Prayer and Worship

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Matthew 18:20

Prayer and worship form an integral part of every day at St Thomas’.

Our day always starts and ends with a prayer and lunchtime too. Opportunities are taken at various points in the day for prayer and reflection as we know that taking the time to speak to God is always a good use of time. All of our staff, leadership team and governor meetings include time for prayer.

There is a daily act of worship for all children in the school. On a Monday this is a whole school worship based on the weekend Gospel from Mass. During the week there are Praise worships where we come together to worship through prayer and song and a Phase or Key Stage worship as well as a Celebration worship at the end of the week when we gather to celebrate the achievements of our week and thank God for his grace. Once a week every class will have their own class worships led by the children and focussing in, perhaps, on one of the Golden Threads or a Gospel passage being looked at in RE lessons or possibly a major event of the time. Every room has a Prayer Table which is the focus of the classroom and reflects the liturgical year.

Across the year, each class or year group will lead worships or Prayer services with their parents; a time to celebrate and reflect on our learning and God’s love for us.

Every class attends a weekday Mass at St Pius with the Parish at some point in the year and the whole school is encouraged to attend our Parish School Masses held once a term on a Sunday at St Pius X. Mass is also regularly celebrated in school, usually by Father Roy and our parish priests spend time in school during Lent to hear reconciliations and of course to distribute Ashes on Ash Wednesday.

Details of all of the school worships and Masses that parents can attend are published in the annual calendar and in the Weekly News. Please do join us if you can!

Weekly Worship times:

In addition, all year groups enjoy a Praise worship time each week and the children in Early Years have daily acts of class worship until they join in with the rest of the school’s worships later in the year.

School Prayers

This is a selection of just some of our prayers that you will hear around our school each day… please use them at home too!