Collective Worship
As a church school, our daily act of worship is really important to us. Our worship is invitational, inclusive and inspirational. In worship, we help children to develop spiritually whether they are Christian, belong to another faith or have no faith. We reflect on our world and our place in it, as well as thinking about the rights of children across the world.
We invite families to join us for whole school collective worship twice per week at 9.00am:
Mondays: World Aware Worship – including celebration of birthdays from the week (Sunday-Saturday).
Fridays: Amazing Attitude Award – awards chosen by class teachers for great learning behaviours and demonstrating our school values.
We will let grown-ups know if your child is receiving an award or will be having their birthday candles, but you are welcome to come on any of these days, whether your child will be at the front or not.
Once per half term, usually on the last Wednesday, we hold our ‘Let Your Light Shine’ worship, where children are invited to bring any badges, medals, certificates etc from clubs outside of school to show their achievements to the whole school. Grown-ups are also welcome to join us for this worship.
If you would like to join our worship, please come into school through the external hall doors accessible from the staff car park off Heath Road South. We ask you to sign into school so we know how many people we have on site. There are chairs at the back of the hall for grown-ups visiting us.
Please note: we do not allow photography or videos during worship, but if your child is being celebrated, we will send them to you at the end to have a hug and you may then take an individual photo.
As a whole school we also visit St Laurence Church, Northfield, to hold celebrations of some of the main Christian festivals. We are very grateful for families who can help us walk to church and back and join our service there.
For more information, see our Collective Worship Policy on our Policies and Documents page, and our Religious Education Policy on our Curriculum page.
We enjoy coming together as a school for collective worship each morning
We love to sing our favourite hymns in collective worship
Some Comments from Parents
We asked our families how our worship in school helps their child to flourish. This is what they said:
It allows my child to develop and investigate their own journey with Christ
Makes her feel special and part of a family . Helps them to understand how to be kind. Nativity plays help them to feel more confident. I also think it’s important to learn about Christianity and it’s festivals. They provide a cultural and seasonal structure for children. Personally, I also appreciate that my daughter hears teachings from the Christian faith, because we are Christian.
Very educational,my child can remember what she has been taught so they are clearly very engaging and helps to give her a sense of belonging.
He enjoys taking part in the plays and re-enacting collective worship at home.
Giving them exposure expands the knowledge and understanding of culture.
My child loves the stories and songs. She comes home and tells us about what she has learnt and is excited about the wider aspects of school life introduced in worship. She loves receiving certificates and showing the schools values.
Sense of belonging and knowledge of wider world. It teaches inclusivity.
Greater understanding of the world and Christianity and how we love others and the world.
Help them to gain confidence and teach Christian values. Increases confidence and helps them to be reflective. They have a chance to take part regularly and to celebrate achievements. Opportunities to take part and celebrate achievements is really good for confidence building.
It develops a wider understanding of the world and Christian values.
As a Christian family we believe this broadens her understanding and help to foster Christian values and beliefs.
It’s great that the Bible teaching my child receives at home and church is reinforced at school too.
Parent View Survey 2024/25