Collective Worship Policy – Sept 2025
Planning – Autumn 2 – 2026
Our Value for this half term is Compassion
Songs this term will be from the Nativity
Week 2 – Who are our governors and what do they do?
Planning – Autumn 1 – 2026
Our Value for this half term is Respect
Thank you Lord for this new day – Come and praise 1
The Lord is my shepherd – Come and praise 2
Week 1 – What is a Well Dressing?
Week 2 – How can we respect and protect God’s world?
Week 3 -How can we show respect?
Week 4 – Why do we say prayers in school?
Week 6 – Why is it important to respect ourselves?
Week 7 – Why is it important that we respect and care for all God’s creatures?
Planning – Summer Term – 2026
Week 1 – Who trusts me and who do I trust?
Week 2 – How trustworthy are you?
Week 3 – How can we show trust in God?
Week 4 – How can I be a good friend?
Week 5 – Mental Health Awareness Week – How am I feeling today?
Planning – Spring Term 2 – 2026
Week 2 – What is fair and unfair?
Week 3 – How can we stand up for others who are treated unfairly?
Week 4 – How does the Bible teach us about justice?
Planning – Spring Term 1 – 2026
Week 1 – Truth – When is Epiphany and how is it celebrated?
Week 2 – What does the value of truth mean?
Week 3 – Why is it important to choose the truth and be honest?
Week 4 – Why should we stand up for the truth?
Week 5 – How can we change when we see the whole truth?
Week 6 – Who made me? – asking big questions
Planning Autumn Term 2 – 2025
Week 2 – What is Remembrance Day?
Week 3 – How can small actions make a big difference?
Week 4 – Why is it important to receive as well as give?
Week 5 – What do the candles on the Advent wreath represent?
Week 6 – What happens when the Angel visits Mary?
These Home School Values will help explore aspects of your faith together.
Home School Values – Compassion
In- school Collective Worship:
All children take part in a daily act of Collective Worship. As a church school we follow a Christian calendar of festivals and national themes such as Anti-Bullying Week and the Coronation.
Our act of Worship is an important part of the day and the content reflects the schools Christian Values whilst acknowledging the wider world. Time is spent listening, singing, praying and reflecting. All members of the teaching staff lead Collective Worship. It is planned on a value from Values for Life/ Roots and Fruits (Imaginor).
Within Collective Worship the children are given the opportunity to reflect not only on the subject matter within the Collective Worship but also on current events throughout the world. This provides a safe environment for the children to consider and empathize with people and communities who are less fortunate than themselves, or who have suffered in unforeseeable events.
Some of the children are selected to be on a small worship team where they plan and deliver a collective worship on the current value for life. This will include songs, prayers, stories and other activities chosen by the worship team.
A weekly prayer leader from Class 1 and Class 2 is chosen to lead the daily prayers. TSP (Thank you, Sorry, Please) prayers are used as a template for child-led prayers.
A worship table/ board in the hall reflects the current value for life with prompts / questions and objects.
External visitors for Collective Worship:
Representatives from the local church are invited to take part or lead our Worships. Parents/carers and members of the wider community are also invited to attend Worships every term. The children themselves requested that they present samples of their work and take a greater leadership role as part of these Worships, which are hosted in St Giles Church. To maintain the link between the school and church, the Parish Vicar is invited to attend these Celebration Worships to take an active role. Our Foundation Governors, as the representatives from the Diocese, are also invited.
Parents/Carers wishing their child/children to be withdrawn from all religious education and Collective Worship should contact the Headteacher.
Once a term we welcome M.A.S.T. (Matlock Area Schools Trust), who present Bible Stories to the children using puppetry. Our Benefice Vicar visit will take services either in school or in the church.
