What are students learning about?

What the students are learning about

Year One had their very first assembly EVER today. Of course they had missed them last year due to COVID.  They were spectacular!  In particular their beautiful song about Being a Bucket Filler.  Being a bucket filler simply reminds students to “fill” other people up rather than “empty” other people's buckets by hurting their feelings.

They sang like angels and read beautifully too. Well done Year One!

Catholic Life and Reflection

This week for staff prayer we have been led through some of the stations of the cross as preparation for Holy Week. On Wednesday morning we focussed on the sixth station, Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. 

It had never occurred to me that this unplanned act of kindness would have been a surprise to the suffering Jesus.  I imagine that the walk through the city, bleeding, humiliated and frightened would have been a blur of noise and heat and hate. Veronica’s simple act of kindness to wipe the blood and sweat from his brow would have been a significant contrast to the sea of humanity around him. 

A gentle and important reminder that a simple unplanned act of kindness can greatly impact someone in their time of need. I would encourage you to watch this short clip from the Franscian order who began the practise of completing the Stations of the Cross as we know it today.

May God continue to bless all of our students and families.

Stephanie Stewart