Having first experienced the "prayer tent" on their school field when they were in year 3, the year 6 pupils at Potters Gate are experts. Over the past 4 years they've watched it grow from that first small tent with a bubble tube, into a transformed classroom with a series of classroom lessons running alongside and then a village of tents back on the field with a range of interactive prayer activities. It's a much anticipated annual event for their school. So this year, I spent an afternoon with them a few weeks ahead of the Orison week at their school to see what they thought should happen next.

We talked through what Orison was, their memories of previous years and what it's all about, before looking at different ways of creating resources and generating ideas. Using a box of interesting objects   ..... more