What students are learning about

NAIDOC week is always during the school holidays. We like to celebrate with our students a little earlier. This week we were so blessed to have our own smoking ceremony.

There was a moment of deep peace as the smoke drifted across the students. Richie Allen walked around the circle letting the smoke billow around them. It was quite a profound experience.

Acknowledging our first nations people and all of our connections to this land is so important.

Catholic Life and Reflection

I have been nostalgic of late. Thinking about my own primary schooling.

I clearly remember doing a science experiment in Year 6 where you had to dissolve as much salt as possible into a cup so crystals would grow on a string.

I remember how I felt isolated due to my autistic siblings and no help from school ever came.

I remember the Year 7 teacher who looked like Jacqueline Smith from Charlie’s Angels and taught us for the first time about pollution. We put cling wrap smeared with Vaseline in various places, including the local service station to see how much muck it collected.

I realised that what I remember most about school is experiences and relationships.

In the past week or so our students have had wonderful experiences such as a smoking ceremony, Olympian visit and whole school mass.

My sincere hope for them is that, well into their future, they remember how loved they are and how much the staff of our school strive to create a safe, nurturing and inclusive environment.

I am going into these holidays feeling nothing but blessed. Blessed to be in this role, blessed to be part of this supportive, dynamic, and loving community and blessed to be able to spend some time with my family in the next few weeks.

Take note of where you find love in your life. That is where God is.

God bless,

Stephanie Stewart

Religious Education Coordinator