6 vital questions to ask as you approach the new school term

September is fast approaching. The time when we must set the alarm again after a long lazy summer. New school uniforms with name tags sown in are laid out. New school shoes with the hope that these ones will last the full school year – well at least until Christmas. A new work diary waiting for appointments, meetings, and plans. September is the time for new beginnings. Lamentations 3:22-23 says that God’s mercies are new each morning. Each and every day, your slate is wiped clean by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.

My mum loves September even more than the New Year. For her, it is a time when the seasons start to change and new prospects dangle in the air, ready to be taken hold of. The start of a new school year punctuates new beginnings for all. A new season of parenting, whether it is letting go of a child to start school, a year of academic pressures with SATs, GCSEs or A-Levels, or a transition from nursery to reception or junior to high school.