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Collective Worship

At Chelford CE Primary School, pupils come together on a daily basis to celebrate collective worship. This plays a key part in helping to build pupils' spiritual development, regardless of their own religious beliefs or views. 

As a Church school, we use Bible stories along with stories and celebrations of different faiths, current affairs and world events to help to instil the values we hold dear and develop pupils' personal, social and emotional skills. 

Our collective worship schedule is outlined below:

  • Monday: Introduction of the BIG Question and exploration of a specific theme: Mr Brady
  • Tuesday: Song / hymn celebration: Mrs Thwaites / Mr Scarterfield
  • Wednesday: Bible study: Mrs Jones
  • Thursday: Class worship - children bring their ideas to the BIG question posed in Monday's session
  • Friday: Celebration - Praise Awards

 

The BIG Question (Mondays and Thursdays)

Each Monday, Mr Brady will share a theme or resource with children. This may be a motivational video, Bible story, personal experience, story of an inspiring individual or recent news event. At the end of the worship, a BIG Question - relating to the worship - will be posed for children to contemplate. 

Each Thursday, following opportunities for reflection, children will come together in their classes to discuss Monday's BIG Question and offer their own ideas and thoughts. Working in classes ensures that children and teachers can lead a more age-appropriate response to the prompt, thus enabling children to gain more from their shared thoughts and opinions.  

The themes to be explored this half term through the BIG Question are identified below: 

 

Week beginning

Theme

Big Question

9th September

Teamwork

What can we learn from the Lessons of the Geese and how can this help us?

16th September

Our theologically-rooted vision

How do we help build a loving, nurturing family at Chelford CE Primary School?

23td September

Harvest festival

Why is it important to support local food banks?

30th September

Forgiveness

Why is forgiveness such an important part of healing?

7th October

Leadership

What makes a good leader?

14th October

Forgiveness

How does asking for forgiveness enable you to forgive others?

21st October

Humility

Why is it important to show humility to others and to be thankful of what we have?

HALF TERM

4th November

Diwali

What can we learn from the Hindu Festival of Light?

11th November

Children in Need

What can we do to help those who most need our support?

18th November

Prejudice

How do we form our opinions of others and how can this be unfair?

27th November

Advent

How does Advent help to prepare Christians for Christmas and the coming of Christ?

2nd December

Generosity

How can we show greater generosity to others?

9th December

Christmas

Why is giving more important than receiving at this special time of the year?