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Collective Worship

Our Collective Worship Team

Our school community gather daily for Collective Worship; this time is sacrosanct and enables us to reflect, discuss and wonder about how we can make a change based on God’s teaching. Where possible, we encourage the children to reflect upon what they have heard or learnt through prayer or comment, providing opportunities to contribute their ideas and feelings in the classroom reflection areas.

Often, our Collective Worships are led by visitors from the clergy, Reverend Paul Salaman and we are very lucky to have lots of other visitors attend our school, including the ‘Open the Book’ team, who visit monthly and share Bible stories through drama. Through this, our four Christian values are also taught and embedded. 

Collective Worship is at the heart of our school and takes place daily. Every pupil is involved in the distinctive experience of gathering, engaging, responding and sending. 

 
Gathering - A special atmosphere is created to show the children that this is a distinctive part of our school day. Our Collective Worship Team light a candle and say;

We light this candle to remind us that we are here to worship God. The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.

Together, we can be the light and shine bright.

Together, we show love, trust, wisdom and hope.

 We trust that God will lead us.

We have hope in our hearts.

We learn to show love every day.

We grow with God’s wisdom.

Engaging...
Collective worship gives pupils and school staff the opportunity to:
  • Engage in an act of community.
  • Explore the big questions of life and respond to national events
  • Celebrate special times in the Christian calendar
  • Express praise and thanksgiving to God.
  • Explore the big questions of life and respond to national events.
  • Affirm Christian values and attitudes.
Responding...
 
Through opportunity to respond and reflect, pupils are given opportunity to:
  • Be still and reflect
  • Share each other's joys and challenges
  • Reflect on the character of God and on the teachings of Christ.
Sending...
 
Children are encouraged to wonder how what they have learnt or heard through the messages shared in Collective Worship will help them to 
 
  • Foster respect and deepen spiritual awareness.
  • Make a change based on the Christian teachings
  • Identify how they could make a difference to the community or wider world
2021/2022
March - The school had visitors for assembly during National Careers Week. Mr & Mrs Springle talked about being professional photographers & running their own business. Dr Jenkins talked about his career as a Doctor as well as other careers in medicine. Reverend Paul Salaman talked about his career journey through a variety of roles including living abroad in Africa.
December - The school had a special Collective Worship assembly from the Police who gave a talk.
December - The Collective Worship team visited St Nun's Church to look around the church, see the Christmas Tree decorations and looked at the nativity.
Open the Book - Open the Book come for an assembly in the hall once a month. Here is a picture from one of the assemblies.
2020/2021
Click on the link below to see The Rector's Collective Worship assemblies!
Ms Jarrett holds a weekly Collective Worship assembly via Zoom.
2019/20
Why not click on the links below to see The Rector's Collective Worship assemblies!
Here are our Collective Worship pictures.
We have had two Open the Book Assemblies, see the pictures below.