After cancelling our First Eucharist due to the recent restrictions we were hoping that our children would be able to receive the sacrament on either Tuesday 17th August or Wednesday 18th August. We will confirm whether this will be able to go ahead once we have confirmation on whether our current lockdown is ending or being extended beyond Thursday.
This week marks the celebration of Staff Welfare Week at St John the Baptist. Each year we dedicate a week to give thanks to all our staff for the wonderful people that they are and the amazing work that they do. Our staff have always been wonderful but what has been asked of them over the past 18 months has been like nothing we could have ever imagined. Molly Brown started teaching last year for the first time. She is yet to experience a term that hasn’t been interrupted by lockdowns. Molly, like all our staff, has taken it in her stride, stepped up to the plate and worked out how to make the best learning environment for the children regardless of whether that was virtually or onsite. The staff love your children and they love the work they do. Day in day out they look, notice and respond to the learning needs of the children you have placed in their care. We are indeed blessed as a community to have such an amazing staff team. Well done to all SJB staff. You are the most wonderful people to work alongside. Congratulations on your resilience, persistence, agility and hard work. As a community I invite you to reach out to our staff to say thanks and let them know how terrific you think they are.
