APRE News
Just like that we are well into the Term already and it feels like we were never away!
The school has certainly been a hive of activity this week. One of the highlights was for our Year 1 and Year 2 classes who had visits from the Wulgurukaba Walkabout Dancers. It was wonderful to have them at school to share their culture, knowledge and wisdom, this time sharing and teaching different dances to the students. From all reports the students were thoroughly engaged in this and we look forward to having them back later in the year.
We also had our wonderful Under 8’s Day celebration this Friday in the morning session. There were plenty of activities on offer and our students looked to be having a tremendous amount of fun. It was great to see our teachers getting into the spirit with some wonderful clown outfits on display as well.
On another exciting note, we will be starting back Friday morning assemblies for our students - it will be a great opportunity to pray and celebrate each week together. Unfortunately we are still unable to host parents at these events, but stay tuned as we are looking into ways of having members of our community present.
Have a great week and God bless,
Nick
CONTEMPLATIVE CORNER
Contemplative Reading
God help us to change.
To change ourselves and to change our world.
To know the need for it. To deal with the pain of it.
To feel the joy of it.
To undertake the journey without understanding the destination.
The art of gentle revolution.
Amen.
Choose a passage of writing (see poem above) and take your time, slowly savouring every word, in contrast to your normal reading pace. In the Benedictine tradition, monks undertake Lectio Divina (meditative reading of the scriptures) to deepen and refresh their understanding and comprehension. Read through the passage and consider what stood out to you. What impacted you? What challenged you? What inspired you?
In the classroom, you could pick a book or a poem to read and ask students to focus on a certain page/line that stood out to them.