Principal Message

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

Dear Parents and Carers,

A huge thank you to all the parents who contributed to making our Father's Day stall such a huge success, whether it was ordering, unpacking, pricing, setting up, or selling, we appreciate you all. 

A big thank you to the staff who came in even earlier to ensure that we could offer our dads, granddads, uncles, special people, and carers a very special Father's Day breakfast. These wonderful occasions would not be possible without the generosity of our staff.

We have a day to celebrate fathers for both historical and social reasons: to recognize and appreciate the role fathers (and father-figures) play in children’s lives, to promote family bonds and responsible parenting, and to give society a moment to honour paternal contributions.

Celebrating Father's Day isn't just about neckties and BBQs—it's about recognizing the quiet strength, love, and guidance fathers and father figures bring into our lives.

Father’s Day isn’t just for one kind of dad—it honors adoptive dads, single fathers, foster dads, grandfathers, and male role models who step up with love and guidance and mums who are challenged by their double role.

Here are some positive quotes about dads:

“My dad was my guide for life, he was my protector and benefactor, he was my strong support when the winds of life knocked me around. He taught me to respect myself and to expect more of myself than I did of anyone else. He gave me fatherly love as well as direction and discipline, and he was a great example of consistency and commitment.”

“We had a wonderful father, for he was always willing to listen to us and treat us with compassion, consideration, and appreciation, even when it probably wasn't easy to do so because of our behaviour. He was an unassuming person and always acted towards us in ways that reflected his own humanity, his strength, and value as a person. We always felt loved, and when we talk about him now, it is because he inspires us."

Ann Landers has this reminder to offer all dads if they ever doubted their importance to their children.

“When I was:

4 years old: My dad could do anything

6years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.

14 years old: Don’t pay attention to my father. He is so old-fashioned

30 years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he's had lots of experience.

50 years old: I'd give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk it over with him.

Anonymous has a contribution that well might be appropriate of fathers: “to the world you might be one person, but to one person you are the world”

“Parents are the ultimate ‘people builders’. The fine expectations you have for your children, the skills you teach them, and the values you model for them will be the bricks and mortar of great future citizens.”

Keep smiling

Cathy