Daily Worship is a central part of school life at St Thomas', and all staff and children are encouraged to worship in a variety of ways, through words, prayer, dance, singing or everyday actions and responses. Collective worship happens daily and individuals also have the opportunity to worship, to reflect, to pray and to put their own responses to worship in action throughout the day.
The Worship Leaders, supported by our Shine Council, work to plan interesting and engaging worship plans. The plan draws on a number of resources and offers a wide range of topics, covering important themes in the Bible, Christian values, important religious times of year and current events. Children in school, through their elected class Shine Councillors, are encouraged to share their views on school worship and to help share ideas to ensure that worship is relevant, accessible and engaging for the whole community.
Our usual worship pattern:
- Monday sets the weekly theme for the whole school, and is usually led by the Headteacher.
- Tuesday is Praise and Prayer worship - worshipping God through music, song, and prayer.
- Wednesday's worship is usually led by our Deputy Head or our Vicar, a member of St Thomas' Church or Clergy from another local Church.
- Thursday is a class worship where children reflect on “Big Questions”, usually using the Picture News resource reflecting on current affairs and relevent themes.
- Friday's worship is our Achievers Assembly, where children are rewarded with certificates marking achievements and effort across the week and we also have an opportunity to celebrate the children’s achievements outside of school. Parents, carers and families are also invited to share in this worship with us.
At certain times of the year, our worship is led by groups of children and our Shine Council. We also invite our whole school community to join us as we share in worship at St Thomas' Church at key points in the Christian calendar such as Christmas and Easter.
Take a look at some of our acts of worship
Our amazing puppeteer team regularly enhance our worship with their own unique 'spin' on some of our favourite songs. They took part in the KS2 Carol Service and stole the show with their version of 'This Little Light of Mine'. What a talented bunch they are!
Year 3 lead our school in our Harvest Worship. We collect tins, packets and produce for our local Foodbank. Mr Bennet, one of our Foundation Governors, collected them from us and share these with St Thomas' Church and then passes them onto the Foodbank in our own town. Our Y6 Prefects help with this collection.