Dear parents, students and friends

Pope Francis wrote this week:

To all believers, and to men and women of good will, we say: let us become creative artisans of peace, let us build social friendship, let us make our own the culture of dialogue.

We are proud of students as they have returned to the classrooms. They are working at building their social friendships, rediscovering the need to talk and listen in turn, to take turns when playing, to watch out for each other as they run or play chasey. Students are showing smiles, greetings and joy at rekindling old friendships and sharing new friendship. The school has come back to life with the sound of children learning and playing.

I hope you are looking forward to sharing an extra day this weekend with your children. Perhaps going a little further afield for exercise and maybe catching up with someone in a park. It is these small signs of steady movement toward a covid normal which are like the small signs of winter changing to spring then changing again into summer.

I wish you a wonderful Thank You day and from all the staff here at St Thomas' wish you thanks for your wonderful efforts in partnering with us in educating your chidlren.

Kate