At Christ The King Federation, creating an atmosphere for spiritual growth is at the centre of all teaching. The children are encouraged to pray, reflect, contemplate and make links with their daily life and religion on a daily basis.

Prayer plays an important part in the life of the school. The classroom environments promote prayer and reflection by including a prayer focus with liturgical icons, artefacts, symbols and prayers. These are used for daily worship. In all classroom environments, ‘stillness’ is encouraged at certain points of the day for communicating with God. Whole school prayers are taught throughout the year groups. 

Pupils from Reception to Year Six have the opportunity to live out the traditions of our faith. All children are given the opportunity to lead worship through acts of worship within class and assemblies. They also take the lead across the school for our liturgical celebrations. The Saint's Feast days are marked and the prayer life of the pupils is enhanced in many ways. An example of this is the annual Patron Feast day; a Mass involving the home, school, parish tri-partnership is celebrated as one community. Children also lead in celebrating Class and House Masses whether in school or in thelocal parish Church. We also celebrate the Feast of All Saints and All Souls Day through praying for and remembering those who have died in our schools, families, communities and wars. Our Remembrance Services are a prayerful and poignant occasion.

Each school spends around 10-15 minutes a day in prayer or worship including the Angelus at mid-day. This is done through collective worship, assemblies, guided meditations or services led by other classes or teachers. During the year the whole school gathers together to celebrate Mass on a number of occasions as previously mentioned. 

The communication between home, school and parish is appreciated and encouraged. Each school liaises with their local parishes about the Sacramental programmes. First reception of the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist takes place in Year 3 (8 year olds). Pupils are also offered the Sacrament of Reconciliation from Year 3 upwards in Advent and Lent.

The children are encouraged to pray individually and collectively. There are class and key stage acts of worship. There is a programme of liturgical celebrations in school which follows the Church’s year. Across the Federation there are strong relationships with the parish priests who regularly visits school to lead assemblies and hold question and answer sessions with children across the key stages. This in turn extends the theological Catholic teaching to children whom may not be able to attend Mass regularly.  

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