challenging theme, encouraging the young people to consider their own thoughts, views and opinions. We also share how our Christian faith impacts the way that we live and think about some of these themes and issues.
Encouraging sleepy pupils to engage first thing on a morning is sometimes a challenge, so we try to make our assemblies fun, engaging and full of energy. They will usually involve some pupil participation, quizzes, challenges and the occasional tin of dog food!
If you would be interested in having YoYo deliver assemblies in your school, please contact us.
Clubs
Clubs
We offer weekly lunchtime clubs which are a great place for young people to come along and spend time with their friends. Each week we play lots of fun games and do lots of great activities together. We also have a theme linked to the Christian faith each week, with chance for discussion and asking questions.
If you are interested in YoYo running a club in your school, please contact us.
Lessons
Lessons
A huge part of YoYo's work in secondary schools is teaching RE lessons. As our aims state, YoYo seeks to 'effectively
communicate the Christian faith to children and young people in York schools' and 'serve the primary and secondary schools of York by supporting them in their teaching of the Christian faith.'
Throughout the year, RE departments invite us in to teach lessons on a full range of themes and topics.
Our lessons are always very discussion based, encouraging young people to think and share their own thoughts, views and opinions.
At certain times during the year YoYo also lead creative workshops in Secondary school. These sometimes happen in RE lessons, but we have also worked in drama, music and English lessons in the past. Our creative workshops come in various forms such as poetry writing workshops.
If you would be interested in having YoYo teach RE lessons or lead creative workshops in your school, please contact us.
Prayer & Reflection Spaces
Prayer & Reflection Spaces
Prayer and reflection spaces in schools area great way to encourage young people to pray and reflect in creative, fun and interactive ways. Often the idea of prayer seems very boring to children and young people, so these days are about helping the young people to engage with prayer in a new way. We usually set up a number of different spaces. Each space will focus on a different aspect such as the world, self-image, forgiveness and my community. The young people move around the spaces in small groups and are lead through the activities. Even those who have no faith have found the spaces a great way to reflect and think. A number of schools regularly have us for prayer and reflection spaces, recognising their value.
If you are interested in YoYo leading a prayer and reflection space for your school, please contact us.