Prayer

In school we pray in lots of different ways:

• There are regular prayer services in classrooms, led by both staff and pupils.
• All classrooms have prayer areas that include liturgical images, artefacts and prayers.
• Children's own prayers are offered at Mass.
• Time and opportunities are given for personal prayer time (especially during Advent and Lent).
• All assemblies and gatherings in school have a religious and prayer focus for the whole community.

We also work hard to include families in the prayer life of our school. We do this by:

• Encouraging parents and families to attend Masses, assemblies and collective worship.
• Sending prayer bags home containing specific liturgical materials for families to share prayer time together.

Chaplaincy Team

At our school, we have a fabulous Chaplaincy Team who contribute to our Catholic Life ethos.  These children applied for their position and were chosen to be role models in our faith.  

As a team we have:

• Led voluntary prayer sessions during our break times
• Set up The Stations of the Cross outside in our school grounds
• Proposed plans to develop a Key Stage 2 Prayer area
• Raised money to purchase plants and soil for the Prayer Garden on KS2.
• Led collective worship for the whole of Key Stage 2
• Monitored our classroom prayer areas
• Organised the appeal for Asylum Seekers in our local area
• Led the Crowning of Mary procession
• Carried out pupil interviews about prayer and liturgy.
• Helped to plan a MAC Collective Worship held at our school.