COLLECTIVE TIME AT SIJS

At SIJS, we set aside Collective Time to foster an ethos of sharing knowledge, feelings, experience and togetherness. It is a time to capture the sense of belonging to our school, to the wider community and to the society and world in which we live. We aim for our programme of collective time to enrich the life of school in many ways and try to be creative and imaginative in organising this provision.

Collective Time:

• Offers communal space for the school community to learn, grow and celebrate;
• Provides the opportunity for personal reflection on individual, life or wider issues;
• Nurtures all aspects of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, especially spiritual development;
• Offers opportunities to develop understanding of diverse faiths and cultures;
• Time to reflect on our understanding of the British Values;
• Enables us to meet and engage with the local community through participants;
• an opportunity for the celebration of subject areas and subject initiatives across the school;
• Responds to topical or local issues in a flexible and sensitive way;
• Provides chances for pupils and staff to develop their own abilities in preparing, presenting or evaluating assemblies.

Whole school collective is Monday Tuesday and Thursday. Whole school assemblies take place on Wednesday and Friday is our Whole School Celebration Collective with the ‘Best Seat in the House’ and a showcase of our Roots and Wings Curriculum.