Visit from The Archbishop of Canterbury
Today we were privileged to welcome the Most Rev. and the Rt Hon. the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby into our school.
Archbishop Justin was welcomed by a samba band as soon as he stepped out of the car. Inside, he heard a joint choir from the primary and secondary sites singing ‘Ten thousand reasons’, and then prayed for both parts of the school as he prayed over two commemorative plaques. He spent time in the school's library, where Yasmin Smith and others asked him questions.
He then took part in two student conferences with pupils from the Bay C of E School and Niton Primary School, where he was asked more questions about his faith and his role. Among them were queries about the Bible verse that had helped him the most, his attitude towards fossil fuel as a former oil executive, and his role at the Queen's funeral and the King's Coronation. He described one of his proudest moments as being with refugees last week in Armenia.
Then he had a chance to meet parents picking up their children from the primary site of the Bay C of E school, and then spoke to staff after the school day was over.
Bram Lorenz, whose son Buddy, aged 7, goes to the Bay C of E School, said: "You don't expect to run into the Archbishop when you are picking up your child from school, but he was very relaxed and we appreciated it."
Archbishop of Canterbury Visit
