See how other schools are bringing their acts of collective worship to life, some through the use of ICT, others through involving pupils in an innovative way.

Acts of Collective Worship

Using ICT and visual displays to enhance assemblies

A look at how King's Norton Boys School in Birmingham use ICT and visual displays to enhance assemblies and collective worship presentations. The school installed a permanent screen and projector in their main hall at the request of the pupils. From satellite imagery to photo displays, the wow factor can now be injected into collective worship that engages students in an engrossing learning experience.

ICT Delivery

Adapting collective worship themes to suit all religions

In this programme George Dixon Junior and Infant School demonstrate their adaptations of collective worship themes to cater for pupils of different religions. The pupils love to join in with singing and role-playing to reinforce the message of the day, and are given the opportunity for reflection and prayer in their own way. By embracing all cultures and offering a truly inclusive approach, the school ensures that all children feel part of the George Dixon family.

Multicultural Provision

How one school delivers collective worship via public address

At Bordesley Green Girls' Specialist Business and Enterprise School, the daily act of collective worship is delivered from the headteacher's office to every single form group via a public address system. The vast majority of pupils at this Birmingham comprehensive are Muslim. As well as readings from the Qur'an, collective worship includes religious teachings given by a rotation of two of the pupils themselves. The girls learn how to research their subject matter, write scripts and gain the confidence for public speaking. All of this is contained within a five-minute slot at the start of every morning.

P.A. System Delivery

Pupils help encourage collective work in a secondary school

Collective worship at the West Bridgford School is provided by a peer-led system. By encouraging delivery of collective worship from older students in the form of drama, and with the full support of a peer mentoring system, the school ensures that pupils receive a valuable moral education relevant to their own experiences. Due to confines of space, each year group can only come together once a week where the theme for the week is introduced, and then expanded upon in form tutor groups over the next four days. As a secular school, the values introduced in collective worship are not religious in nature, but provide lessons on morality that are based on the character of Christian values. Headteacher and Ofsted Inspector Robert McDonough is confident that the school's provision complies fully with the law.

Peer-led Provision

A look at St James C of E's collective worship committee

In memory of Ben Atkins a much-loved family member and pupil of St James's. St James C of E Primary School in the West Midlands has an all-pupil committee who aim to make collective worship engaging for their peers. The committee is responsible for selecting hymns and music, deciding which themes to cover and leading the whole school in prayer. Through writing prayers and presentations, and researching themes, committee members also support their peers' reading and writing, as well as giving them a chance to demonstrate their talents in front of the whole school.

Pupil Worship Committee

We visit a Jewish school where most pupils are non-Jews

The King David Junior and Infant School is the only Jewish school in the West Midlands. Only 35 per cent of the pupils are Jewish, half are Muslim, and the remainder are a mix of Sikhs, Hindus and Christians. As a result of learning Hebrew as an MFL in support of their Judaism studies, each of the children benefit from important religious lessons that can be adapted and made relevant to their own beliefs. Every Friday afternoon, everyone comes together for collective worship at the Kiddush assembly where the whole school prays, sings and breaks bread together in recognition and celebration of the Sabbath.

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