Our school is fortunate in having a beautiful chapel which offers the opportunity for personal reflection and the liturgical life of the school is promoted through special and voluntary fortnightly masses, meditation and Services of Reconciliation. Our School Chaplain (Mrs Sheila Betts) publishes a calendar of liturgical opportunities and provides help, guidance and support for all pupils and staff, and plays a leading role in the spiritual and liturgical life of the school.
The pupils are encouraged to support national, Archdiocesan and local charities throughout the year, and especially during Lent. In such ways, pupils become more aware of the needs of the wider community and by their generous responses are able to show Christian care.
Practical responses are encouraged through Amnesty International and cross-curricular links such as Homelessness, Prejudice and Discrimination in all its forms. Plasma screens and notice boards highlight current events, tragedies, celebrations and achievements.
In the context of a Catholic school, it is acknowledged as being important to create an ethos whereby our pupils can come together, outside of the school situation, to recognise God's presence in themselves and in others; the retreat experience is provided for all pupils to build community and reflect and pray about their reasons for living and enriching others. |