As we move into the final week of the term, the Easter week, let’s celebrate the effort and resilience of staff and students throughout a very interesting period of 10 weeks.
Extreme weather, as well as the interruptions of COVID-19, has created a challenging time at College as well as at home, and we do well to take the time over the vacation to rest and rebuild our energy ahead of the new school term. The College breaks next Friday 8 April and returns after the ANZAC weekend on Wednesday 27 April.
Tickets for ‘Shrek’ the Musical are selling fast and with 6 performances there will be room for most families, so please consider coming to this great event. Students involved in the musical will gather lifetime memories from the experience, and it will be a great show.
The College Open Week took place last week with hundreds of people in attendance to visit and tour the campus and have conversations with staff about the future. It was an enjoyable day, and the weather remained fine throughout the event. Thanks to the organising team including our Senior School Captains and Prefects who, along with staff, were excellent tour guides.
Traffic routines continue to be of interest each day, and we encourage all drivers to take extra care to observe the road rules and display courtesy to other drivers and neighbours in particular. It’s a busy environment at drop-off and pick-up times, and our suggestion throughout this first term is to delay your time for pick-up. Students are well supervised, and the traffic eases after buses leave at 2.45pm each day.
COVID-19 communication continues to be very important. The College needs to know if there is a positive case for a student or family member, we can then update their attendance record and also notify families of classes or year groups affected. The notification form can be found in the College App, click More >COVID Notification form. Students should not be sent to school if they are unwell or show any symptoms.
No doubt the holiday break will benefit everyone at this time, and I’m sure that we are all looking forward to a calmer and healthier second term.
Easter is the time we remember and reflect on the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. The world around us has been so disrupted during the last 12 months. Families across Europe right now are so impacted by the disruption in Ukraine as well. At Easter this year, take time to gather around the saving message of the gospel of the Lord Jesus. We can all find a peaceful future in him.
‘In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us’. Ephesians 1:7
