A core aim of Camborne Science and International Academy is to promote the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural lives of our students. The curriculum, both within the timetabled day and through extra provision delivers courses and events which add to the experiences of our young people to achieve this aim. It is our belief that the Church has an important contribution to make to education and development of young people, and to the spiritual care of those working in education. With this in mind, Camborne Science and International Academy has appointed a chaplaincy team who will:
- Have an informal presence around the school for staff, students and governors, encouraging a spiritual dimension, meeting a spiritual need and taking the opportunity to show that they care.
- Pray for the academy, and encourage others in the local community to support in prayer
- Encourage spiritual growth and advise/guide our academy on spiritual matters and the spiritual development of young people and staff.
- Support delivery of the curriculum and assemblies, including the celebration of religious festivals.
Events and activities which will be co-ordinated by the chaplaincy team include:
- The establishment of a wellbeing/reflective space
- Chaplain presence around the school at the informal times of the day
- Contributing regularly to the Community Newsletter
- Chaplain on-call for staff and students
- Supporting the delivery of assemblies
- Leadership and service
- Guiding on spiritual/religious material in the library
- Contributing to the Religious Education and PSHCE programme
The chaplaincy team will adopt a non-denominational and non-evangelical Christian approach, and be supportive of other world faiths.
Reverend Rosheen
Rosheen is a Church of England priest and looks after 5 churches in and around Camborne (Ss Martin and Meriadoc, Camborne; All Saints, Tuckingmill; Holy Trinity, Penponds; St John the Evangelist, Treslothan; and St Crewenna, Crowan). She moved to Cornwall in June 2019 and joined CSIA Chaplaincy Team in the spring term of 2020.
Rosheen previously lived in Kent and was curate at St Andrewís Church Paddock Wood. Whilst there she regularly visited the local secondary school. She ran lunch clubs for both the lower school and the sixth form alongside church youth workers. Before becoming a priest she was a secondary school art teacher and ran a church youth group.
Rosheen has plenty of experience working with young people both as a teacher and as a youth leader. She believes that young peopleís spiritual development is as important as their traditional education. Rosheen enjoys having the opportunity to work alongside young people and feels that it is very important that they get to hear about what Christians believe about God and Jesus, to discuss issues of faith and form their own opinions. Itís also important to enable them to have somewhere to turn in times of need or celebration ó especially in todayís challenging world.
