Junior School News T4 W4 2021
Capture the Moments
As we near the middle of a very busy Term it is timely to remind ourselves to ‘capture the moments’ with our families. There is homework, after school activities, music practice, drama performances, sporting events, College events and so much more that at times means keeping our focus on the to do list. Our kids love being part of all these events in life, but let’s be deliberate in taking opportune moments to stop and hear what our kids have to say. Share a meal or a milkshake together at the end of a busy week– capture a quality time moment. Sit down and listen to them, read aloud or start reading a novel together each evening for 10 mins before bedtime – capture a quality, comforting time together. Take pictures of daily life moments, don’t wait for the perfect portrait – capture the laughter, capture the routine, capture the daily tasks – capture the moments and remember how precious family time is. Have a device free evening, parents too, and play a board game or watch a movie together – capture the joy of time together as a family. Growing together, communicating about the little things, laughing about the silliness, stealing time for your family even when you don’t think you have it and enjoying each other – now that is something worth taking the time to do so that we capture the moments along this journey we call life.
GRANDPARENTS MORNING – a big thank you to all our grandparents and special people for joining us for our special morning this week. It was a fabulous community time and it brought so much joy to our students. The campus was alive and buzzing as students proudly showed off their learning spaces and spent time together chatting over morning tea. We can’t wait to do it again next year!
WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY – our teachers do an incredible job and yesterday we took a moment to say thank you for all that they do. The team we have at Faith is one that is like no other, they are dedicated, talented, creative, caring, innovative and always have their students at the heart of every decision they make. We hope that yesterday they felt appreciated, and we thank the Events Committee who organised coffees and a special morning tea to make their day memorable.
ASSEMBLY – Week 5 will be our last regular assembly service for the year, and the last week of student of the week and 5C awards. This is due to our end of year events commencing so whilst assembly will not happen in its usual form, there will be plenty of events for you to come in and enjoy as a member of our community. Chapel will continue to be on each Tuesday afternoon at 2:05pm in the SPAH and we would love you to join us for these community times. If you are coming along, you need to sign in with the QR codes on the door of the SPAH and take a seat.
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE – on Thursday, 11 November our Junior School Remembrance Day service will take place in the SPAH at 11:00am. If you are available and would like to join us for this special occasion seating will be available for families as per our usual assembly/chapel procedures. We hope to share this with our community if you can attend.
Thank you for continuing to be an integral part of our community and making Faith an amazing place to be!
Jodi Blackwell
Head of Junior School
