Collective Worship – All Saints C.E. First School

At our Church school, Collective Worship is a special time where we come together to celebrate God’s love and deepen our understanding of the Christian faith. Rooted in our school’s vision of “shining with Jesus,” we encourage all children to develop spiritually and to embody our core values of courage, compassion, and curiosity. Through stories, songs, activities, and prayer, we aim to nurture their spiritual growth and foster a respect for the beliefs of others.

The Christian values we promote during worship—courage to live with integrity, compassion for those around us, and curiosity about the world and faith—are important lessons for all our pupils, regardless of their background. We believe that Collective Worship strengthens the sense of belonging within our school community. While parents have the right to withdraw their children from these services, we encourage full participation to foster unity and shared values.

We are blessed to receive support from our wider church community. Clergy and members such as Steph Johnson, Jordan Lambert, Rev. Margaret Sherwin, and the “Open the Book” team regularly lead our worship, enriching the spiritual life of our school.

There are many opportunities for parents, family and friends to join the school in Collective Worship. These include our special whole school and class led services at school and in Church such as Christmas, Harvest, Mothering Sunday and Easter. We also hold a Carol Service each year where families and staff come together to worship at this special Christian time.

We start our week with Open the Book on Monday mornings, led by the team. It is great to start the week! We have worship in the hall the other days of the week, and finish the week with celebration worship together as a family. Class led Worship and Festivals such as Christmas and Easter etc. take place and dates for these events can be found in the school events calendar and on newsletters.

AllSaintsWorshipPlan2024-2025

Area/Theme	Autumn1	Autumn 2	Spring1	Spring2	Summer1	Summer2
Focus Value	Courage	Courage	Compassion	Compassion	Curiosity	Curiosity
Associated Values	Perseverance and Resilience	Trust and Teamwork	Generosity and Faithfulness	Forgiveness and Service	Creativity and Patience	Hope and Thankfulness
Key Christian Calendar Themes	Creation/Harvest	Advent/Christmas	Epiphany	Lent/Easter	Pentecost	Time of New Beginnings
Courageous Advocacy Theme	Harvest	Reverse Advent Calendar	Toilet Twinning	The Lent Give	Toilet Twinning	Toilet Twinning
Spirituality Focus	Understanding Prayer	Understanding Prayer	Development of Prayer Spaces	Development of Prayer Spaces	Build Prayer Spaces	Build Prayer Spaces
Other Key Events and dates	International day of peace 21^st September 24 Black History Month October World Mental Health Day 10^th October 24	Remembrance day 11^th November 24 Children in Need 15^th November 24 World Toilet Day 19^th November 24 Road safety week 19^th-25^th November 24 Advent 1^st December 24	Martin Luther King Day 20^th January 25 National Handwriting Day 23^rd January 25 NSPCC Number Day 7^th February 25 Safer internet day 11^th February 25	Shrove Tuesday 4^th March 25 World book day 6^th March 25 Mothering Sunday 30^th March 25	Earth day 22^nd April 25 VE day 8^th May 25	World environment day 5^th June 25 Father’s Day 15^th June 25 World refugee day 20^th June 25 NHS birthday 5^th July 25