SIR JOHN LAING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE
Brick and Concrete - Sir John Laing, his life and leadership.
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CaSS has created an educational resource around the life and leadership of Christian builder Sir John Laing.
At first glance John Laing may seem an unlikely hero, but he is a wonderful role model. While our young people need to hear inspiring tales of courage and adventure, the majority of us will be called to live our day to day lives in relative obscurity. We sometimes need to be reminded how to do that. John Laing’s path was an ‘everyday’ one in many ways, but his servant-style leadership offers a different kind of role model to the ones often presented.
His humanity means that he couldn't live a perfect life, but he did live an extraordinary one. His was an ordinary life lived responsibly, with intent, resolve, humility, strength, thanksgiving, contentment, enthusiasm, empathy, compassion, kindness, challenge, resilience, great generosity and hard work.
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These resources, photos and illustrations were designed for use in schools or churches. You can copy, use and share these resources free of charge and without restriction under copyright.​​​
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There are ideas for collective worship, prayer spaces, RE lessons, activity days, discussion/reflection, drama and more.​​
​​​​​​The resource can be downloaded as a whole, or each lesson plan/idea/worksheet can also be downloaded individually. Documents are colour coded according to Key Stage, with some documents overlapping Key Stages. We hope you find it useful.
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To download, click on the title or the image of the relevant section below.
You can also flip through the whole resource using the flipbook at the bottom of this page.
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Please note this website will expire in September 2027 so please ensure you have downloaded all resources by then.
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We are grateful for the funding we received from the Laing Family Trusts and for the artwork of Sir John Laing donated by Sheffield artist Helena Mackevych at Nice Things by Helena.
