From; Rev. Kevin Evans, Chair of Governors, St. George’s School.
To; All parents and carers.
It feels strange to be preparing what is in many ways a Christmas Message at the end of a year which seems not to have got started. We have experienced a year of such disruption and uncertainty. It has been a year unlike many of us have ever known. But despite this it has been a year of overcoming and achievement and maintaining life and purpose and most of all, hope.
It has also been a year of learning, not just for our children but for all of us. I am writing on behalf of the Governing Body to say thank you and well done to all of you for the way you have responded to the challenges presented to our school through the continuing Covid pandemic and played your part in overcoming them.
We have relearned how responsible we are for our shared health, safety and wellbeing. Thank you for taking that responsibility seriously and doing so with patience and good humour. I certainly will always cherish the privilege of watching over 500 children, parents and carers entering our school site not just safely but happily and carefully and ready to learn and to share.
And now we have great news! Wonderful things have been achieved in preparing vaccines against Covid in record time making next year much more hopeful and promising.
The papers are telling us that ‘Christmas is back on!’ We have news for them, Christmas was never off. Christmas cannot be cancelled, Christmas is for EVER and for EVERYONE and most of all, as we have seen this year, lives all year in our hearts and hopes.
May we all have a peaceful and blessed Christmas and wonderful New Year.
