Worship

Our daily collective worship is central and an important part of the school day for staff and pupils. Each day we hold a different type of Christian based worship that fosters pupil’s spiritual development. Everyone is welcome, of all faiths and none. We use a range of resources to support worship such as materials created by Imaginor publications or the Values for Life materials created by Jumping Fish publications of Gloucestershire Diocese. We use the Understanding Christianity project at school as part of our Religious Education programme, but often use it to enable children to ‘see’ where Bible stories are in the Old or New Testaments.

Collective worship provides a space and a place for the telling of the Christian story, the mutual giving and receiving of worth as well as times of reflection and prayer. We aim for our collective worship to be inspirational and transformational.

Here is our worship plan:

DAY / TIME	THEME	LEAD
Monday 9:05am Whole school & all staff	Value or unit based on worship year	Executive head or head of school
Tuesday 9:00am Whole school	Bible stories & learning from them	Open the book team (children help)
Wednesday Whole school	Worship through song	Head of School
Thursday 10:05am Class worship – all staff	Church members: Anton (Youth worker) Rev. McKenzie (Siddington Church vicar), Naomi (Baptist church) or year 6 led whole school worship	Community members or Year 6 pupils
Friday 9:05am Whole school & staff & parents	Celebration worship & reflecting upon the week – a time for personal reflection.	Executive head or head of school (Year 6 assist)