Collective Worship

Collective Worship is central to the life and purposes of Eckington Church of England First School and is central to the development of its Christian foundation, vision, values and ethos.  It is rooted in our Christian Values of: Creativity, Friendship, Forgiveness, Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility which leads to our Vision:

“Rivers of living water will flow from within .” John 7:38  

 We aim to provide our pupils with a sound knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other world faiths by studying different beliefs, the expression of those beliefs, forms of worship, festivals and celebrations, life styles and moral viewpoints.   

Recognising its historic foundation, the school will preserve and develop its religious character in the principles of the Church of England and in partnership with the Church at Parish and Diocesan level. The School aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promotes Christian values through the experience it offers to all its pupils. Collective Worship unites the whole school and develops a sense of community. It is a time to celebrate the worth and value of every single person in our school.

Being part of a church school means that we are distinctively different to non-church schools as we are distinctly Christian in our approach and in our conduct. We gather together each day to take part in collective worship, where the children sing together, say a prayer and hear a Christian message. The children will also say a prayer before lunch in their classrooms and have a prayer at the end of the day and most of these prayers are written by the children themselves. We celebrate key Christian festivals in church (Harvest, Christmas and Easter) and also our Year 5 ‘Leavers Service’. We attend church for the first worship of each term which is led by Rev. Allison, however, all other church services are led by the children and parents are always invited to join us. We are pleased to have Open the Book in school every other week. All staff lead daily worship and children take an active part in this. We hope that you and your child will feel comfortable with our church school ethos which we think makes us special. Parents have the right to withdraw their child from any of these daily acts of worship following a discussion with the Headteacher.

Liturgical structure of our daily collective worship:

• Welcome and shared purpose.
• A Bible reading, song and a prayer.
• Sending out – with thoughts about how we can ‘use our learning today’.

Pentecost Experience Day

The whole school took part in a Pentecost Experience Day to explore this important festival when Christians celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the Sunday 50 days after Easter (the name comes from the Greek pentekoste, "fiftieth"). Pentecost is regarded as the birthday of the Christian church, and the start of the church's mission to the world.

The children evaluated the day as being a peaceful, reflective time and enjoyed the different aspects which were explored.   They created their own 'tweets':  #Holy Spirit ... always with you.  

Our new Worship Garden

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.  Psalms 1:2-3

Thank you Reverend Rick for blessing our new worship garden.  We listened to the reading from Genesis and thought about God's creation of our world.

Thank you to everyone in helping us to create our beautiful worship garden.  What wonderful families and friends of the school we have.

Collective Worship

Collective Worship is central to the life and purposes of Eckington Church of England First School and is central to the development of its Christian foundation, vision, values and ethos.  It is rooted in our Christian Values of: Creativity, Friendship, Forgiveness, Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility which leads to our Vision:

“Rivers of living water will flow from within .” John 7:38  

 We aim to provide our pupils with a sound knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other world faiths by studying different beliefs, the expression of those beliefs, forms of worship, festivals and celebrations, life styles and moral viewpoints.   

Recognising its historic foundation, the school will preserve and develop its religious character in the principles of the Church of England and in partnership with the Church at Parish and Diocesan level. The School aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promotes Christian values through the experience it offers to all its pupils. Collective Worship unites the whole school and develops a sense of community. It is a time to celebrate the worth and value of every single person in our school.

Being part of a church school means that we are distinctively different to non-church schools as we are distinctly Christian in our approach and in our conduct. We gather together each day to take part in collective worship, where the children sing together, say a prayer and hear a Christian message. The children will also say a prayer before lunch in their classrooms and have a prayer at the end of the day and most of these prayers are written by the children themselves. We celebrate key Christian festivals in church (Harvest, Christmas and Easter) and also our Year 5 ‘Leavers Service’. We attend church for the first worship of each term which is led by Rev. Allison, however, all other church services are led by the children and parents are always invited to join us. We are pleased to have Open the Book in school every other week. All staff lead daily worship and children take an active part in this. We hope that you and your child will feel comfortable with our church school ethos which we think makes us special. Parents have the right to withdraw their child from any of these daily acts of worship following a discussion with the Headteacher.

Liturgical structure of our daily collective worship:

• Welcome and shared purpose.
• A Bible reading, song and a prayer.
• Sending out – with thoughts about how we can ‘use our learning today’.

Pentecost Experience Day

The whole school took part in a Pentecost Experience Day to explore this important festival when Christians celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the Sunday 50 days after Easter (the name comes from the Greek pentekoste, "fiftieth"). Pentecost is regarded as the birthday of the Christian church, and the start of the church's mission to the world.

The children evaluated the day as being a peaceful, reflective time and enjoyed the different aspects which were explored.   They created their own 'tweets':  #Holy Spirit ... always with you.  

Our new Worship Garden

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.  Psalms 1:2-3

Thank you Reverend Rick for blessing our new worship garden.  We listened to the reading from Genesis and thought about God's creation of our world.

Thank you to everyone in helping us to create our beautiful worship garden.  What wonderful families and friends of the school we have.

Collective Worship

Collective Worship is central to the life and purposes of Eckington Church of England First School and is central to the development of its Christian foundation, vision, values and ethos.  It is rooted in our Christian Values of: Creativity, Friendship, Forgiveness, Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility which leads to our Vision:

“Rivers of living water will flow from within .” John 7:38  

 We aim to provide our pupils with a sound knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other world faiths by studying different beliefs, the expression of those beliefs, forms of worship, festivals and celebrations, life styles and moral viewpoints.   

Recognising its historic foundation, the school will preserve and develop its religious character in the principles of the Church of England and in partnership with the Church at Parish and Diocesan level. The School aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promotes Christian values through the experience it offers to all its pupils. Collective Worship unites the whole school and develops a sense of community. It is a time to celebrate the worth and value of every single person in our school.

Being part of a church school means that we are distinctively different to non-church schools as we are distinctly Christian in our approach and in our conduct. We gather together each day to take part in collective worship, where the children sing together, say a prayer and hear a Christian message. The children will also say a prayer before lunch in their classrooms and have a prayer at the end of the day and most of these prayers are written by the children themselves. We celebrate key Christian festivals in church (Harvest, Christmas and Easter) and also our Year 5 ‘Leavers Service’. We attend church for the first worship of each term which is led by Rev. Allison, however, all other church services are led by the children and parents are always invited to join us. We are pleased to have Open the Book in school every other week. All staff lead daily worship and children take an active part in this. We hope that you and your child will feel comfortable with our church school ethos which we think makes us special. Parents have the right to withdraw their child from any of these daily acts of worship following a discussion with the Headteacher.

Liturgical structure of our daily collective worship:

• Welcome and shared purpose.
• A Bible reading, song and a prayer.
• Sending out – with thoughts about how we can ‘use our learning today’.

Pentecost Experience Day

The whole school took part in a Pentecost Experience Day to explore this important festival when Christians celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the Sunday 50 days after Easter (the name comes from the Greek pentekoste, "fiftieth"). Pentecost is regarded as the birthday of the Christian church, and the start of the church's mission to the world.

The children evaluated the day as being a peaceful, reflective time and enjoyed the different aspects which were explored.   They created their own 'tweets':  #Holy Spirit ... always with you.  

Our new Worship Garden

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.  Psalms 1:2-3

Thank you Reverend Rick for blessing our new worship garden.  We listened to the reading from Genesis and thought about God's creation of our world.

Thank you to everyone in helping us to create our beautiful worship garden.  What wonderful families and friends of the school we have.