Well, what a special day. Today at our lovely primary school, that all the boys have attended and Liam still is attending, dedicated a new refurbished room in honour of our James.
The area is in the 'B' block of the school buildings, with classrooms all around the out side and a rectangle shaped space in the middle. When we first went to Swan View 9 years ago, this area was open with a few plants and lots of storage area with discarded items. Over the time we have been there, there have been a number of times to try and clean the area up. Last year our wonderful new principal, Marg managed to get it enclosed and cleaned up. It has lovely soft floor matting, roof over head with fans, lighting, tables, chairs, fridge and many more. They made the decision to call the room after James after much consideration. For a while it was just called the green room but Marg felt it needed something more. It was with honour that we agreed to naming the room 'The James Thomas Room' or JT for short. It showed us that James touched so many people in so many ways and will continue to do so through his name on this room.
We were lucky to share this special event with some of James' friends from his time at school, some of his teachers that are still at Swan View and close family. We had a fantastic morning tea, (thanks Mrs McGlew you are a great cook!) and we also released some yellow balloons, which seemed so fitting.
It was a lovely morning to remember our James.
2 comments:
Van, That's gorgeous, an awesome tribute for an amazing kid xx Fee
James only died a year after i left :( i wish i was there to say goodbye. James was an amazing friend and always made people laugh. When i come back to Perth at the end of the year I am defiantly going to go and visit the room and pay my respects. R.I.P James xx missed by many people ♥
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