Prayer & Liturgy

The school holds collective worship regularly throughout the week; through school assemblies as well as in class. Our Parish priest celebrates Masses with the children. The children are involved in preparing these celebrations themselves and parents/carers are warmly invited to attend and share the children’s work and worship with them.

Prayer and Liturgy gives us:

• A sense of special time
• A sense of special place
• The intention of focusing on matters of worth ‘beyond the everyday’
• A sense of occasion.

Times of Prayer and Liturgy are educational, planned learning experiences. They contribute to the education of the pupils and facilitate spiritual growth and respect of each other’s religious beliefs and practices. This may be done by evoking the sense of beauty, awe, wonder or feelings of pride, pity, sharing or by exploring the spirituality of life and experience.

The school children attend the Parish Mass once a week . Classes attend in rotation with each class from Reception to 6 leading a Mass once per term. Masses for the whole school occur on Holidays of Obligation and are celebrated in the Parish Church. Parents and the wider community are invited to attend all Masses. Each classroom has its own prayerful corner and daily prayers are said in the classrooms.

During Assemblies we support the children in discovering their Faith. Liturgical events such as Easter, Christmas, and Holidays of Obligation are celebrated and explained to the children. Current world events are explored. Prayer forms part of each assembly.  Successes are celebrated during Friday Merit assemblies.

Each class leads an assembly once a term sharing their work and dedicating prayer for their own intentions. Parents and Carers are invited to attend.