Collective Worship
Acts of Collective worship provide opportunities for:
- personal reflection;
- an awareness of change;
- a consideration of innermost thoughts feelings and beliefs;
- expressions of creativity and imagination;
- appreciating and valuing the feelings of others;
- appreciating and valuing the beliefs of others;
- appreciating and valuing the beliefs and practices of the Church of England;
- establishing positive school relationships(teacher/teacher, teacher/pupil, pupil/pupil) based on tolerance, acceptance and appreciation;
- exploring commitment and positive social relationships (family/work/society);
- the development of a sense of belonging;
- exploring lives, events and beliefs which exemplify qualities and universal values;
- raising awareness of the hurt caused by injustice, aggression or rejection;
- discernment of values by which to live;
- experiencing and valuing the environment;
- exploring ideas about the origin of the world and the universe;
- an awareness of the order and pattern within the natural world;
- looking for meaning and purpose in the world;
- encouraging a sense of wonder, awe and mystery in the natural worls;
- exploring how humans use language to convey inner meaning e.g. symbolism, allegory, analogy, myth, metaphor.
