At OLOR, we have a dedicated and well-established GIFT Team. Our GIFT Team is made up of pupil chaplains from Year 5 and Year 6 and they have the pivotal role of leading prayer & liturgy and spreading the Word of God within our school community. Our GIFT Team chaplains apply for the role and are interviewed by both Mrs Groves and Father Kieren. Each year devise a development plan at the beginning of every academic year. They then meet termly to review this and plan prayer groups, Celebrations of the Word and organise liturgical events. 

The GIFT Team chaplains are responsible for: 

• Supporting all pupils in our school to know, love and follow Christ. 

• Giving joyful witness of Christ in our school, being missionary disciples. 

• Planning and leading prayer groups linked to the Liturgical year. 

• Planning and delivering Celebrations of the Word. 

• Supporting in assemblies. 

• Developing the use of prayer spaces e.g. the Prayer Room, prayer area in the Eco-garden

You can see some of the exciting things we have been doing below: 

 Throughout the month of May, the GIFT Team and Caritas Ambassadors led a Rosary prayer group every  lunchtime, providing our KS2 pupils with the opportunity to pause and say a decade of the Rosary. 

 During Lent, the GIFT Team plans a series of Celebrations of the Word encouraging the children in Prayer Group to reflect on various pieces of scripture and how we can use Lent as a period of growth. 

A beautiful Stations of the Cross service planned and delivered by our GIFT Team for some of our KS2 children. 

The GIFT Chaplaincy Team School Development Plan highlights all their plans for this academic year.