A group of students from Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton, enjoyed a visit to our youth retreat centre, Savio House, recently - with a furry friend!

On a rather damp and wet Friday afternoon 16 excited students, 4 enthusiastic staff and one Bosco the bunny, trouped off to Savio house for our first ever joint pupil chaplaincy and St Francis garden residential retreat.

With the weekend focusing on working together and team building we built new relationships with people in other year groups, we spent time working together, even drawing with pens on string. However, the highlight of our morning was building our own BOSCO dominos that stretched all the way across the main hall and even had the Salesian symbol in it.

We spent some time in the countryside visiting White Nancy and hearing the story of the white monument on top of the hill.

Mass was prepped and celebrated by Fr Tony, it was the second Sunday of Advent and the prayers and readings reflected this.

But the culmination of the day's work was spent wrapped up in duvets watching the Polar Express with hot chocolate and marshmallows on top.

The weekend was once again another shining success of the student leadership within the Chaplaincy and RE department, and the growing involvement of students within the department.

From the Thornleigh College website