FULLY robed and with a shovel in his hands, the Bishop of St Germans, the Rt Rev Christopher Goldsmith, was well prepared for the opening of Marhamchurch Primary School's 'special garden'.

The concept for the garden began almost a year ago when staff began learning about the importance of childhood spirituality and ways of developing this in their school.

Through religious education the children looked closely at the world around them, their own uniqueness and bigger questions such as 'where does it all come from?' and 'what is my part in it?'.

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