St. Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

Our St. Cuthbert's family celebrated with a thanksgiving mass as we said "goodbye" to our Year 6 children and to our long serving headteacher Mr Bruen.

We joined together as a family to thank God for all the wonderful memories our Y6 children have made and we asked Him to help and guide them on their new journey at high school.

We thanked God for all the wonderful work Mr Bruen has put in to St. Cuthbert's and for the many years of service he has offered. We will miss him greatly and we wish him a long, happy and peaceful retirement.

In the message from His Holiness Pope Francis, for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, we were asked to 'share the journey' by walking as a parish and school family, whilst thinking about those who suffer difficult journeys, seeking refuge.

We were very privileged to have two CAFOD visitors to share the journey with us. We spent two days thinking about the journey that refugees have to make. We heard stories of several refugees and shared in a reflection of how they must of felt. We also thought about our safe places and appreciated how lucky we are, we thank God for everything we have.

As we walked we 'totted up' the miles walked. The total number of miles walked by children and staff at St. Cuthbert's  was added to the global family's 'share the journey' total. The hope is to walk enough miles to go around the world in solidarity for refugees.

We all thoroughly enjoyed the CAFOD visit and were very proud to have taken part in such a though provoking journey.