Page 26 - FWG Issue 4 May 2023

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“A faith-based education brings us back to our values to help

guide us through the challenges of parenting in today’s world.”

St Peter’s, an Anglican Diocesan
family of schools, provides
a values-based foundation

that runs consistently across
Grades 000 to Grade 12. Here,
the three ‘legs’ of the learning
environment - students, parents
and school - collaborate towards

a holistic education that focuses
on personal development.

n today’s fast-paced world, parenting
challenges are becoming ever more
complex. The progression of mobile
Itechnology sees children spending more
time on their digital devices than interacting
in person, leading to isolation, vulnerability
to cyberbullying and social exclusion.
Parents cannot effectively monitor their
children’s exposure to harmful content
and often experience the same sense of
tech isolation and breakdown of healthy
relationships themselves. A faith- and values-
based education empowers children to
make judgements based on a solid moral
foundation and offers their parents a tangible
set of values to anchor their parenting.

In the 21st century, youngsters must navigate
acute sensitivities around gender, race, and
sexuality, working through the maze of new
descriptors that people now use to define
and describe themselves. As they grapple
with these issues, so too do their parents,
who may not yet understand the concept
of gender fluidity themselves. “The Anglican
church can play a huge part in both parents’
and kids’ lives in our increasingly ‘woke’
society,” says Prep School Chaplain Father
Richard. “We can offer navigational skills
to help them deal with this ‘wokeness’ in
a structured framework based on spiritual
principles and love.”

‘Be Still and know that I am God’ firmly sits
at the core of St Peter’s Prep School values.

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