Prayers for the school

Children and staff in our school pray so that they can:

Develop a relationship with God: It is considered a way to connect with God, akin to "God's breath in man," and a foundational aspect of Christian life.
Show Worship and Adoration: Prayer is used to acknowledge God's goodness, love and sovereignty.
Express Confession and Forgiveness: Acknowledging the mistakes that we sometimes make and asking for God's forgiveness and strength to overcome them so that we can learn from them.
Express Intercession for Others: Praying for the needs of the world, the church, the community and those who are suffering.
Show Thanksgiving: Expressing gratitude for God’s provision.
Seek Guidance: Aligning personal will with God’s will.
Seek Transformation: Allowing the Holy Spirit to transform hearts and lives.
For Unity: Using set prayers (like the Book of Common Prayer) connects individuals to the broader church community.

Heene School Prayer

This prayer was written for our school by our Worship Leaders in 2025.

Lord's Prayer

Prayers by children

Each class has their own prayer book within their spirituality zone in which children can write their own prayers for themselves, their school and the wider world. Here is a selection of some of them from this year so far.

Prayers from Collective Worship

Each week in Collective Worship, attention is drawn to a particular value displayed on our school’s logo. Here is some of what we have discussed so far this year:

w/b 27/09/26
This week, our focus for prayer is the newly formed ‘Wellbeing Team’, dedicated to support the emotional wellbeing of all pupils in our school. We often talk about ‘intelligence’ as meaning being able to understand facts and retain information. However, ‘emotional intelligence’ is vitally important so that we can understand what is going on in our lives. To be happy and feel safe and supported encourages us all to flourish. So, we pray for all those on the ‘Wellbeing Team’ as they seek to ensure that every child feels valued and understood and thus able to thrive in and out of the classroom.

Dear Lord, just as you welcome children into your loving care, help us all to be mindful of how our words and actions impact the self-worth of young lives. Amen

w/b 20/09/26
What a hot summer it has been! Our farmers and growers have had to harvest crops earlier than usual and the yields have been way down on previous years. Living in the town, we may think, ‘what has all that got to do with us?’ Such changes in our countryside means higher food prices in the shops and those providing hot meals will see their costs rising. This week we pray for RELISH, our brilliant caterers, as they provide nutritious meals to many of our children and staff. We pray for their resilience in the year ahead. Our harvest festival is on Thursday at St Matthew’s, when the food provided by our families is gratefully received by local food banks.

Dear God, we thank you for all the gifts you give to us at Harvest time, and all the food we eat. We pray for everyone who use our foodbanks. Help us to be generous in our giving, and grant us all your peace this day and for evermore. Amen.

w/b 13/09/26
Today we pray for all those in our school community for whom being part of Heene Primary is a new experience. Whether this is their first taste of school or older children moving to Heene, we pray that they will soon feel at home as they experience the welcome our school offers to all who come through its doors. We pray for staff members taking up new roles within the school community.

Dear Lord, we thank you that you care for our school and all who make up each valuable part. May we continue to recognise that we have within our community abundant gifts to celebrate. May we see your Spirit at work through all the activities we share as we grow and learn together in love and faith. Amen

w/b 07/09/26
At the beginning of the first full week of term after a well-deserved summer holiday, we pray for this new school year when, each day, our school joins in with praying the Lord’s prayer together. As part of that prayer, we say, ‘Your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ So, we pray that God will reveal his purpose for our school as the community seeks to grow together in love. We are all on a journey of faith and belief in Jesus’s promise that he will be with us always, especially through the challenging times.

Dear Lord, when it is difficult to see what lies ahead, may your will be done and may we always remember that you walk alongside us, every step of the way. Amen