Worship takes place each day in school as follows:
Our School Collective Worship Policy reflects and reinforces the school’s vision. This policy demonstrates the partnership between the conduct and content of school worship and the ethos of the whole school based on the Christian values.
Selections from our Worship | Which Bible Story? What Teachings? | Hymn and / or Song |
Our Christian Value: Respect | Elisha is Jeered - 2 Kings 2:23-24 The young people made fun of Elisha’s bald head and made fun of where he was going by saying, “Go on up, you bald head.” Obviously, God was not pleased with them as He sent two bears out of the woods to kill those who made fun of Elisha. God is not pleased when we tease or pick on others. | Respect |
Epiphany - 04.01.24 | The Christian Festival of Epiphany - Matthew 2:1-12 On 6 January each year Christians celebrate Epiphany, the visit of the wise men to the baby Jesus. The wise men brought special gifts, gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Gold is a gift fit for a king, Jesus as king of the world. Frankincense is a special fragrance used by a priest. Myrrh was a sweet-smelling liquid that was rubbed gently into the skin of someone who had died. It indicated that Jesus’ death would be important. One of the things that the festival of Epiphany reveals is that God doesn’t have favourites but welcomes people from any background and any nationality. | My Lighthouse
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Candlemas - 01.02.24 | The Stories of Simeon and Anna - Luke 2:22-40 A little while after Jesus was born, Jesus was taken to the temple to be dedicated to God. At this ceremony He was named Jesus, the name the angel had told Joseph to give God’s Son. There was an old man in Jerusalem called Simeon. The Holy Spirit told Simeon to go into the temple. God had told him he would not die until he had seen the Saviour. When Simeon saw baby Jesus he was filled with joy. Simeon took Him in his arms and praised God that he had seen his Saviour. There was also a widow called Anna. She was eighty-four and worshipped in the temple all the time. When she saw Jesus, she also knew He was the promised Saviour of the world and gave thanks to God! Anna told everyone she met about Jesus that He was the answer to their prayers for salvation. | Shine from the Inside Out |
Our Termly Value: Respect 05.02.24 | Zaccheus the Tax Collector - Luke 19:1-10 One day Jesus came to town and people gathered to hear what he had to say. Zacchaeus was very small, so he climbed a tree to see better. Jesus spotted him, called him down and said that he would come to his house that very day. The people were cross that Jesus was going to spend time with someone like Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was very sorry for his behaviour and told Jesus that he would pay back all the money he had taken. Jesus forgave him. Christians believe that everyone is unique and valuable to God. Jesus saw that Zacchaeus was just as important as everyone else. Zacchaeus was then able to lead a better life and treat others the way God wanted him to. | Shine, Jesus, Shine |
Our Christian Value: Service | Jesus Washes The Disciples Feet - John 13:14 "If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them".  John 13:14–17 | Make Me A Servant |
Our Christian Value: Service | The Good Samaritan - Luke 10:25 This parable is about a traveller who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First, a Jewish Priest and then a Levite come by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveller. | Resurrection Day |
Outline of Holy Week: 14.3.24 | An Outline of Christian Events to Anticipate during Holy Week - 2024 Maundy Thursday: Christians remember it as the day of the Last Supper, when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and established the ceremony known as the Eucharist. The night of Maundy Thursday is the night on which Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Easter Sunday: Easter Sunday marks Jesus's resurrection. After Jesus was crucified on the Friday his body was taken down from the cross and buried in a cave tomb. Two days after, on the Sunday, a woman called Mary Magdalene and some of Jesus' disciples visited the tomb, only to find the boulder pushed to one side and the inside completely empty. Later that day, they found Jesus alive, and realised God had resurrected him. | You Shall Go Out With Joy |
Easter Service | Easter Service 2024 at St. Michael's Church
Welcome by Headteacher Reading by Yr.3 - Maundy Thursday: When it was time, he sat down, all the apostles with him, and he said, "You've no idea how much I look forward to eating this Passover meal with you before I enter my time of suffering... he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant written in my blood, blood poured out for you."
