RE/Collective Worship

Gobowen Primary School is a Community School. We hold an assembly every day and teach RE either each week or as a block. 

Monday: This is a whole school assembly which is lead by either the headteacher or a member of the community and follows the value of the month or a specific religious observance.
Tuesday: On this day the children take part in a singing assembly related to up and coming festivals or celebrations.
Wednesday: We have a reading assembly and every fortnight Reverend Steve Nicholson from All Saints church does an assembly.
Thursday: We have a reading assembly
Fridays: Achievement Assembly is held at the beginning of the day lead by each of the class teachers. There is a focus on the school values.

Collective Worship in School

All maintained schools must provide religious education and daily collective worship for all registered pupils and promote their spiritual, moral and cultural development.

Collective worship in county schools and equivalent grant-maintained schools must be wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character, though not distinctive of any particular Christian denomination.
The parental right of withdrawal from RE and collective worship and the safeguards for teachers are unchanged.

The teaching of RE in School

Although there is not a National Curriculum for RE, all maintained schools must follow the National Curriculum requirements to teach a broad and balanced curriculum, which includes RE. All maintained schools therefore have a statutory duty to teach RE.

The RE curriculum is determined by the local Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE), which is responsible for producing the locally agreed syllabus for RE. Agreed Syllabuses used in schools (maintained or academy), which are not designated with a religious character must ‘reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are in the main Christian, while taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain’. Schools with a religious designation may prioritise one religion in their RE curriculum, but all schools must recognise diverse religions and systems of belief in the UK both locally and nationally.

At Gobowen, we want our children to become well rounded individuals who have an awareness of diversity, which includes Religious differences. We teach our children to respect eachother and the wider community, and to become well rounded citizens of the World.