Principal Message

Be Kind, Be safe, Be respectful, Be responsible, Be resilient, Be ready

Dear Parents and Carers,

A big thank you to Fr Manny, and all the parents, grandparents and parishioners who came to support us at the Official Blessing and Opening of stage 2 of our Masterplan. It was such a wonderful celebration . We were so proud of the children for the way they read, sang and participated in the ceremony, they really are a credit to you all. I am very grateful to be part of such a warm, inclusive and genuine school community. Thank you.

Graciousness has about it a generosity of spirit, an instinctive kindness, a strong understanding of the feelings of others. There is a sensitivity to recognising the needs of others and putting them above our own; a deliberate effort is made to make another person feel better.

This is borne out of a story of a little boy who was devoted to a one-eyed teddy bear. Hospitalised for a tonsillectomy, he was holding Teddy close when the surgeon came to his bedside just before the operation. A nurse moved to take the bear but the surgeon stopped her and said rather gravely, “ Leave Teddy there, he needs attention too.” When the child regained consciousness, Teddy was snuggled against the pillow and across his missing eye was the neatest bandage a skilled surgeon could devise.

Some unidentified person once said, “Food- God’s love made edible.” So could we say about graciousness- God’s compassion made visible? We parents have a great opportunity to be witnesses to graciousness each day in our dealings with our children for, if graciousness is associated with generosity of spirit, instinctive kindness and sensitivity of feelings, our children can learn to be gracious by observing our attitude towards them.

We can respond to their misdemeanors with gracious criticism; to their willingness to please with gracious acceptance; to their moments of anger with gracious humour and to their various problems with gracious advice. Graciousness is the vehicle that delivers to our children and others, all those positive attitudes we have that express respect. Modelling graciousness is a parents' love made ‘feelable.’

Keep smiling 

Cathy