Our Dyson Perrins Vision statement is built on the foundations of the theological teaching of John 10:10 ‘Life in all its fullness’. Collective worship is the heart of daily life in school and daily acts of Collective Worship and prayer are based on Christian teaching. Whatever the beliefs or backgrounds of our school community, we encourage them to take time to reflect and understand their place and contribution in society. This takes the form of moments of reflection or our weekly challenge to help transform our school. We want our community to be encouraged to understand their place and contribution in today’s world, whatever their beliefs or background through these opportunities.  

Pattern of Collective Worship

Our regular pattern of worship ensures that students experience worship from a range a different leaders and viewpoints, whilst maintaining the integrity of Anglican Liturgy.

Daily: Collective worship in morning line up linked to our Theme of the Week

Weekly: Year group Collective Worship led by a member of the Senior Leadership Team based on key awareness dates and the liturgical calendar.

½ termly: Access to the Dysons Devotional, a weekly reflection for each week of the term based on reading from the Liturgical Calendar including reflection, prayer and call to action.

Termly: Eucharist Service and end of term Service.

 

Spirituality:

As part of our commitment to live out our vision and shared values in school, we also have an agreed understanding of Spirituality. Spirituality is a difficult concept to define, but as a school we define it as experiencing awe and wonder in the world around us in all its fullness, exploring the bigger questions in life, and embarking on a journey to understand ourselves, others and our place in the universe that is filled with moments of deep insight and discovery, which leads to transformational change.

 

The language we use to define spirituality is not student friendly, so when talking to students about it we will refer to:

 

Emotions: Moments that make you go wow and give you a sense of awe and wonder as well as the moments that make you feel shocked, saddened or surprised. 

 

Being inquisitive- asking questions to develop deeper knowledge and understanding and to develop wisdom.

 

Being reflective- having opportunities to reflect on good, bad (or evil), and things bigger than ourselves, allowing us to think about the meaning and purpose of life.

 

Making connections- Connections between knowledge and our relationship with others, to give us deeper insight into the world.

 

We look for opportunities to explore Spiritualty in our Collective Worship and it is also an embedded part of our academic curriculum. We challenge our community to think beyond themselves, make connections, be inquisitive, express emotion and be reflective.   

 

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