Collective Worship & SIAMS
SIAMs Inspection Report and School Prayers
| SIAMS Inspection September 2024.pdf | School_prayer1.pdf | School_prayer2.pdf |
Collective Worship is a central point in the day when the whole school pauses and reflects. Staff and pupils come together to nurture their own spiritual and personal growth and to come together as a school community. It is distinctively Christian, reflecting our vision and allowing us to explore our Christian values and consider ways we can put them into action in our daily lives. Worship gives us an opportunity to feel closer to God and to be able to talk to him through prayer, scripture and song. We aim that our worship gives us the chance to reflect on our own behaviour and to think about how we might do something different in the future.
We offer opportunities to share our worship with parents, governors and members of the local community through our church services held at St James Church. Visitors and members of the church visit our school to support the learning of the children.
Children are given the opportunity to lead and take ownership of collective worship through our values, class showcases and our pupils working with Rev Alison.
Collective Worship - Organisation of our Weekly Collective Worship
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Day |
Organisation |
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Monday |
A whole school assembly, led by the Headteacher or Deputy Head. This Collective Worship takes place in the school hall around 9.05am and introduces our value for the term, which is linked to a Bible Story or an inspirational story or event from ‘Values for Life’ resource. |
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Tuesday |
This Collective Worship is taken by Reverend Alison and is linked to our value for this half term or focuses on a special Christian event or Christian calendar. |
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Wednesday |
This Collective Worship is taken by the Headteacher who will introduce a new JIGSAW linked to PSHE. It also incorporates individual class values – where a class will deliver a Collective Worship to the whole school based on the value or they will lead a curriculum-based session. This will showcase their learning. |
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Thursday |
This Collective Worship is taken by our Music Lead teaches who teaches us new songs, leads us in singing or helps us to prepare for special services such as Harvest, Easter and Christmas. The choir and orchestra also perform during this session. |
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Friday |
On Friday, our Collective Worship is a Celebration event where each class teacher nominates pupils from their class to receive a certificate to celebrate achievements. Sporting certificates are also given out and outside awards are celebrated along with birthdays. We also have our weekly attendance cup and house points. This collective Worship is led by the Headteacher or Deputy Head. The Headteacher also has a ‘Headteacher's Award’ for going above and beyond – those children will not only have a certificate but will have a hot chocolate with optional marshmallows the following week with the Headteacher. |
Worship Ambassadors
Our Worship Ambassadors lead our Collective Worship by opening and closing our Collective Worship. They close our session by leading the school with our school prayer.
The Reflection Garden
The school's RE Council and Worship Ambassadors worked hard to design and create our Reflection Garden for everyone to enjoy.
The children researched layout ideas and also helped to make mosaic stepping stones that display the school values. Key Stage 2 children took part in a workshop to produce beautiful stained glass wheels and panels adding colour to the space. Parents planted up the flower beds and Nursery class assisted with placing the herbs.
It was a true team effort.
