Taught and Caught!

Welcome to Term 2! 

I trust the term break provided you and your children the chance to switch off from routines, and space to enjoy experiences and places in God’s beautiful world.

Our world needs kindness. Our nation needs kindness. Our community needs kindness. Our school needs kindness. We all need kindness.

Schools are highly social places, and every day our students are expected to work collaboratively with each other, play happily with each other and show respect to one another in all their interactions. 

To create a wonderful place for learning to occur, our staff understand the need to seize every opportunity to engage students in the process of learning. This can occur in the formal setting in the classroom through the ‘taught curriculum’, or when they are engaging with their peers through play and social interactions – the ‘caught curriculum’ – when expectations, values and the DCC culture are emphasised and celebrated.

At DCC, we value the place of both the ‘taught’ and ‘caught’ curriculum and we are intentional in being for our students, encouraging them to learn in the everyday experiences, as we partner with you in their holistic education.

“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.  Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.” Galatians 5: 22-26

In our assemblies, during class devotions or wellbeing discussions, our ‘taught’ curriculum will encourage students to consider the ways they can display the fruits of the Spirit in their words, actions and responses to the social context through acts of kindness. Being kind requires wisdom, it fosters peace, it demonstrates love and it is contagious. 

As we encourage, identify and celebrate acts of kindness, the ‘caught’ curriculum can spread like confetti around our community, in our classrooms and into homes and families! 

May we each be intentional in our kindness to one another, modelling the fruits of the Spirit in our words, actions and thoughtfulness as we live in community together.