Celebration of the Word

Liturgical Prayer

Liturgical Prayer provides an important focus for the prayer life of the school and an opportunity for celebration and reflection. Mass is celebrated frequently, either as a whole school or as an individual class. We welcome parents to take part in our school Masses and non-Eucharistic celebrations.

Liturgical Prayer is central to the daily life of our school. We aim to provide opportunities for children’s spiritual growth and development through participation in all forms of prayer: formal, informal, spontaneous, private, shared, petitionary and meditative.

Pupils are actively involved in planning and leading prayer, both in class groups and whole school settings. Shared acts of worship take place in an atmosphere of reflection and stillness, where we encourage each other to listen to God speaking to us and to respond.

Gathering together in Liturgical Prayer is central to our school mission. However, parent and carers do reserve the right to withdraw his or her child from any act of Liturgical Prayer and should put his or her wishes in writing to Mrs Francesca Heslop, Headteacher.

Weekly overview

Each class celebrates Liturgical Prayer according to the Liturgical Prayer timetable.
Whole School Prayer takes place throughout the year (Eg, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week, Advent, etc.) to celebrate the liturgical calendar.
Child led Liturgical prayer is held weekly in each class.
Our parish priest is actively involved in our school and leads whole school and class masses.

Daily Prayers are shared in every class (prayers are suitable for each year group). Our little prayer booklets can be accessed here.

Little Book of Prayers EYFS and KS1

Little Book of Prayers Lower KS2

Little Book of Prayers Upper KS2

Year 2 Collective Worship

Year 2 prepared their Collective Worship. This worship was based around the theme of Peace.

Open the Book – Noah

Thank you to The Bible Society for presenting the story of Noah to the children today. God told Noah to build a big boat called an ark and then gather two of every kind of animal, one male and one female, to bring with them onto the ark. God explained that he was going to send a great flood to cleanse the earth, and the ark would keep Noah, his family, and all the animals safe.

Open the Book – Daniel and the Lions Den

We had a visit from our Open the Book team in school. Open the Book is an exciting storytelling project where Bible stories are shared with children in a way that is fun, interactive and memorable. Thank you for such a great assembly we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Stations of the Cross

Lent is a time when we reflect and try to make a change to our lives so that we are closer to God. Thank you to everyone who attended out Lenten Mass at St James Church. Father Simon commented specifically on how wonderfully behaved the children were in Church.

The Wednesday Word is offered to you as a weekly, 5 minutes Family Time Together. The Wednesday Word is a gift to our families.

Every Wednesday a ‘word’, inspired by the coming Sunday’s Gospel will be suggested for families to talk about in the home. We have structured The Wednesday Word around the Sunday Gospel, because evidence shows that Gospel values really do help family relationships to thrive. Please enjoy reading The Wednesday Word with your family.