OUR VISION FOR
Collective Worship
Worship (‘Prayer’ and ‘Liturgy’) in a Catholic school is concerned with giving glory, honour, praise and thanks to God. It is our loving response, in word and action, to God’s invitation to enter into friendship, made possible through Jesus, God’s Son, and the witness of the Holy Spirit. It is an integral part of the life of the Catholic school, putting Christ at the centre of education, helping to create and sustain the Catholic ethos, making it tangible.
Gather, Listen, Respond, Go Forth
At Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, we continually strive to offer high-quality experiences of prayer and liturgy that support pupils’ spiritual development. These communal acts of prayer and the Church’s liturgical celebrations are an integral part of daily life in our school. Every child has the opportunity to pray, offering praise and thanks to God through traditional prayers of the Catholic Church, along with various other forms of prayer that facilitate this practice. We encourage children to cultivate a relationship with God through words, symbols, song, gestures, and moments of silence.
Assembly is an essential part of our school day when we come together as a community. It provides an opportunity to share Gospel values and to emphasise the development of values and attitudes towards one another and the world around us. On Mondays, we gather for a whole school assembly, where we reflect on the Gospel read in Church on Sunday alongside our Core Values. Each week, the children gather in Key Stages for Collective Worship led by a teacher and in UPKS2, children plan and lead their own liturgical prayer. Class Assemblies are wonderful celebrations, focusing on what they have been learning about in RE, and each year group is given the opportunity to deliver theirs to the whole school and their families throughout the school year.
