Collective Worship at Chelmondiston

Whole school Collective Worship gatherings are held across the week; these include the Head Teacher's Worship , singing led by Mrs Palmer-Long and child-led assemblies (Collective Worship Leaders in Y6) as well as those led by Rev. Cannon Liesbet, other visitors and teachers. We have Picture News Worship which enable children to learn about current affairs and the world around us. Collective Worship usually takes place at 10:20am in the school hall - sometimes classes hold form assemblies in their classrooms. Each class leads a sharing assembly each term to which parents and carers are invited. 

Reverend Liesbeth Oosterhof is a regular visitor to school to lead Worship. The children visit St. Andrew's Church and the Methodist Chapel throughout the year for Easter, Harvest Festival, Remembrance and Christmas and Epiphany services. At the end of each academic year, we have a service which celebrates those children in Year Six who are moving on to secondary school.

Our collective worship consists of 4 stages:

Gathering - We welcome our school community, sometimes with a liturgical greeting.

Engaging - We have the main input of the worship. This may be a bible story, story, film clip, piece of art or Picture News feature.

Responding -This is an opportunity for reflection on the input. This may be through prayer, quiet reflection, discussion or an activity.

Sending - The close of our collective worship. This may be through a final message, song, prayer, music or litergy.