Last week 3^rd and 4^th class celebrated Friendship Week. We created friendship hands and a friendship garden.  We discussed what ingredients make a good friend.  We discussed how each of us are different, and although we are different we fit right in here in third/fourth class and in St. Fergus’ School.  We tried extra hard to be friends with a secret person. At the end of the week, we revealed who the person was.  We found that it is sometimes difficult being friends. You have to work at it. You cannot force someone to be your friend, but if you are friendly, they rnay be friendly in return.  We also found that it is always difficult not being friends. Being lonely makes people feel very sad.  If you do not have friends, you have no-one to play with. You have no-one to talk to. You have no-one to help you.  We concluded that making friends can be an effort, but it is worth it.