Worship Leaders

Our worship leaders volunteer to carry out important tasks and roles within the spiritual life of the school. They regularly contribute to bringing us together in prayer and they help to plan, deliver and reflect on our worship. Children plan and deliver worship with the support of adults if needed. The school’s worship plans are based on the school values using Roots and Shoots to support. This can be amended to meet the needs of the children and sometimes reflect events that are happening in the world or local community.

Worship Leaders – Job Role

1. Take an active part in Collective Acts of Worship:

   • Support the teacher running worship

   • Lead the gathering, lighting of the candle, prayer and sending

   • Choose appropriate songs on occasion

   • Our aim is for worship leaders to plan and lead some class / whole school worships

2. To lead by example, demonstrating our Christian Values at all times, showing love and nurture to all members of our community.

3. Monitor worship and collect pupil voice after assemblies led by visitors:

   • Complete observation sheets and file in the folder in Mrs Wilson’s office

   • Feedback to Mrs Clack / Mrs Wilson about what they feel could be done better

4. Monitor acts of worship delivered by staff and each other

5. Support other children, classes or key stages in their worships as requested by teachers

6. Check that class and school prayer areas are up to date and relevant.

7. Write a termly prayer, which relates to the termly value, so that it can be published in the newsletter and be put in all areas of reflection for worship.

8. Help to organise the running of special events in school – Experience Christmas, Holy Week, Prayer Weeks, lead prayers in front of parents before shows (Nativity show, Year 6 performance)

9. In conjunction with the school council, raise issues that concern them whether that be in school or on a global level and decide what to do about it. This could take many different forms: organising an assembly, designing posters to raise awareness or running fund-raising events.

We expect our worship leaders to behave in a way that truly reflects our school vision and the Christian Values we live our lives by. They are continually striving to be the best they can be, as God intended.