Weekly Assembly

At St Mary's, we have a weekly assembly led by Mrs Coulthard. The assembly is rooted in the previous Sunday's mass readings. To help children develop their relationship with God, films, stories, songs and animations are often used which are always followed by prayer and reflection. 

Class Worship

Following the whole school worship on a Monday, each Class leads their own Class worship on a Tuesday morning based on this week's Gospel. 

Child-led Worship

Children from each class plan their child-led worship for the week which then takes place on a Wednesday. Different children get an opportunity to plan the worship each week. Details of these can be found in our Class Worship books. 

The Wednesday Word

• The Primary School Wednesday Word is an outreach which shares Sunday's Gospel with all school families, in a unique way.
• The 'electronic' weekly handouts consist of high-quality Sunday Gospel leaflets and booklets which are posted on our website for children each week - as a gift.
• This is a weekly Gospel 'gift' from the school to the child to take home, which then becomes a 'gift' from the child to the whole family.
• Due to current disruption, printing and subscriptions are paused for now. So the Wednesday Word are offering free-of-charge 'online' editions of The Wednesday Word, until things settle down.
• The link to the Wednesday Word is http://www.wednesdayword.org/school/index.htm 

Religious Education Syllabus

At St Mary's, we follow the 'Come and See' scheme for Religious Education. It has been written by a group of experienced diocesan advisors. It is based on the theological foundations of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Catechism and the revised RE Curriculum Directory and includes the Catholic attainment levels.

Children currently follow the 'Come and see' scheme alongside the 'Caritas in Action' programme which looks at the social teachings of the church. Children learn about stories and passages from the Bible. We promote Gospel values and their relevance to everyday life and living. Gods word is central to our faith and the lives we are called to lead as followers of Christ. Scripture is used as a starting point for whole school and class led prayer and worship and Gods word is often the focus of prayer and thought. Prayer and worship session always include Scripture. Our Prayer Garden is a place for meditative contemplation as well as worship and words from weekly Scripture inspire the pupils to think deeply.