By Isle of Wight Observer
Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Dr Jonathan Frost, visited The Bay CE School on September 6.
He met with pupils and staff, who welcomed him into the school community. Starting at the primary site, he was given a tour around the school then escorted to the secondary site by a group of Year 6 pupils.
At the secondary site, he was joined by some Year 7 pupils for a pupil conference. The pupils were interested to hear his reminiscences on how he once travelled to Australia and played cricket for a local team, and that his favourite subject at school was sport. He talked passionately about his view that one of the roles of a Bishop is to speak up boldly if he sees something unfair in society.
After listening with great interest to the pupils, and finding out how they had settled into the new term, he had a tour of the secondary site.
Lexi, from Year 6, said: “I was really proud to be asked to meet with Bishop Jonathan. He was interested in what we thought about our school and it was a great opportunity to get to ask him questions.”
Isle of Wight Observer