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What a lovely first celebration worship of the half term! We enjoyed congratulating each other's achievements in the presence of God.

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Today Mr Barker led us in worship. We explored how Peter was accepted in Luke 5:1-11. We looked at an illustration of lots of different cups. Each one is different just like us and although we have favourites - God doesn’t. He loves and accepts everyone who comes to him.

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We were very excited today to have Mr Theobalds come in to school to sing with us and teach us some of his songs. He even recorded our voices to use on his album!

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Today in church worship, we talked about what the bible says about acceptance.

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What A Beautiful Name - Hillsong Worship

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Who You Say I Am (Lyric Video) - Hillsong Worship

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Introducing...

Our new school value!!

We voted in our last celebration worship of the half term and the result was unanimous! Gratitude is our new, 6th value.

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Reception Class performed their class assembly today. They gave a recount of their trip to Smithills Farm and shared their favourite parts.

We continued our reflection in class about gratitude.

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Today we heard about the parable of The Lost Coin. We talked about how special we are to God and how we should be thankful for everything we have and take care of it.

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In short...

Themes: Christianity; lost things; thankfulness; joy.

Summary: This assembly, which is suitable for an act of collective worship, focuses on a parable told by Jesus, which is found in the New Testament of the Bible - the parable of The Lost Coin.

Resources: The framework to download / print (pdf) and an image to display of the word 'Thankfulness'. You will also need an item that has been lost or that is very precious to you. Alternatively you could also use a photograph of the painting of the Mona Lisa.

KRISSI: Hi, I'm Krissi and this is the story called The Missing Coin.

Once, there was a man who loved his wife very much, so he decided to give her a gift.

"Oh, my darling wife."

"Yes, my darling husband?"

"I love you so much, I'm giving you this gift."

"Oh... Ooh, great. What is it?"

"It's a headdress. You wear it on your head. It's decorated in 10 silver coins."

[GASPS] "Oh my days, it's stunning! This is the nicest headdress anyone has ever given me. I'm thankful for every single coin on it and it will always remind me of you."

The wife loved her headdress and wore it everywhere. She wore it day and night, and day and night, and day and...

We get the picture. She wore it all the time.

One morning, she looked into her mirror. Oh, thank you very much. [GASPS] And she got a shock.

"Oh no! One of the coins is missing. What am I going to do?"

"Don't worry, wife, it's only one coin. You still have nine, shiny silver coins."

"No, I'm thankful for each and every coin and I won't rest until I find the missing one."

She looked all around. She looked in bushes, behind trees. Where, oh where, could that silver coin be? Ooh, is that it?

No, it's a spoon! What's that doing in there? She looked all over the house. Where was that coin? Oh, is that it? No, it's just the mirror. Ah well, I'll keep looking...

[GASPS] Suddenly, she saw the sunlight reflect on something else bright and shiny and there it was! The missing coin. The wife and her husband were very happy.

They threw a big party for all their friends, because they were so thankful for finding the missing coin. Come on, friends, party!

KIDS: Party!

KRISSI: Thanks for helping me tell today's Treasure Story. It's based on a story told by Jesus and is written in the bible. We'll see you again soon.

ALL: Bye!

The Parable of The Lost Coin is found in the New Testament of the Bible. A parable is a special story using situations that are familiar to listeners to communicate a meaning or a message. This story helps us to reflect on the importance of thankfulness.

In the story a woman has ten precious coins in a headdress which is a special gift from her husband. The woman loses one coin and searches for it everywhere - it says in the Bible that she lights a lamp and sweeps the house. When she finds the coin she tells her friends and neighbours and is thankful and joyful. The story, which has parallels with The Lost Sheep, shows that God looks for each person and each individual is precious.

Duration: 3' 41".

Final words: 'We'll see you again soon. Bye!'

Video questions

1. What does the husband give his wife at the beginning of the story? (A headdress)

2. What is special about the headdress? (It has ten silver coins on it)

3. How often does the wife wear the headdress? (All the time!)

4. What happens to the headdress? (One of the coins becomes lost)

5. What does the woman do when she realises the coin is lost? (She searches for it everywhere)

1. Entry
Play your chosen music. Display an item that has been lost and found or that is very precious to you, or a photograph of the Mona Lisa painting.

