In our St. Bernard's Community, every primary school has a GIFT Team. Our GIFT Team here at St. Mary's has members from every class, children and staff, who are committed to sharing Jesus' love throughout our school. The GIFT team meet regularly with our link chaplain, Tammy from St Bernard's to share ideas of how we all can celebrate our faith within our school, our parish and with our friends from across the learning community. The GIFT team have special badges that they wear everyday in school , so the whole school community knows they are GIFT members.

This year we wanted different children to have the experience of being in the GIFT team, and a huge number of children across school applied. We selected some children from each class and they have attended their first training day. In November, there will be a very special commissioning service led by Bishop Ralph for all the members and their families. The children will receive their badges and certificates. They are already helping out in school, setting up for mass, welcoming parishioners and more. Once fully initiated, we look forward to seeing them in action. We ask that you keep our GIFT Team Members in your prayers as they begin this very important role in our school.