Collective Worship is central to life at Cragside and is underpinned by our vision to ‘Let your light shine…’ We encourage all members of our school community to do this by looking in at themselves, looking out towards the others and looking up towards God and/or something beyond the physical. We end each act of worship by saying we will ‘Look In, Look Out and Look Up as we Shine Bright today.’ While reflecting on how each worship session will help us to achieve this by putting our beliefs into action to create change for ourselves and others. At Cragside, we recognise the key part worship can play in providing members of our school community with a firm foundation of values, beliefs and social conscience. This is an inherent part of the whole school ethos and is underpinned through daily acts of worship where we seek to explore life’s big questions about spirituality and faith. Our collective worship times are fully inclusive and all children are encouraged to think and reflect on the theme being conveyed in a way that is meaningful for them.
Our central aims of Collective Worship are:
To be inclusive, invitational and inspiring
To develop spiritually as a whole school community and as individuals
To provide opportunities to experience, reflect on and respond to our world and out place in it by looking in, looking out and looking up
To be consistent with the faith and practice of the Anglican Church by following the liturgical year and being distinctly Christian
To provide our pupils with regular opportunities for stillness, reflection and prayer
To explore big questions about spirituality and faith
To explore the teachings of Jesus and the Bible and think about how they are relevant in our life as a school
To promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
To celebrate the worth every member of this school community including the sharing our gifts and talents with others
To ensure the our vision and ethos are central to the life of the school and have a real and meaningful impact on all our lives
To help children develop respect and understanding of the nature and language of Anglican Christian worship
To help children develop respect and sensitivity to the beliefs and values of others
To create in all a sense of belonging.
To provide children with opportunities to put their faith into action.
Collective Worship Pupil Voice
Year 4- ‘we always start with a song. It makes me happy, happy, happy and energised for the day.’
Year 4 – ‘It makes me feel closer to God and Jesus.’
Year 3 – ‘It makes me feel calm.‘
Year 4- ‘It makes me feel more forgiving and to want to help the world to keep it how Jesus made it.’
Year 3 – ‘We think about people who are kind which makes me learn that I need to be kind.’
Reception – ‘I enjoy singing and dancing, it’s fun.’
Year 6 – ‘It teaches me about being respectful and the Bible and without collective worship the school would be chaos.’
Year 1 – ‘I enjoy making friends with who you sit next to in other classes.’
Year 2 – ‘The singing is joyful.’
Year 4- ‘I enjoy it when we talk about Jesus, who used his life to make the world kind to other people.’
Year 6- ‘It is different from being in your class.’
Year 5- ‘When it is singing worship, everyone in the class jumps for joy.’
Year 5- ‘It makes you think about other people.’
Year 5- ‘It teaches us about the past and how the whole world became like it is now.‘
Year 6- ‘When you go into Collective worship the songs make you feel calm and happy.’
Policies
| collective-worship Policies | Download |
| Collective Worship Policy 2024 | Download |
Documents
Collective Worship 2024-2025
| collective-worship-2024-2025 Documents | Download |
| Collective Worship Autumn Term 1 - 2024 | Download |
| Collective Worship Autumn Term 2 - 2024 | Download |
| SIAMS report 2017 | Download |
| Collective Worship Spring Term 1 - 2024-2025 | Download |
Collective Worship 2023-2024
| collective-worship Documents | Download |
| School Prayers | Download |
| Collective Worship Autumn 1 | Download |
| Collective Worship Autumn 2 | Download |
| Collective Worship Spring 1 | Download |
| Collective Worship Spring 2 | Download |
| Collective Worship Summer 1 | Download |
| Collective Worship Summer 2 | Download |