Reading by Yr.2 - Good Friday: It was about noon and the whole land became dark until three o'clock in the afternoon. There was no sun! The curtain in the Temple was torn into two pieces. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father, I give you my life." After Jesus said this, he died. The army officer there saw what happened. He praised God, saying, "I know this was a good man!"
Reading by Yr.4 - Easter Day: Very early on the first day of the week, the women came to the tomb where Jesus's body was laid. They brought the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away... | - Whole School: The Goodness of God - Yr.R: A Tiny Seed Was Sleeping
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Our Christian Value: Perseverance 18.4.24 | "April Shower Days" In these frequently rainy days of April it is an opportunity to reflect on perseverance as seen in the natural world around us.
Building Perseverance - Romans 5: 3-5: Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. | "Fun" by Rend Collective |
Our Christian Value: Perseverance 25.4.24 | Noah & The Ark
Retelling the story of Noah's building of the Ark, making overt references to the resilience he would have shown whilst undertaking the deed. Bible Readings from Genesis: 6:11-19; 7:17-18; 8:1; and 9:12-16 | "Fun" by Rend Collective |
Our Christian Value: Perseverance 3.5.24 | Noah & The Ark (cont.) Genesis: 6:9-22: "Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God....Noah did everything just as God commanded him." | "I am Enough" by Miss Julieann |
Our Christian Value: Appreciation 3.6.24 | Daniel & The Lion's Den
Daniel 6: "It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom...He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions."
| "Lord I Thank You" by Yancy and Little Praise Party |
Our Christian Value: Appreciation 13.6.24 | The Feeding of the Five Thousand
Jesus feeds a large multitude of people with just a few loaves of bread and fish, showcasing God’s abundant provision. After everyone had eaten and was satisfied, there were still twelve baskets of leftovers. This story teaches children to appreciate and give thanks for the blessings and miracles in their lives.
"taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20 And they all ate and were satisfied" Matthew 14:19-20 | "Thank you for Being a Friend" & "Autumn Days" |
Our Christian Value: Appreciation 20.6.24 | A Message In a Bottle A German fisherman called Konrad Fischer found a message in a bottle; it had been into the sea 101 years before. Like the message in a bottle, why do you think that some people have no choice but to go on long dangerous trips?
Story of Moses rescuing the Israelites from Egypt and the nasty King. Exodus 12:31-33: "During the night the king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Get your people out of my country and leave us alone! Go and worship the Lord, as you have asked. Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and get out. But ask your God to be kind to me.” The Egyptians did everything they could to get the Israelites to leave their country as quickly as possible. They said, “Please hurry and leave. If you don't, we will all be dead.” | |
Our Christian Value: Appreciation 24.6.24 | What Makes A Hero?
Jesus visits Capernaum and heals the paralysed man: Mark 2:1-12 tells the story of a paralyzed man who was brought to Jesus by four men123. The passage describes how the men made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven”.
Discussion about who were the heroes in this story? Were they appreciated? Anyone can be a hero in someone else's story. We must remember to appreciate them and ourselves.
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Our Christian Value: Appreciation 15.7.24 | Hannah Thanks God for a Son
Hannah's prayer of appreciation and gratitude is one of the most beautiful prayers in the Bible. Because of her faithfulness to God, He blessed her with more children.
"And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy as the Lord; for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God."
| "Thank you for Being a Friend" & "Autumn Days" |
End of Year Service at St. Michael's Curch | Service of Celebration
Opening Prayer: Rev. Pat Mann
Reading: John 14:25-27 and Jeramiah 29:11 "I have spoken all these things while I am still with you. But the father will send the friend in my name to help you. The friend is the Holy Spirit. He will teach you all things. He will remind you of everything I have said to you. I leave my peace with you. I give my peace to you. I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
Book Presentation
Prayers written and led by Pupil Chaplains
Blessing: Rev. Pat Mann |
"My Lighthouse"
"Our God is a Great Big God"
"Every Step of the Way"
"One Moment, One People" |