Working with other Diocesan Schools
On Friday 31st February 2025, our Chaplaincy team was invited to visit Our Lady of Good Counsel in Sleaford. We had the opportunity to meet with their Shining Stars Chaplaincy team, and together, we shared best practices by planning a retreat day for their school. At the end of the term, we returned to OLGC Sleaford to facilitate their retreat day. Each child led a prayer station focused on a Catholic Social Teaching principle. This experience allowed them to reflect on how they can support others and respond to the call of citizenship. Collaborating with the chaplaincy team from the school to celebrate this partnership created a very moving and spiritual morning.
We brought this good practice back and shared it with our Year 4 and Year 2 pupils. They participated in a time of reflection and prayer, and, guided by the prayer leaders, engaged in three prayer stations. These stations focused on key principles of Catholic Social Teaching: stewardship, the common good, and promoting peace. The children were given the opportunity to reflect on how they can live as missionary disciples in their daily lives.
