The children were a credit to their schools and behaved impeccably.  Our theme this time was based around the Jubilee Year of Hope.  Children took part in four different activities and we had a final opportunity to come together in song to sing our special Jubilee song.  Children really enjoyed the opportunity to reflect, talk and engage with other schools.  A spiritual and very uplifting day!
(Mrs Michelle Keating, PSIEH)

The children particularly enjoyed the 'team leadership' sessions, as this was focussed around 'communicating' as a team and working together.  The self-portrait sessions reminded us that we are all made in the likeness and image of God and we drew these and collated them to make a final display in the church.  Our singing session was great fun and we all got to learn our new Jubilee song.  Finally, the prayer session was calm, reflective and led us into deep thought about being a pilgrim, a pilgrim of hope during this year.  A fantastic day was had by all!
(Mrs Katie Mosely, Acting Headteacher, St Joseph's Waltham Cross)

The Chaplaincy Retreat was a fantastic opportunity to launch our Trust celebrations for the Jubilee Year of Hope.  It was wonderful to have all nine schools represented, joining together as pilgrims of hope pledging to work together for God's kingdom of justice, peace and love.  All pupils enjoyed the wonderful variety of activities.  I very much enjoyed leading the art activity, enabling pupils across all schools to reflect on themselves as made in the image of God and as Pilgrims of Hope.  It was wonderful to have the opportunity to work with pupils from other Trust Chaplaincy Teams.
(Mrs Wendy Clark, Assistant Headteacher, St Thomas of Canterbury)

Pupil Voice:

"I would recommend it for other Catholic Schools" - Maya, St Augustine

"We all really enjoyed the day and it was a good opportunity to meet with other people" - Heidi, St Thomas of Canterbury

"I thoroughly enjoyed all the activities because it teaches us activities we can do with our own school" - Daisy, Sacred Heart

"My favourite activities were art and singing and when we came together to celebrate this moment" - Stanley, St Joseph's Hertford

"I thoroughly enjoyed the music because of how interactive it was and how nice the leaders were" - Evie, Sacred Heart

Thoughts for next year's Retreat:

"I would like more opportunities to talk to different students from different schools" - Maya, St Paul's

"We can all talk about how our school's can show Jesus' power and share our ideas" - Aleyna, St Augustine