At Our Lady of Lourdes, we believe that collective worship plays a fundamental part in the daily life of our school. It enables us to join together as one community in prayer and Liturgy.

Assemblies 

On Monday we have a whole school assembly that is based upon Sunday’s Gospel or a Gospel or Biblical theme from our Assembly Rota led by a senior teacher

On Tuesday we have separate key stage assemblies that are led by teacher on a Gospel or Biblical theme themes from our Assembly Rota

On Wednesday and Thursday, we have separate key stage singing assemblies.

Year Group Assemblies

In KS2 families are invited to two year group assemblies in the autumn and summer terms. In KS1 and reception class families are invited to one year group assembly during the summer term. Assemblies are themes on the religious education curriculum or Gospel or Biblical themes.

Masses and Reconciliation

Where Holy Days of Obligation occur on a school day, we take KS2 to Our Lady of Lourdes Church to celebrate mass with the parish.  We also celebrate the beginning of the school year with the Feast of the Holy Cross and our school feast day. That children from Ks1 and Ks2 attend. Our school leavers have a special mass in July.

Mass services include:

Feast of the Holy Cross

Feast of All Saints

Epiphany

Feast of Our lady of Lourdes

Ash Wednesday

Feast of the Ascension

Feats of Saint Peter and St Paul

Year 6 Leavers Mass

Parents are welcome to take children in KS1 to mass.

We ask children and families to attend mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Education Sunday and the Feast of Christ the King where pupils take part in the service.

Reconciliation Services include:

Advent Reconciliation

Lenten Reconciliation

Special Religious Celebrations

We also mark other events in the Liturgical year

Early Years Nativity

Key stage 1 Nativity

KS2 Carol Service

Roll Back the Stone – musical telling of the Easter Story

Crowning of Mary

Prayers

At Our Lady of Lourdes prayer is a constant feature in our daily life in school through various shared and individual liturgies.

Prayer also takes place in the morning, before and after lunch and at the end of the school day.

Pupils are also given opportunities to reflect and pray quietly for their own intentions.

Classes have a specific prayer table that aligns with the Liturgical calendar.

All Governing Body and Staff Meetings begin with a shared prayer.

What prayers our children learn

From Reception, children learn to make the Sign of the Cross and begin to recite the Morning Offering, Grace before and after lunch and the Night Prayer with their teacher.

In KS1 children continue with the prayers from reception and learn the Hail Mary, Our Father, Glory Be

In KS2 children continue with the prayers they have learnt and also learn the Hail Holy Queen.