Collective Worship: Our gathering time

At Nacton, we call collective worship 'our gathering time.' This is held daily with all children coming together as a school community in our school hall, except for when we meet together in our classes.  Our gatherings are carefully planned and led. They are designed to be inclusive and inviting to people of Christian faith, other faiths and no faith. 

Our collective worship consists of 4 stages:

Gathering

We welcome our school community with a liturgical greeting and the lighting of the candle. 

Engaging

We have the main input of the worship. This may be a bible story, story, film clip, piece of art, drama etc. 

Responding

This is an opportunity for reflection on the input. This may be through prayer, quiet reflection, discussion or an activity.

Sending

The close of our collective worship. This may be through a final message, song, prayer, music, liturgy. 

Arrangements for the act of collective worship are made by the school in accordance with the requirements of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, as amended. Parents and carers may, if they so wish, withdraw their children from the arrangements for collective worship. Such requests should be made to the head teacher in writing. Pupils withdrawn from collective worship will normally remain in a classroom and prepare for the day’s activities under the supervision of a teacher.