Our Reception to Year 3 classes completed their Water Safety Program for 2022 this week. Thank you to all our wonderful parent volunteers who assisted us. The children are exhausted by had an instructive time.
I have truly waited until the last minute to write this article. This is not my usual modus operandi but I wanted to be able to genuinely share how good it feels to be ‘getting back to normal’. This morning we had Assembly, for the first time in 2022! Our parents, family and community members joined us and the children had the opportunity to share their learning and talents. Both our Band and Orchestra are quite fresh, with many members having headed off to high school last year, nonetheless they summoned their stage courage and accompanied us as always for Assembly.
We were the recipient of two Certificates of Recognition at today’s Assembly, one that must be shared with all as it was from St Vincent de Paul for the generosity shown through donations made during the Christmas season of 2021. Whilst this may seem a long time ago, it’s always nice to know your kindness has been appreciated and remembered.
The second certificate was from the Commissioner for Children and Young People to Crafers, for Excellence in Student Voice, ‘in recognition of your commitment to student voice and advocacy’. Last year, the students were invited to share their thoughts and concerns about themselves, their world and the things they think ‘grown ups’ should know. It is pleasing to see our students take part in initiatives such as these as it highlights their awareness of things around them, that may or may not have an immediate impact. It also informs us about the things that are important to our younger generations. In today’s world, our children receive information in so many ways and there is such an abundance of it. It can be difficult to know the impact events have on children of school age and what they think about when they have time to themselves. It feels me with hope that they are being asked and that they are answering, should our Commissioner and others, including us, be listening carefully we may see these concerns addressed and our children continue to be filled with hope for their futures and the futures of others. That’s a nice place to be!
Kind regards
Chan
