Doncaster children lift spirits with thank you banners for NHS staff

Children at Kingfisher Primary Academy have created ‘thank you’ banners for the NHS, with their work now displayed outside Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
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Fourteen pupils, who are the children of keyworkers, are continuing to go into school and worked on the banners last week to express their gratitude to everyone who is working in the NHS. The children came up with the wording themselves and had a great time working on them.

Catherine Skinn, Principal at Kingfisher said: "Following an email from a local resident who lives close to Doncaster Royal Infirmary asking schools to celebrate and thank all the NHS workers working tirelessly to keep the people of Doncaster safe, we decided to create banners from Kingfisher Primary to say thank you on behalf of all the children and staff at Kingfisher.

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“We felt this was very apt as we have many families who are key workers, going to work each day to ensure that they do their bit for Doncaster people. The children thoroughly enjoyed creating the images and slogans to thank the NHS workers."

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Sophia Jones, the resident who came up with the idea said: “I would like to say a very big thank you Kingfisher Academy – to the staff and the children who have not only produced beautiful banners but with such great messages.

“The response has been wonderful on social media and it has been so lovely to see people stop and read them as they go out for their daily walks. We've also noticed staff pull out of the entrance and smile too as they drive off, it makes it all worthwhile.”

An NHS worker who works at the children’s unit at DRI coontacted the school, saying: “The staff are loving this banner that you have at the front of your property. We also noticed your rainbow whilst we were doing ours on the ward windows.”

A Facebook comment made was: “We walk past this on our daily walk round the block to stop the kids going crazy. They look awesome.”