St Theresa's Catholic Primary School

At St Theresa's, we believe that Prayer and Liturgy in a Catholic school names and celebrates God's presence in our lives. It is concerned with giving glory, honour, praise and thanks to God. It is our loving response, in word and action, to God's invitation to enter into relationship, made possible through the work of Jesus Christ and the witness of the Holy Spirit. 

Prayer and Liturgy is celebrated every day, either as a Class, Key Stage or Whole School.  

Annual Plan of Provision (APOP)

Following the Prayer and Liturgy Directory (PLD), we now have a APOP which outlines the structure of the Liturgical year within our school.

Celebration of the Word

At St Theresa's, we use a four-part approach to Celebration of the Word:

1. Gather – We welcome everyone and prepare ourselves to get closer to God.
2. Word – We experience a piece of scripture using methods such as drama, art, music, movement, silence, story, song and poetry to bring it to life.
3. Response – We consider what we have seen and heard and how it relates to us.
4. Mission – We rejoice and go forth to live out the Gospel of the Lord in our lives.

On Monday, we gather together as a school for our assembly to share the Gospel and think about its meaning to us and how to live out the Word of the Lord in our lives. 

In addition, a weekly Celebration of the Word takes place in each classroom. Our aim is for all children who leave our school to feel confident in leading prayer and to support with this, all classrooms have:

• Let us Pray cards with examples of Gather, Response and Mission
• Interactive resources, such as stones, shells, plants and music
• Resources related to the time of Liturgical year (Rosary beads in October, wreath during Advent etc.)
• Children’s Bible and/or Good News Bible

Our expectations around how much children lead and how this is modelled by adults is set out in our Celebration of the Word Progression Map: