Sharmans Cross Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and
expects all adults to share this commitment
Collective Worship provides the children with opportunities to:
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Consider spiritual and moral issues
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Explore their own beliefs in a time of reflection and/or prayer
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Participate in drama and responsive activities
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Develop a sense of community
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Share a common ethos and values and have positive attitudes reinforced
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Explore the Christian faith and faiths of other religious traditions through
story and music often with a moral point
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Celebrate the achievements of themselves and others
The Collective Worship Rules are displayed in the Hall and reference is often made
to them. We regard Collective Worship as a special time and have high expectations
of listening and behaviour. We sometimes use candles or special displays to focus the
children’s attention.
Parents are entitled to withdraw their child from Collective Worship in discussion
with the Head Teacher. The school will make alternative arrangements for the
supervision of the child during that period.
Indoor physical education is provided in our sports hall;
team games and athletics on our playing fields; participation
in inter-school sport is also encouraged. For one term of
the year the children in Year 3 have the use of swimming
facilities at a local school and are transported by coach in
normal curriculum time.
The school puts emphasis on learning by first hand experience so the children are
offered a wide range of educational visits and residential experiences including
outward bound type activities. We have developed the outdoor classroom utilising
our fabulous outdoor learning space. Outdoor Learning lessons see our curriculum
taken outside (whatever the weather!) enabling the children to experience and
interact with the environment and wildlife around them. Through creative lessons
the children are able to let their imagination flourish whether it is creating a tree
character, having calculated the age of the tree, imagining they are foraging for
World War II bomber planes or using natural resources to solve mathematical
problems.
As part of the children’s exploring time, they are encouraged to (wearing the
appropriate clothing) wade through mud, climb trees, build dens, scavenge the
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