Worship

Here at Elmsett, Worship and Religious Education are the foundations upon which our school ethos is built.  As part of this a collective act of worship is held each day and is led by the staff, children and visitors.

We have strong links with St Peter’s C of E Church and The Methodist Church.  We regularly welcome the Reverend Jackson and Liz Cope (Outreach Worker for the Methodist church) into school.

RE Themes 2020/21

RE Long Term Plan

EYFS Scheme of Work for RE

Family Assembly & Church Services

The Suffolk Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education forms the basis of the Religious Education policy for the school.

Each term we focus on a different theme.

Please see the Collective Worship Plan for more details.

Remembrance 2019 

Some photos from our Remembrance Service which was lead by Rev Jackson and attended by serving Personnel from Wattisham Army Air Corp. A wreath was laid by Colonel Hayhurst  and by a pupil for the school and the Last Post was played.

The children have been learning about the importance of Remembrance and the meaning behind the Poppy 

The Lost Word

Bev from Suffolk Wildlife Trust presented the book the Lost Word in assembly, 17/01/19. The book is beautifully illustrated and contains words that have been taken out of the junior dictionary. Ruby and Luke from worship group accepted the gift on behalf of the school. 

Kagera day

The children had an amazing day learning all about Kagera in Tanzania. They worked in their teams and took part in four workshops.

In the clothing and messages workshop, they found out about Kangas, cloth that they use for many different purposes; carrying babies, putting on their heads to help carry water and wearing. They also had the opportunity to make a kanga.

In the schools and learning workshop they learnt to count to 10 in Swahili and looked at the similarities and differences between their and our schools.

Food and health taught the children all about the food they eat and they learnt the Swahili names for the fruit that they were able to try.

Church and worship workshop was all spoken in Swahili, the children sang songs, looked at artefacts and learnt about their church practices.

At the end of the day the children took part in an assembly where the team leaders and their deputies explained about what they had done and learnt and the children took part in singing and miming for songs that they had learnt.

It was a fabulous day and the children learnt a great deal about another culture.