2. Introduction
Show the children the item that you once lost or that is precious to you. Explain how you felt / would feel if you lost the item. Ask the children whether they have ever lost something very important and how they felt when they lost it.

You could show an image of the Mona Lisa. Explain that it is a very famous painting that is on display in the Louvre museum in Paris. Tell the children that the painting was lost 1911 (it was actually stolen) and that the painting was not found again until two years later (when the thief tried to get a reward for returning it). We can imagine how everyone must have felt after such a special painting had been lost for such a long time and was finally found again.

Explain that in the story everyone is about to watch there is another precious item that is lost. It's based on an old story from the Bible...

3. Play the video
Duration: 3' 41". Final words: 'We'll see you again soon. Bye!'

4. Time to talk
You could begin by asking the Video questions above to aid children's recall of the story and their understanding of it. Continue with:

'Thankfulness' means being full of thanks - we are extremely grateful about something. Have you ever felt very thankful when you found something that had been lost? (The children might give an example of an object that they found or perhaps being lost on a journey and being very grateful when they found out where they were or found their way back to the right path)

What would you do if you were extremely thankful about something? (You could compare the children's ideas with the woman's reaction of telling all her friends and family and rejoicing)

The story of The Lost Coin is a parable that Jesus told. A parable is a special kind of story, with a 'message' or something that we can all learn from it. So what do you think we can learn from this story?

Opportunity to sing:
Suggestions from BBC collections below.

6. Opportunity for reflection:
Let's spend a few moments thinking about being thankful...
There are times when each of us finds something that we have lost...
How does it feel to find something precious that has been missing...?
How should we show our thankfulness - do we feel a lot of joy or tell other people when we are thankful...?
For a moment, think about one thing that you are thankful about...
(You could collect these ideas in classrooms or create a thankfulness display.)

7. Opportunity for prayer:
Begin with your usual form of address ('Dear God', 'Let us pray', etc) and:
Thank you for stories that help us to think about thankfulness.
Jesus' story shows us that there is great joy when something precious is found.
Help us to think about what is special and valuable in our lives.
Help us to find the ways to be thankful about these things and to share our thankfulness.
Amen.

1. Praise Him, praise Him,
Praise him in the morning,
Praise him in the noon-time,
Praise Him, praise Him,
Praise Him when the sun goes down.

2. Trust Him, trust Him,
Trust him in the morning,
Trust him in the noon-time,
Trust Him, trust Him,
Trust Him when the sun goes down.

3. Serve Him, serve Him,
Serve him in the morning,
Serve him in the noon-time,
Serve Him, serve Him,
Serve Him when the sun goes down.

4. Praise Him, praise Him,
Praise him in the morning,
Praise him in the noon-time,
Praise Him, praise Him,
Praise Him when the sun goes down.
Praise Him when the sun goes down.

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Treasure Champs. 27: Thankfulness - 'The Missing Coin'

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Primary school assemblies. Treasure Champs. This KS1 assembly, which is suitable for an act of collective worship, focuses on the value of thankfulness and recounts a parable called 'The Missing Coin'. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

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Because He Lives English Lyrics a Powerful Christian Worship Song.

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A big well done to our Year 6s for completing their SATs this week!

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When we had discussed the three things the bible tells us to do, we checked the bottle again and it was clear! Things are clearer when we speak to God.

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In church today, Rev Rebecca used a bottle of dirty water to portray the meaning of the scripture:

Philippians 4:6 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

The Bible tells us to do three things when we’re worried: Don’t worry about it. Pray about it. Thank God.

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My Best Friend by Hillsong Kids performed by Grace Chapel Kids

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Gratitude (Chosen Performance) - Brandon Lake

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Today Rev Cathy focused on the life of Pope Francis during our worship. We explored his life and his dedication to God.

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Well done to this week's Stars of the Week and also to the many children who have shone during sporting events this week!

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Today we were treated to a music assembly from iRock!

The children thoroughly enjoyed it and it was a great way of enabled them to explore their spirituality and connect with their likes and interests. For many, it was an opportunity to consider engaging in something which they hadn't before.

