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WORSHIP & SPIRITUALITY

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Our Vision

As a loving community, our vision is to nurture each individual in our care, giving them the skills, resilience and hope to succeed and flourish, both academically and spiritually, in God’s ever changing world.

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Our vision influences the spirit of our school and the policies and practices within it. We believe that spirituality is a core thread that runs through our school and we attach great importance to it for both children’s development and for the growth and well-being of all within our school community.

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Spirituality

 

We aim for children, and adults, to grow in their ability to:

  • be guided by their beliefs and values and be willing to take a stand to defend them

  • be self-aware and empathise with the experience of others in the school and wider community

  • love themselves, care for themselves, believe in their potential to achieve, and find inner strength and resilience when facing challenges

  • exercise imagination and creativity, appreciate beauty in the world and be alive to experiences of awe and wonder

  • be intrigued by mystery and be open to an awareness of the transcendent in the whole of life

  • be comfortable with stillness and silence and open to engage in reflection/meditation/prayer

  • be ready to say sorry when mistakes are made, to forgive themselves and to forgive others

  • be willing to take risks and to reflect, learn and grow following experiences of failure as well as success

  • demonstrate curiosity and open mindedness when exploring life’s big questions

  • appreciate and be thankful for what is good in life like friends and family, and show generosity towards others

 

Our working definition of ‘spirituality’

As a staff and governor team, we have agreed on a definition of spiritual development in our school community to support us as we talk about spirituality.

 

Spirituality is an awareness of mystery and its value to human flourishing.

Collective Worship at Selattyn

Collective Worship at Selattyn C. of E. Primary School plays an essential part in the life of our school.

It offers the whole school community opportunities to experience and reflect on the work, worth and worship of our school.

This is set within the context of the corporate community of our school which values individuality and affirms every individual’s unique contribution, regardless of age, sex, ability, background or religion.

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Our worship themes focus on Christian Values, shown below, along with key areas of reflection.

We focus on a new value approximately each term and we use the 'Roots and Fruits' collective worship materials.

Courage

  • Stepping out of your comfort zone

  • Doing the right thing, not the easy thing

  • Facing a challenge

  • Overcoming fear

  • Encouraging others

Respect

  • Remembering to pray for others

  • Valuing difference

  • Valuing others as we would like to be valued

  • Valuing special places

  • Valuing different opinions

Perseverance

  • Running the race of life

  • Keeping going against all the odds

  • Doing the right thing

  • Meeting a personal challenge

  • Encouraging others to keep going

Trustfulness

  • Telling the whole story

  • Living without lies

  • Making the right choices

  • Searching for the truth

  • Having the courage to be honest

Forgiveness

  • Wiping the slate clean

  • Turning over a new leaf

  • Forgiving others as God has forgiven you

  • Beginning again

  • Putting the past behind us

Thankfulness

  • Thanking God for people who help us

  • Praising God in creation

  • Remembering to say thank you

  • Giving thanks even when times are difficult

  • Counting your blessings

Justice

  • Treating people fairly

  • Making wise decisions

  • Seeing God’s love in action

  • Seeing the whole picture

  • Keeping God’s rules

Generosity

  • Loving others as we love ourselves

  • Giving sacrificially

  • Giving cheerfully

  • Caring for creation

  • Giving our time

Service

  • Using our talents to serve

  • Receiving as well as giving

  • Giving with no strings attached

  • Looking at the heart

  • Living for others

Trust

  • Knowing our friends will support us

  • Knowing Jesus is with us in stormy seas

  • Standing on God’s promises

  • Being trustworthy, not gossiping

  • Trusting God

Friendship

  • Sticking together

  • Encouraging one another

  • Supporting one another

  • Making time for each other

  • Learning to listen

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