Principal's Message
“ Act Justly, Love Tenderly and Walk Humbly with our God.”
Dear parents and carers,
Anzac Day holds a deeply special significance for the St Xavier's school community. Our school maintains a strong tradition of representation in the Anzac Day March. This year a large number of students marched proudly, demonstrating our collective gratitude and respect for the service and sacrifice of those who have served our country. Our School Captains, Georgina Grimm and Nicholas Martin carried medals to the altar at the Anzac Day Mass on Saturday morning. Thank you to the staff and families who supported these events. The high level of student participation continues to be a point of pride for our school.
Term Two includes a large number of opportunities for parents to visit the school, experience time with their children in the classrooms and watch them perform. They include; Mothers Day Morning Tea, Gunnedah Eisteddfod, Catholic Schools Week Assembly and Walkthrough, Liturgies and Masses, Athletics Carnival and Cross Country at Barraba.
Learning and wellbeing remain a priority for us and the strength of our teams provides a strong support system for both students and staff. Our students have full days learning, socialising and playing and many have full before and after school lives. We all need to be mindful that the vast majority are doing their best. Below is a piece of text I read recently and I have highlighted a few lines that resonated with me.
“Dear Parents,
This might be uncomfortable.
But your child is not the victim every time something goes wrong at school.
Sometimes they talked when they were told not to.
Sometimes they were disrespectful.
Sometimes they didn’t try.
Sometimes they broke the rules.
And that doesn’t make them bad.
It makes them children.
What matters is what happens next.
When every correction becomes a defence case…
When every consequence becomes a negotiation…
When every boundary becomes a personal attack…
Children learn something.
They learn that accountability is optional.
They learn that authority is fragile.
They learn that discomfort is unfair.
One day your child will have a boss.
A deadline.
A rule they don’t like.
And no one will email home if they lose their job.”
Kind regards,
Jen