'Creating a community where we learn together through: respect, kindness, curiosity and faith.'
Collective worship is our time as a school family to gather everyone together for the opportunity to grow spiritually and to have time to reflect. Please see the links for our Prayers and Favourite School Songs so that you can continue to worship at home. Several times a year, we visit St. Michael's Church as a whole school to celebrate Harvest, Christmas, Easter and the end of the academic year when our Year 6's time at primary school comes to an end. Classes also visit our Church across the school year to further support their curriculum learning.
Every day we hold an act of worship:
Monday - Roots and Fruits
Tuesday - SLT bible assembly/Vicar visit
Wednesday - Singing
Thursday - In-class worship
Friday - Celebration
Monday - Roots and Fruits:
Shahne Vickery has been joined by international storyteller Bob Hartman as well as poets, artists, photographers and a team of educational professionals to produce this inspirational collective worship resource. 12 Christian values are explored in a 2 year programme of fully worked, creative material.
Clearly rooting all learning in the Bible and the Church year, Roots and Fruits is designed to support SIAMS requirements and meets the criteria set out in the Evaluation Schedule.
Each assembly follows the pattern established in earlier Imaginor publications and includes the four elements of Welcome, Learning, Reflecting and Responding – which match the Windows, Mirrors, Doors strategy that has proved so popular with teachers.
The worship is enriched by the use of:
- Quotes and questions to encourage deeper thinking about each value
- Photographs and posters to root the teaching in the everyday experience of children
- Stories, poems and art, much of which has been especially commissioned for this book
- Prayers and guided reflections from traditional and contemporary authors
- Fruits from the Roots – ideas to develop the theme of the worship through the week
The 12 Christian values we follow over the two year cycle are:
Tuesday - SLT bible assembly/vicar visit
On Tuesdays, we have a whole-school collective worship where we reflect on a bible story and our school values. This is led by our Senior Leadership Team. We have a variety of school songs that we sing in this collective worship including iSing Pop songs and YouTube video resources. We also share prayers and have a whole-school reflection time.
Wednesday - Singing Collective Worship:
On Wednesdays, we have a whole-school singing collective worship. We have a variety of school songs that we sing in this collective worship including iSing Pop songs and YouTube video resources. We also share prayers and have a whole-school reflection time.
Thursday - Class Collective Worship:
On Thursdays, Collective Worship happens in the classroom. This happens in a variety of ways across the school, including:
- iSingPop songs and YouTube video resources
- Reflecting on current events and festivals
- Children sharing their prayers and having reflection time
- Reading and reflecting on Bible stories
Friday - Celebration Collective Worship:
On Fridays, our collective worship is a celebration and reflection of our learning and successes that week.
