Collective Worship

Our whole school collective worship each day is centred around our 12 Christian values from the resource Roots and Fruits. The children at St Margaret's Primary chose the values they felt were the most important, and the top three were Perseverance, Respect and Friendship.

This term we are focussing on Friendship in our Monday whole school collective worship and our Wednesday church services.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

'Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labour: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.'

The Golden Rule instructs us to treat others with the same respect, kindness, and fairness that we desire for ourselves. Respecting others involves considering their feelings, needs, and well-being in our interactions.

Pupil Worship leaders

Some of our Upper Key stage two children have become Pupil worship leaders, meaning they are involved in the planning, delivery and evaluation of our Whole school collective worship, hold serving roles in our church services and support the spiritual development of their peers in other ways too, for example helping to plan one of our Soul Space reflection days.

Soul Space

Once per term, every class visits Soul Space, which is held in the Garrett Memorial Hall next door to our school. This involves taking part in different reflective activities, to get us to think about our view of the world, our part to play and how we can impact those around us and bigger questions about faith and our existence.

Some of our previous Soul Space questions have been:  What do you have in your life that you are thankful for? What gifts do you have that you could share with others? How would you feel if you saw an angel?

Our most recent Easter-themed Soul Space was run through activities and reflections held in our classrooms and  encouraged us to put ourselves in the position of some of the characters in the Easter story.

St Margaret’s School Prayer

In our collective worship times, we pray together. Sometimes we pray the Lord's Prayer, sometimes our pupil worship leaders or members of staff write prayers which we share, sometimes we are encouraged to say our own prayers and sometimes we say the St Margaret's School prayer together:

Father God,

Thank you for this day

And as we work, rest and play,

Help us not to fear

And to know that you are near.

Help us to do what is right,

And be bold and shine your light.

Thank you for this day,

Be with us we pray.

Amen.

Other Support

Mrs Barnes is our School Chaplain. 

We work alongside St Margaret’s Church and Revd Sarah Geileskey and Rev Helen lead our Wednesday morning church services.

More details of the church can be found at https://www.stmargaretsipswich.org.uk/.