CRIBS was started by Gordon Raggett who, while running a local delicatessen business, visited primary schools in Bexleyheath to assist with teaching RE and leading collective worship. We now visit over 40 primary schools each academic year. We spend most of our time in schools. Our work fits within educational aims and legal requirements, by offering schools support in pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, a core educational aim alongside other competencies in subjects like Maths and English. We lead assemblies, and deliver a portfolio of specially prepared RE lessons covering all aspects of the Christian faith.

We also run lunchtime and after-school clubs focusing on enabling young people to engage with their spiritual side, helping them to think through what that means in practice and encouraging them to explore the Christian faith and way of life.

Every year the CRIBS Primary Team allocate a considerable amount of time and effort to writing, rehearsing and delivering drama productions in local schools. These Christmas and Easter presentations have become fixed dates in many school calendars. The staff enjoy them, the children love them and we thrive on them too! They allow us to store the story of Jesus in the memory banks of thousands of children. We regularly meet young people (and now some adults) who tell us about the productions they witnessed many years previously.

Visit our website at www.cribsonline.org

3:16 Bus Project

	CRIBS are launching a new mobile project called 3:16. We have been given a double-decker bus which we are fitting out (refit photos) to make a creative space for encountering important values. Next year it’s the 400th Anniversary of the Bible authorised and published in English. We want to invite young people to take a fresh look at some of the great stories and wisdom in the old book which has informed and shaped our history, culture and the lives of millions of people around the world.
The bus will be taken to schools and youth groups across the borough. We hope to create three fascinating zones on board the bus: three stopping places along the learning journey and the chance to reflect in each of them. We hope to spend at least a week in each school we visit to give plenty of opportunity for classes to come on board. Our target group is Years 5 to 8 (9 to 13 year olds), but we will be able to accommodate other year groups by offering three programmes of lesson activities. We are also hoping to produce two drama presentations on the story of the Bible to launch the 3:16 experience.

How Can I Support

Stagecoach has kindly donated a double-decker bus to us which we are in the process of refitting. To support our project please contact the office, follow this link www.justgiving.com/cribs316 or contact us to be sent a home collection box. There will be regular promotional and fundraising events planned throughout the year. Keep up to date by checking out our events page.