Collective Worship

St Swithun’s C of E Primary Academy’s Vision           

Love bears all things - regardless of what we need to face

Believes all things - looks for the best in every individual

Hopes all things - stays strong in belief during difficult times

Endures all things - through every circumstance

1 Corinthians 13:7

Collective Worship

Worship forms a very special part of daily life in school, whether we gather together as a whole school family or spend time together in our classes or Key Stages. It is a time to learn from Bible stories and events, share an understanding of God’s love and relate the Gospel message and its values to our everyday lives. It is also a time for prayer and reflection and an opportunity to refer to current world-wide events or issues which may, or may not, affect our lives.

we believe that it is important to develop core values by which to live and moral standards that build children's character, spiritual awareness and self-esteem.

We feel a deep responsibility to nurture and explore the core values that are shared across faiths.

We advocate the virtues of:

HOPE, FRIENDSHIP, COURAGE, THANKFULNESS, COMPASSION and CREATIVITY.

While these gifts are inclusive of human values, we anchor them into the Christian faith by relating them to the Bible through stories, readings, reflection and prayer

We are sorry that we have had to stop our new Friday Family Worship so soon after welcoming you in, but we hope that it won't be too long before we will be able to share this special time in our beautifully refurbished school hall again.

OUR SCHOOL WORSHIP - during partial school closure

• CLASS WORSHIP: During the periods of school partial closure, we are holding weekly worship within class bubbles
• WHOLE SCHOOL WORSHIP: all-age collecetive worship ideas will be posted on Class Dojo every Monday using the resources from Church@Home
•   https://www.bristol.anglican.org/covid19/continuing-to-grow-faith-at-home/ 
• and the Church of England Faith at home 
• https://www.churchofengland.org/our-faith/faith-home/i-am-parent
• Rev Ben will continue to post his You Tube weekly worship on all Class Dojo pages
• Teams WORSHIP: Each week one class will take part in a virtual worship via Teams. Please look out for your invitation which will be posted on Class Dojo

During Worship time we suggest a coloured cloth, appropriate to the season of the church year. Ths is used to create the sacred space for worship.