In class, the children continued to reflect on what they are grateful for and added to their class gratitude sheets.

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Charity Gayle - I Speak Jesus (feat. Steven Musso) [Live]

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Our Times Table Rockstars certificates are given to classes after they have battled against each other!

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Miss Scholfield led our talking tripod worship this week. We explored how to express gratitude for the fact that even though we may not fully understand God’s plan, we can trust that God works for good in all situations and that our destiny is safe in his hands. We linked this to our scripture Jeremiah 29:11.

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10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) - Matt Redman (Best Worship Song Ever) (with Lyrics)

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In Christ Alone (My Hope Is Found) - Adrienne Liesching | LYRIC VIDEO

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We had a wonderful first celebration worship of the summer term. We joined together to celebrate our achievements and reflect on our week. We also shared our gratitude sheets from the week which we completed in our classes.

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Today Mrs Tindall introduced our focus for the next half term. She set us a challenge that every class will have an A3 sheet each week on display. All children and staff will add to it during the week to share what they are grateful/thankful for.

We will explore introducing more gratitude to our lives and school day.

Gratitude is our response of thankfulness for God’s goodness, love, provision, and grace. Our gratitude flows from an awareness that, regardless of our circumstance, God loves us and is with us.

At the end of this half term, we will have a very important decision to make! We will vote whether or not we want to add gratitude as a new value for school.

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What A Beautiful Name | Hillsong Worship (Lyrics)

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Year 1 treated us to a wonderful class assembly, in which they retold the Easter story and sang a beautiful song.

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We love the 'extra' sections of our end of term celebration worship. These children were very excited to win the Homework Heroes raffle!

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Today Rev Cathy led us in exploring Good Friday. We talked about why Good Friday is 'good'.

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Well done to everyone who celebrated an achievement this week.

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Today Miss Whaley and Miss Smith led us in a joyous worship where the children chose a range of worship songs and the whole school sang at the top of their lungs and danced to praise God. The children had a wonderful time and felt their connections to God and each other grow.

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We reflected upon what emotions Jesus felt during each event and did actions to represent them. We prayed using the actions and discussed how wonderful it is to know that the different emotions we feel in our lives, good and bad, Jesus has experienced personally too.

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Today Rev Cathy talked us through the events of Holy Week.

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Crowder, Dante Bowe - God Really Loves Us ft. Maverick City Music

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Today we congratulated our amazing cross country runners who did a fantastic job last night at their event at Witton Park.

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Today Miss Scholfield told us the story of the man who was born blind.

We talked about how this story illustrates how Jesus is the Light of the world and in times on darkness, He is there to shine His light and guide us.

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What did Jesus mean when he said he was the living water?

Rev Rebecca explored this with us today. Two Reception children were tasked with not laughing when two Y6 children made faces and noises at them.

Rec Rebecca talked about how Jesus is the thing we focus on when there are distractions and how this gets us through life.

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Lord of the Dance Hymn with Lyrics (Contemporary Christian version)

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Let It Rain (Where Fire May Fail Rock/Metal Cover)

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Each week in Celebration Worship, our worship is opened in prayer by our worship warriors or other children. They do a fantastic job leading our whole school in prayer and welcoming God to join us to celebrate our achievements for the week.

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Today Miss Whaley led our worship about the festival of Holi. We learned lots of new things and we reflected on what we would take from the worship.

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Love One Another (Yancy/Body Worship) - Kidspring Worship

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GOOD GOOD FATHER || ZEALAND WORSHIP || MOTIONS

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Today Rev Rebecca talked about the Fall and why Jesus was sent to Earth. We talked about what we can do to help the things we see wrong in the world.

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Today we joined the Sanctuary Foundation for a live worship about Lent. It was really interesting and the children enjoyed discussing 'giving it back' during Lent rather than the usual giving something up.

We watched a video about a wave of kindness and how we can make a difference. We also heard from a guest psychologist who told us how being kind positively impacts ourselves.

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Lord I Lift Your Name On High - Christian Song

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Ashes to Ashes Lyric Video - Dan Schutte

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Well done to our Stars of the Week and to everyone who has celebrated an achievement this week.

