Collective Worship

Collective Worship  

 Collective worship happens every day and is a time where we meet together to learn and reflect. Over the course of each half term we have a different theme that links to our values and enables children and staff to explore and celebrate the differences and diversity found in the variety of forms of worship in the Anglican Christian tradition. 

Each day our prayer leaders invite us to pray at three times of the day: 

·     After morning register we say our school prayer;

·     Before lunch we say ‘Grace’ – our lunchtime prayer; 

·     At the end the day the prayer leader chooses a prayer from our class prayer books; this is a book which contains prayers written by the pupils and includes prayers to God about family and friends, leaders, those who are ill and also ourselves.

End of Day Prayers

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