Church School

“Let your light shine” Matthew 5:16 

Worship at Welshampton

Collective worship is often referred to as the beating heart of a church school as it offers a wonderful opportunity for all members of the community to meet together, explore issues together, think through questions together, and respond to others and, for some, to God. At Welshampton Church of England Primary School, this is no different.

We are committed to offering high quality collective worship, recognising and valuing collective worship as central to fostering a sense of 'togetherness' and to expressing the school’s Christian vision -

"Let Your Light Shine!" Matthew 5:16.

Collective worship in our school is inclusive, invitational and inspiring and intentionally ensures that Collective Worship enables pupils and adults to flourish spiritually.

Inclusive

We aim to offer children the opportunity, without compulsion, to discuss and reflect on their own spirituality.

Invitational

We offer everyone the opportunity to engage in collective worship, whilst allowing the freedom for those of other faiths and none to be present with integrity.

Inspirational

We aim to ensure that worship is creative and inspires children, through music, liturgy, stories and reflection time.

We aim to develop children’s appreciation of the variety of traditions, globally, in the Anglican and Methodist Church.

Individual Worship Design

At the start of every Worship, we invite the whole community to worship with us through the words:

'The Lord is here, His spirit is with us'.

Throughout the worship, we use the template of 'windows, mirrors and doors' to encourage reflection: a mirror to help children see themselves; a door to help them open up to others and a window to help them find a place in the world.

We wholeheartedly endorse this philosophy and support children in understanding their relationships with themselves, each other and the world. Everyday, we join together through Collective Worship to share these Christian values with our children to help them find their place in the world.

Worship Rota

We have a clear Worship rota that ensures even coverage of our vision, core values and termly value, as well as collaboration with the local community. 

Monday - Values Worship

Tuesday - Picture News Worship

Wednesday - Clergy Worship

Thursday - Songs of Praise

Friday - Celebration Worship

Celebrating Achievement

Each Friday, children’s achievements are celebrated and parents are encouraged to share outside achievements for us to recognise during Friday Celebration Worship.

The celebration worship recognises all children not just those who achieve academic success. Children are nominated by their teachers, peers and the headteachers awards link to our Christian values. It's about children seeing success and this motivates them to model our values. Every child at Welshampton should have their time to shine and their efforts celebrated by the school community.

There is a whole school worship everyday at Welshampton. All staff and children share in this special time and enjoy the variety of forms it takes.