Collective Worship

Collective Worship at Shottery St Andrew's CofE Primary School

In our school, Collective Worship underpins all that we do, prepares us for the day ahead and allows for a time of community, quiet, reflection and prayer.

Collective worship is held daily in school and is delivered in different ways. Our Collective Worship Committee plan and deliver worship and church services.

Our collective worship is invitational, inclusive and inspirational.

We invite everyone to pray and reflect together and enjoy Bible stories, poems, artworks, inspirational real-life stories, and stories from other faiths. Parents and carers are welcome to our worship and services and the children are encouraged to share with us the different ways they worship at home.

Monday 9:00am - Whole school worship led by the Worship Committee to introduce the value of the week
Tuesday 9:00am - Picture book worship
Wednesday 9:00am - Singing Worship/ Reverend Craig/ Open the Book
Thursday 9:00am - Class Worship, completing class reflection journals
Friday 9:00am - KS1/ KS2 Friday SHINE assembly led by Mrs Withers - parents are welcome to join us with these assemblies to share and celebrate their children's work and achievements with us.

Acts of worship are carefully planned around Christian Festivals and are an opportunity to help children learn about and acquire our Christian values in a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment. Every act of worship contains music, song and prayer and a quiet opportunity for reflection.

Reverend Craig visits the school every three weeks for Collective Worship and Open the Book Bible Group, also visit every month.

Parents have the right to withdraw their child from daily acts of worship. We would encourage you to discuss this with Mrs Withers, our Headteacher.

Collective Worship Policy

Collective Worship Policy

Friday SHINE Assembly

We end the week with our whole school Friday SHINE Assembly. Families are invited to join us to celebrate the achievements and successes throughout the week.

The following awards are presented each week:

Headteacher Award, Shottery Values award (to recognise children demonstrating school values, achieving something exceptional outside of school or for demonstrating exceptional behaviour) and Writing Showcase award. We also celebrate Gone Green TTRS achievements and significant Accelerated Reader awards.

Any pupil who receives a Shottery Values award, is also invited for a hot chocolate and cookie on a Friday afternoon.

Dojo Champion and some Accelerated Reader awards are celebrated in classes.

Worship Committee

Children from Year 2 to 6 applied to be in the Worship Committee. The successful applicants now take an active role in our daily collective worship - organising the seating and music and reading prayers. They review and evaluate collective worship to ensure it continues to be inclusive, inspirational and invitational, having regular meetings with Mrs Withers.

As part of their role, the children are also responsible for sharing the 'Collective Worship Journals' with their classes, where there is an opportunity each week to reflect upon the theme from Monday's assembly.