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Mrs Malik led our worship with the help of two Y6 students. We explored Ramadan and what it means to the Y6 children to be fasting for the first time. We talked about the similarities to Lent and what it means to Christians.

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CeCe Winans - Holy Forever (Official Music Video)

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We practised some mindful techniques and how to clear our minds.

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Today Miss Scholfield led our Whole School Worship.

We talked about Moses and what could have been on his mind as he made the journey to the top of the mountain. God told him to be still. We talked about how hard it can be to be present in busy moments in life and to be open to hearing from God.

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Today in Church, Reverend Rebecca talked about compassion and what it really means. We looked at different global charities to see how they demonstrate compassion. It was a good reminder for us all about how being compassionate can mean doing the little things like sharing a smile with someone.

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This morning, Miss Bryan led two online safety assemblies, one for the infants and one for the juniors.

The online safety day theme this year is:

'Too Good to be True? Protecting Yourself and Others from Scams Online'

The children learnt about scams and what they can do to protect themself when they are online on their devices and much more.

Our Cultural Capital Committee did a great job of reminding everyone of our St James' Online Safety rules at the end of the assembly.

Everyone has taken part in online safety activities in class during the day.

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Today in worship we explore thankfulness. We thought about what we are grateful for and what God gives us in our lives, even on the bad days.

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We had lots more achievements to celebrate and thank God for today.

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Today Year 2 did an amazing job sharing their learning all about History Makers. Well done!

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Hillsong - Here I Am To Worship [with lyrics]

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When You Believe - The Prince of Egypt | One Voice Children's Choir | Kids Cover (Official Video)

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This week is Children's Mental Health Week and today we took part in a national live assembly. The assembly focused on our emotions and had helpful tips about how we can help to manage them as well as helping others.

The theme for Children's Mental Health Week this year is 'KNOW YOURSELF, GROW YOURSELF'. Our Peer Mentors shared something that they are good at and something that they would like to improve to help them grow. This inspired other children to come to the front of the whole school and show how they know themselves and how they would like to grow. 😃

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Today Rev Rebecca led our worship all about Candlemas.

Some Year 6 children demonstrated how a light can be shared between lots of candles with it fading. Jesus came to Earth to be our light and to share God's love.

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Thank you to the fabulous Year 1 students who opened our celebration worship in prayer using their prayer they created after reading the book given to each class from Bishop Phillip's visit to church.

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Today each class came off timetable to enhance an existing area in school to make it into a fabulous reflective space. The children and staff had so many wonderful, amazing ideas and the spaces around school look incredible.

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We suggested things we want God to help with which are big big asks.

Stop wars

Stop floods

Stop climate change

Not putting rubbish in the world

No rubbish in the water

Stop pollution

Get a puppy

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How many people do we need for God to hear our prayer? 50, 100, 1?

God hears all our prayers, even when we pray alone, but it is good to pray with other people.

We heard a bible story all about when the church prayed for Peter so he could escape from prison. An angel went to Peter and freed him.

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I pray you'll be our eyes - The Prayer - Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli with Lyrics @HammieLuLu

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We thoroughly enjoyed celebration worship today, celebrating our achievements and reflecting on our amazing careers week.

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Miss Smith led a talking tripod worship for Y2, Y4 and Y6 this morning. The children explored the things they find hard to accept and things that they would change. The children listened carefully to others and shared some really thoughtful and considerate ideas.

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Lord I Lift Your Name On High - Christian Song

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Sunday 7pm Choir | Catholic & Christian Choral Music

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O Lord, Hear My Prayer | Taizé | Choir with Lyrics | Jacques Berthier | Psalm 102 | Sunday 7pm Choir

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Today Rev Rebecca talked about how Noah was able to stay calm through the preparations for the flood through the comfort and power of God.

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Well done to everyone who has celebrated an achievement this week!

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Today Miss Scholfield led our talking tripod worship which explored our responsibilities. We reflected on what we are responsible for and asked God to help us with this.

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God of Science (Our Great God) | Lyric Video | Rend Co Kids

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Global Neighbours - Fischy Music/Christian Aid