Collective Worship

 

         

a tree is known by its fruit

In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells us that a tree is known by its fruit.  This is what we choose to be judged by as a school; the hard work we put into growing great young people and the way in which this bares fruit in their successes – both now and in the future. 

This is the page for you to join us in our Collective Worship. During Covid19 Lockdown's we posted new videos on a Monday and Friday. You can still see some of these by clicking on the videos in the drop down. 

We use Roots and Fruits for our collective worship. Roots and Fruits provides creative collective worship for primary schools based in Christian values themes over a period of two years. Rooted in Bible teaching, twelve Christian values represent the fruit that grows as the teaching is lived out in everyday life.

Here is an summary of what we have been learning about in our worship time. If you click on the links you can watch some of the videos we have used in our exploration of each value. 

Summer Term 1

This term we have been exploring our Rights and Responsibilities

During our assembly times we have looked at the Human Rights and Responsibilities. We have looked at the War in Ukraine and considered how we should treat each other. We have explored how we all have the right to learn and have explored how the UN have developed The Rights of the Child. We have examined how we can help others who may be suffering from lonliness, linked to the focus of Mental Heath week and have discussed our responsibility to help and include those around us.

On Monday 23rd May, we were visited by Lauren from Morecambe Bay Eco Trust who presented an informative and interactive assembly about litter - specifically litter found on out local beaches. The children worked in their school teams and explored the length of time that various pieces of litter took to erode. Every child thought about our responsibilities and we made a school pledge to recycle more trash. In worship we talked about God's creation and our repsonsiblity to look after it for ourselves and future generations. 

We have been thinking about what it means to persevere and why it is a really important skill. We have looked at what we are good at and thought hard about what we'd like to be better at. We discussed how people of faith look for strength when they are struggling to achieve their goals or want life to improve. 

 

We learnt about Jeremiah and how he had to persevere to share God's word. 

In our relection time, we considered what we had learnt about persevering and related it back to people we had learnt about who fought for justice and had to persevere. 

 

 

Chritmas and Advent

We performed an amazing Nativity Play at the Methodist Church. Every child in the school took part to tell the story of the birth of Jesus.

 

During Advent we worked with St Oswald's Church to narrate the Christmas story as part of their Interactive Nativity Journey. Several children from classes 2, 3 and 4 recorded the story, which was used to narrate You Tube videos. 

These videos can be accessed by clicking on the links below. 

Welcome  https://youtu.be/TnZ5Tc-OzKc

1.Gabriel visits Mary  https://youtu.be/rjcb-F7LEso

2.Mary visits Elizabeth https://youtu.be/kl762si6xy8

3.Gabriel visits Joseph   https://youtu.be/XuzKa_Fw9oM

4.The emperor’s new taxes  https://youtu.be/0L3HyUoZ7CU

5.The journey to Bethlehem  https://youtu.be/yPFYJuihBuM

6.No room!   https://youtu.be/0P-zSme0UPI

7.Jesus is born  https://youtu.be/cbg6MFnUOUM

8.Good news for the shepherds   https://youtu.be/KdVeh0bheAs

9.Just as promised  https://youtu.be/nIllnZj-Jgk

10.God’s gift to you https://youtu.be/ApPiw_kByIY

 

Our second value of the year is Justice

We have been learning all about what Justice means and how we can make sure we strive for it in our lives. We looked at the lives of two fighters for justice - Marcus Rashford and Rosa Parks 

Their stories show is that when we think something is not just - we must stand in the gap and be the difference. 

Marcus used his experience to stand up for those who had less. He made sure children had the food they needed and deserved. 

Rosa used her life experience and dislike of injustice to start a change which ended segregation. 

           

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iQVMWGE3_s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyHZ8rbJQUQ

 

We learnt what the Bible says about Justice

In St Paul's second letter to the people in Corinth, he wrote: "Our purpose is to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of one another."  He wrote this to them because he wanted everyone to be treated fairly and with justice. 

God's idea of justice is that everyone is equal in His view, because his love is so generous. Jesus reminds us that we should be grateful for what we have and never be jealous if we think others have more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSBhsEoKYvY

In our Collective Worship time we have discussed how:

• jumping to conclusions can mean we do not treat others fairly
• deciding what is the right thing to do can be difficult
• sometimes life is complicated and there can be two sides to any arguement or discussion
• being fair doesn't always mean that everyone gets the same
• we can be the change if we see injustice

     

 

 

Our first value was of the year is Trust

               

We learnt that:

The Bible tells us that: "Two people are better than one...If one person falls, the other can reach out to help." - Ecclesiastes 4

We learnt how the disciples had to learn to trust Jesus and how he calmed the storm by simply saying, "Peace be Still"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYLHqdSO9OY

We also learnt about total trust. Daniel loved God so much that he trusted that he would be kept safe in the Lion's Den. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEM_X25DWPk

 

In our Collective Worship time we learnt how to be trusted and how it feels to trust others: 

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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