Collective Worship  

Collective worship takes place daily at our school, providing a meaningful time for all to gather, learn, and reflect. Each half term, we focus on a different theme that resonates with our values and allows both children and staff to explore and celebrate the diversity within the Anglican Christian tradition. Our prayer leaders guide us through our daily reflections by inviting us to pray:
  • Our school prayer at the end of our daily collective worship;
  • Before lunch, we express gratitude with ‘Grace’;
  • As the day concludes, the prayer leader(s) selects a prayer from our class prayer books, which contain heartfelt contributions from the pupils on various themes.

End of Day Prayers

Children’s Voices…

‘We love worship time because it’s a time for us to sit and reflect.’
‘I think worship time is important because we can learn from it and act in a similar way to the messages that are shared with us.’
‘It helps us make connections with our learning in class, like when we re-enacted the Last Supper; we listened to the story in worship time and when we recreated it in our classroom, we were able to understand it more.’

Collective Worship Policy

We are seeking to deepen and widen the experience of those of ‘faith’ and encourage those of ‘no faith’ so that they begin to feel for themselves something of what it means to worship. 

 We are developing a sense of community within the school, the locality, (e.g. local church) and foster the sense of being part of a wider community though celebration. 

 Since we are a Church school, in our Collective Worship we celebrate many different Christian festivals including Harvest, Advent, Christmas, Christingle, Advent, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter. 

  We are also an inclusive school and feel it is important to be understanding and tolerant of other faiths and beliefs so the festivals and feasts of other faiths and beliefs are also included throughout the year by different classes to fit with the R.E curriculum and topics covered.  

 Other Religions: 

 Sikhism: 

Harvir Kaur and Gurjeet Singh, parents in our school community came in to speak to the school in worship time about the Sikh festival ‘Vaisakhi’. This festival is particularly important as it celebrates the founding of the Sikh community. 

Faith Champions

At our school, Religious Education (RE) comes to life through engaging lessons and meaningful experiences that help our children explore faith, values, and the world around them. Pupils are actively involved in worship, taking part in planning and leading assemblies, prayers, and special celebrations that reflect our school’s values. We are also excited to be developing our Faith Champions roles – giving children the opportunity to grow as leaders in faith, support their peers in spiritual development, and help shape the RE and worship life of our school community.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Role models for our school values
  • Support Whole school, class and key stage worship
  • Undertake regular training in children’s prayer and support
  • Assist in whole school improvement and developments of our Christian distinctiveness in school.
  • Monitor the usage of prayer areas across school.
  • Support classes in how to use prayer areas.

Qualities of a Faith Champion

  • Kind
  • Considerate
  • Helpful
  • Patient

How will our Faith Champions be supported in school?

We will support them in their role as they learn how to lead worship. They will learn about the importance of the key elements of a worship – gather, listen, respond, go forth.

  • Each half term they will meet with the RE Co-ordinator to discuss and plan upcoming worships.