Dear Families,

This week’s Gospel was a very famous reading from Luke called The Beatitudes. What follows immediately after this is another equally well known passage where Jesus calls us to “do to others what you would have them do to you”. Just like in all schools, we use stories to help teach our children life lessons with moral and ethical values. In Catholic schools, we extend this by teaching these same things through our Catholic stories found in the Bible and we help our children take these stories and relate them to their own lives, mostly covering themes such as kindness, justice, hope and forgiveness. “Do to others as you would have them do to you” is really a passage about empathy, a key factor in building resilience and respectful relationships– which are two of our School Wide Expectations. When we build empathy, it helps us to think about how another person might be feeling. But it also helps us think about some of the reasons some people behave in the way that they do, sometimes in ways that might not be friendly or kind. This is not to say that we tolerate bullying of ANY kind, but it can help us to be a little more accepting and respectful of each other and a little more forgiving when people are not at their best.

In other news, we had our first full week of school here for 2022 last week. The children are settling into routine in their classrooms and it is lovely to walk around and see all the productive learning going on around the school. We are so fortunate here at this school with the commitment of our teachers and support staff and just how much they go that extra mile for our kids. It is just one of the many pleasant things I’ve noticed since arriving at Lumen Christi.

Hopefully all children came home last week with their Rapid Antigen Tests – we ask that families keep this up for the time being twice a week as per the government and DOSCEL recommendations. If your child didn’t receive their box of tests, please contact your classroom teacher and they should have one allocated for them.

Looks like we are getting one last blast of summer for the week ahead.

Warm regards

Sally