Prayer & Liturgy Primary

Prayer & Liturgy: Loving Jesus is the new name for our Collective Worship programme for primary schools. Launching in September 2024 this programme will continue to provide Celebration of the Word assemblies, based on the Sunday readings, as well as daily prayers and staffroom prayer and training resources. We are also continuing to provide a Parent’s Newsletter along with access to the Parents Portal which offers resources to help families pray together through the liturgical seasons.

Our new Pupil Portal provides new templates and resources to enable the pupils in your school to create and lead times of prayer and worship for their peers. You can read more about the Prayer and Liturgy rebrand on the Hub.

Prayer & Liturgy Secondary

Prayer & Liturgy: Journeying Together is a brand new FREE subscription package for Catholic secondary schools launching in September 2024. Enabling students to journey together in faith, deepen their prayer life, and turn prayer into action, this resource will be free of charge for all schools during the academic year 2024-25 (including some free Prayer and Liturgy CPD for secondary staff). To help schools celebrate The Year of Jubilee 2025, we are providing resources under the theme Redeem.

There will be eight assemblies, each one developing this theme, along with student-led prayer opportunities. We are also partnering with UK charities to help students put their faith into action.

RE Deep Dive

We know many of you are busy planning and implementing the new RE Directory, ‘To Know You More Clearly’. RE Deep Dive is a video series based on the RED available at low cost as an additional subscription.

Whatever theological background teachers may have, this programme offers a way into the rich Catholic theology underpinning the directory and is suitable for both primary and secondary school staff.

Expert communicators will inspire and engage by unpacking complex ideas in an accessible way. Through listening to great explanations and impactful stories, teachers will be led to a deeper understanding of the subject that is at ‘the core of the core’ of every Catholic school curriculum. In the full series, there are more than 70 short video presentations and different pathways are mapped out to help teachers navigate these. This is a CPD resource not to miss out on.

Life to the Full

We are coming to the end of the consultation period for new DFE guidance for RSHE. There is still time to have your say, as the consultation remains open until 11 July 2024. We are following the progress of the new guidance very closely and will make any necessary changes once it becomes statutory. You can read our response in June’s Hub article.

Life to the Full Secondary

After our in-depth review last Autumn, we are now in the process of updating Life to the Full Secondary. Our team have been filming in various schools nationwide to gather the views of students in year 9  and 10. This student voice content will enhance the programme, providing greater diversity and promoting discussion within the classroom.

There will be no change to the overall structure of the programme but there will be edits made to the Year 7 & 8 content and new materials produced to enhance our provision around certain topics. Brand new film content will be available for Year 9 from September with new content for Year 10 and Year 11 to follow later in the year. It will also be possible to access the legacy content during the next academic year, to give you the time you may need to update your planning.

Free CPD

Our rich programme of CPD resources has up to now been accessed through a subscription. From now on, it will be free! From 1 August 2024, if you subscribe to Life to the Full or Prayer and Liturgy: Loving Jesus you will have access to our CPD package at no extra cost. That means access to CPD sessions from the past two years as well as new sessions created for 2024-2025.

Our updated Twilight session for Life to the Full Primary and Life to the Full Plus will be available for CPD subscribers on 7 July and to all subscribers from 1 August. The Twilight session for Life to the Full Secondary and Prayer and Liturgy will be available from Monday 28 August. These sessions would make a great addition to your start of year teaching training day.

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Remember it is possible to have a free three week trial for all Life to the Full and Prayer and Liturgy programmes.

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