Collective Worship
At St George’s we use the Rochester Diocesan Collective Worship planning which is adapted and changed to meet the needs of our school. This ensures that there is a shared understanding of the long and short term planning of worship and this enables continuity.
Worship consists of 4 stages:
- Gather – we welcome the community with the lighting of a candle and sharing the peace
- Engage –a Bible reading, followed by an activity to engage pupils with the Christian message
- Respond – pupils, for discuss, share, reflect and pray
- Send – we close with a final prayer and a blessing. Collective Worship ends with the blowing out of the candle.
Collective Worship Schedule:
| Monday | Years 1-3 in the hall, the rest of the school conduct collective worship in class |
| Tuesday | Years 4-6 in the hall, the rest of the school conduct collective worship in class |
| Wednesday | Spinnaker deliver collective worship |
| Thursday | We alternate between class collective worship and Father Henry delivering collective worship for Years 1-3 and Years 4-6 |
| Friday | We alternate fortnightly between class collective worship and specialist visitors delivering collective worship |
Each class has Collective Worship Leaders who help plan and lead Collective Worship for their class and the wider school.