Thought For The Day – Tuesday 10^th March 2026

Year 10 students completed their Citizenship and Religious Studies visit to London yesterday.

Students visited:  the Palace of Westminster and the Houses of Parliament;  the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom;  and Saint Paul’s Cathedral.

Students learnt about key beliefs, practices, traditions, and values.

At lunch, some students took part in table tennis, continuing T.B.S.H.S.’ break and lunch time tradition, made even more possible by the superb new table tennis tables we have at T.B.S.H.S..

This was this tenth edition of the above visit, ensuring over a thousand students, over the years, have such an inclusive and insightful opportunity.

We are very grateful to staff, students, and families, present and past, who have made, and continue to make,  this experience happen.

And we are even more grateful to all staff, students, and families, past and present, who make, and have made,  all opportunities happen.

We remember the vital role of Mrs. Kitching and Ms. Engel in the countless and plethora of educational visits in all areas of the school.

Of course,  none of this would be possible, without wonderful, and welcoming, hosts at all places and venues.  They open their very busy and very special spaces to the future.

Once again, yesterday, students represented themselves, their families, and T.B.S.H.S., as they learnt about key values, and those who represent, and serve,  them.   We see in the world today the continuing and vital importance of moral decision-making, leadership, and representation.

Whilst, spiritually, yesterday, students and staff reflected on whether representation has a profound dimension beyond this life.

And on the days following International Women’s Day on Sunday, and on today, the International Day of Women Judges, we continue to reflect on sex and gender representation.

Where 263 of the 650 Members of Parliament in the U.K. are women.

Where, in the Anglican Church,  Dame Sarah Mullally, the former Bishop of London, the diocese of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, has become the first ever woman Archbishop of Canterbury.

Like T.B.S.H.S., and in our lives as a whole, so much has been achieved.

And, like T.B.S.H.S., and in our lives as a whole, we have so much still to humbly learn, improve, and do.