Collective Worship
At St. Martin’s C or E Primary & Nursery School, we are a Church school and we believe that Collective Worship plays a very important role in the life of our school.
It is an opportunity to celebrate all aspects of school life, to support our curriculum and to provide an opportunity for stillness and reflection in what is often a very
busy, active day for our children.
Through our daily act of collective worship we aim to:
• Provide an opportunity for thought, prayer, reflection and celebration in a caring atmosphere; through this children learn about and are nurtured in the Christian faith;
• Create a sense of school identity and of belonging to a school community which shares common experiences;
• Encompass all aspects of school life, all curriculum areas and reflect the school’s ethos;
• Show children that we are members of a wider community, both local and global;
• Encourage a care and concern for others in society and the natural world;
• Help children to develop their spirtuality, through the links to our Spirituality Rings.
Across the week, children will take part in the following acts of collective worship:
- Whole School Collective Worship (led by a member of the leadership team, Rev Jon Holder or the ICE team)
- Sung Worship
- Picture News
- Class Worship (often building upon themes from the whole school worship and allowing for more small group discussions and reflections)
- Celebration Assembly (often linked to our Christian Values and SHINE principles)