This week’s reflection was about daydreaming.

Daydreaming is the stream of consciousness that detaches from current, external tasks when attention drifts to a more personal and internal direction. This phenomenon is common in people's daily life shown by a large-scale study in which participants spend 47% of their waking time on average on daydreaming.

Pupils discussed their thoughts about the nature of daydreaming: what is it? Why do we daydream? They watched ‘The Benefits of Daydreaming’, a Ted-Ed video by Elizabeth Cox which explains some recent neuroscientific thinking about the nature, purpose and possible benefits of daydreaming. 

Dr Paul Bryant
Head of Theology, Philosophy and Religion
Co-ordinator of SMSC
Lay Chaplain