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COLLECTIVE WORSHIP
At
Cams Hill School we aim to provide opportunities
for collective worship on a regular basis. At present
we are
prevented from holding assemblies for all pupils
on each school day by buildings restrictions, but we
are looking
at ways to increase the frequency of opportunity
for collective worship.
The majority of acts of collective
worship at
Cams
Hill School are wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian
character, but they are presented in a way which has
meaning for all
our pupils, whatever their background or personal beliefs.
This is important to us as we wish collective worship
to be inclusive rather than exclusive.
Broadly, we aim
to:
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respect
the integrity of all who attend collective worship
-
provide
space and calm for personal reflection and meditation
and an opportunity for pupils to make a free response
arising from their own religious, or other, convictions
-
give
expression to the ethos of the school and its shared
values thus
developing a sense of community
-
respect
the religious traditions of all peoples
-
contribute
to the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
of pupils.
Parents have the right to withdraw their children from all,
or part, of collective worship although this has never happened
here. If this situation were to arise we would wish to negotiate
carefully with the parents concerned and would provide alternative
valid activity, appropriately supervised, for that pupil.
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