Worship, Reflection and Prayer
Worship
Worship is an important part of our daily lives and brings us together as a community. It is central to our ethos, vision and values and aims. It is invitational and provides the opportunity for those present to develop their own personal spirituality and relate biblical teaching to our values reflecting how these can be lived out in our daily lives.
Collective worship is led by a range of people or groups including:
Weekly worship led by Rev Paul
Termly Worship Led by Joy Liddle, Threshold Church
Pupil Led Worship directly relating to a class theme for example
- Y6 Holocaust Memorial Day
- Y5 Remembrance Service
- Y5 Martin Luther-King Day
- Y3 Windrush Day
- Celebration Class worship
Collective Worship Timetable 2022/23
As a school we enjoy welcoming the Open the Book Team who help us to get to know stories from the Bible. All those present enjoy the retelling and acting out of familiar stories which come to life and enable full participation and engagement. This Open the Book Team help us to think about the story and reflect often leaving us a question to wonder about.
Staying Connected Friday Celebration Shout-out
We close the week with our Friday Celebration Shout-Out Assembly when we celebrate the achievements of individuals. This is an opportunity for families to join us routinely.
All families receive a copy of our Staying Connected with Friday Celebration Shout-out Click here to view
Worship during the pandemic
During the pandemic there were periods when we couldn’t all be in school. We tried to come together and keep in touch in different ways.
This included adapting how we joined together or provided a focus for reflection through connective E-ssembly Click here to view
Reflection
Reflection is part of the daily act of worship but can also be class based. Class based reflection enables classes to focus on a Big Question set in collective worship. Each class maintains a class reflection book.
Prayer
Prayer is central to our life in school. It gives an opportunity:
to share our lives with God
to say thank you to God
to say sorry
We find it helpful to think about different types of prayer and how they help us to be a praying community.
In September 2018 we had the opportunity to work with Dr Daphne Whiteoak Senior Lecturer at Bishop Grosseteste University as part of her research ‘ Praying and prayerful: community and character in the prayers of primary aged children.’
