Collective Worship

Collective worship is central to the life of Sir Robert Geffery’s School. Worship offers the children and others in our school an opportunity to reflect on values and issues in the context of our Christian vision and ethos. It is an expression of our vision and shapes our approach to others and to what we do in school. We warmly invite all members of our school community to join our worship.

There is a daily collective act of worship for children in school. This can take the form of whole school worship assemblies, singing and hymn assemblies and class assemblies and prayer time. Prayers and worship can be led by staff and by the children.

Worship is planned to learn about our SRG Christian Values (e.g. love and friendship), to learn from role model examples of these values and discuss what they mean for us at school and in the wider world. Whole school worship and class worship can also include readings and stories from the Bible. We take opportunities within worship and across different subjects in the curriculum to highlight and discuss moments and feelings that as individuals we might describe as spiritual. Assemblies also link our values and worship to British Values. All of our worship is invitational (children can choose to pray if they want to join) and inclusive (all faiths and none are included). Some of the things that children have said about their worship:

“I feel peaceful when we’re in worship.”

“It’s nice and quiet and I can think.”

“Even though I’m not sure what I believe yet, I like the kindness in the prayer time.”

“The assemblies help remind me to keep being kind to each other.”

There are also special services throughout the year for which we attend the Landrake village church of St Michael’s. These include:

These Services are open for attendance by parents and friends of every denomination or of no denomination. The school encourages understanding and respect for those from different cultures in our society through our Religious Education curriculum and Personal Social Health and Economic education curriculum.