Collective-Worship-Overview
Prayer, worship and liturgical celebration are central to our Catholic tradition and form an integral part of the school day. Prayer is encouraged in a variety of methods; – private individual prayer, group prayer, and whole school prayer.
Our faith teaches us that God loves us and wants to have a relationship with us. Our relationship with God is built up through our worship of him – the time spent talking and listening to him. Liturgy and prayer at St Ursula’s aims to enable children to live their lives to the fullest, through deepening their faith and developing a personal relationship with God. We do this through the creative story based worship resources of Ten:Ten and the Wednesday Word that are rooted at Church’s teachings.
Our School community takes part in a daily act of worship (5-10 minutes) and formal prayers are used to open and close the school day sessions. The children also plan and lead acts of worship within each of their classes on a Thursday.
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Prayer, worship and Liturgy celebration |
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Gospel Assembly
Staff meeting
Staff Training |
Hymn Singing |
Wednesday Word |
Thursday morning liturgies led by our ‘Faith in Action’ pupils |
Friday Achievement Assembly
Headteacher Newsletter
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Termly Governor Meetings Termly Year group Newsletter Termly Year group Assemblies Termly RE Newsletter Monthly Prayer written by ‘Faith in Action’ group Monthly Ten:Ten Newsletter Year Group Masses Parent Ten:Ten Portal Parent Workshops Parent Coffee Mornings Whole School Masses are celebrated on Holy Days of Obligation and special Feast Days and Celebrations |
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Collective Worship structure (The 4 Ws):
Prayer and liturgy follows a call and response structure. God calls to us and we respond to him. When God speaks to us in his words (scripture), it is the response of the heart to respond with love whether that be a prayer of praise, adoration, thanks giving, repentance or intercession.
When this conversation with God happens within the formal liturgy of the Church, this pattern is repeated back and forth. We want to support our children in understanding the call and response pattern. Icons are used to help our pupils understand the call and response pattern during the prayer time in assemblies and in their classroom.
Welcome (Gather) - We gather together. We use candles and other religious artefacts to show we are preparing for worship.
Word (listen) - We listen to scripture.
Worship (Response) - We respond to the reading with prayer.
Witness (Mission) - We choose a way to go forth, sharing the Good News and following God's mission in our everyday lives.
St Ursula’s Prayer and Liturgy is guided by the Collective Worship Programme from Ten:Ten. This programme allows pupils to immerse themselves in stories that change hearts and minds and shows that Jesus’ stories are just as relevant today as they were when he told them.
Collective worship takes place each day at St Ursula’s. The term ‘Collective worship’ is used by the government and whilst it is commonly used in schools, it is not a phrase that is necessarily part of Church’s traditions. As Catholics when we use the term collective worship we are really referring to the huge variety and richness in the tradition of Prayer and Liturgy. Collective worship is more than a statutory requirement – it changes lives!
Physical resources are both in-class and centrally-based. All classes have access to quality Bibles, suited to the ages and needs of the class. There are a variety of books, posters, artefacts and ICT software to support collective worship.