Open the Book Collective Worship
Open the Book are a dynamic group of adults from different local churches who come to Chester-le-Street CE to read a story from the bible to the children during collective worship.
The children thoroughly enjoy this especially with their fantastic costumes and extensive props and resources. They eagerly volunteer to take on acting roles. The actors really bring the story and Christian message to life.
Open the Book (OtB) is an exciting storytelling project where Bible stories are shared with children in a way that is fun, interactive and memorable. As invited guests in school, storytelling teams use the Open the Book programme to prepare and present a 10–15-minute scripted Bible story to a school assembly, involving the children as much as possible.
Storytelling teams are made up of trained and safely recruited volunteers from local churches and organisations, who sign up as members and follow the Open the Book Code of Practice.