Term 2, Week 3

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to week 3.

I hope that you enjoyed the weekend, managed to avoid the bugs going around and enjoyed some time recharging and reconnecting.

Thank You:
A HUGE thank you to those families that made the commitment to attend our Year 3 family mass and Reconciliation Commitment Mass on Saturday night.

It was lovely to see the delight from the parishioners in having the young crew there and our families making that commitment to walk alongside their children as they take their next step on their faith journey.

A reminder for any Reconciliation candidates who DID NOT attend on Saturday night that you will need to contact Fr Archie directly to organise a time to undertake the commitment ceremony...perhaps it can be arranged on a date where a large number of candidates may be free so that you can do it all together?

Character Strength of the Week...
Our character strength for this coming week is Judgement...I know that this can be a word that we are nervous of but when we are using this strength in the right way; it can help us to make good choices and learn and grow as we change our perspective to see it from a different way...

WHAT IS JUDGEMENT?
Judgment involves making rational and logical choices, and analytically evaluating ideas, opinions, and facts. It is critical thinking, weighing the evidence fairly, thinking things through, and examining the evidence from all sides rather than jumping to conclusions.

Judgment also involves being open-minded and able to change one’s mind in the light of evidence, remaining open to other arguments and perspectives. It should be clear at this point that judgment is a core “strength of the head” — it’s a very thinking-oriented character strength.

The strength of judgment is a corrective strength in that it counteracts faulty thinking, such as favoring your current views or favoring ideas that are considered the dominant view, and therefore giving less attention to the less-dominant view.

It is the willingness to search actively for evidence against your favored beliefs, plans or goals and to weigh all of the evidence fairly when it is available.

JEMMS:
For those students attending our Maths support groups, please make sure that you are coming regularly and getting there ready to go for an 8am start.

This program is most effective when lessons build on previous content taught, we are so grateful to Mrs Jackson for giving up her mornings to support our students in this way!

Bugs and Things:
There are a few bugs going around at the moment and I have been notified that COVID is up and about again...we had almost forgotten about that

A gentle reminder to help keep us all well...tummy bugs, 24 hours symptom free and students are good to return...COVID, as symptom free as possible but ideally a negative result if possible.

Stationery Check In:
If you can please take a moment to check in with your child to see if they need any items from their spares bag...the glue sticks are the naughtiest, running away the most so please check with your child if they need anything!

Many thanks for all your efforts to get your guys to school each day, it is greatly appreciated!

Wishing you all a great week!

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