Today our school captains, house captains and student leaders were commissioned at our Opening Mass. Congratulations to these students who were elected by their peers.

Our student leaders are comprised of eight school captains and six house captains from Year 6 and four class representatives from Year 5.  It is a Holy Spirit tradition for parents or caregivers to pin the badge on their child as a symbol of support. I appreciate the effort parents and caregivers made to attend this occasion.

It is impressive to see ten and eleven year olds willing to take on these leadership roles and I look forward to them sharing their skills and qualities with our school community.

As we all settle into the routine of school, many children are forming new friendships. This, at times can be challenging for some students. Why is it that some children seem to have many friends and others just a few?

Child psychologist, Michael Grose provides ideas as to how parents can help children to adjust socially at the start of the school year. Michael’s article ‘Making New Friends and Staying in Touch with Old Classmates’, suggests an open, friendly attitude is a child or young person’s best social asset. 

Students who open to forming new friendships are more likely to succeed than those who seek solitude, who are critical and who limit themselves to just one or two familiar faces. Encourage your child or young person to seek out new friendships, even though they may feel uncomfortable or strange at first.

It goes without saying that an open, friendly attitude is also an asset for adults.

Michael’s article ‘Making New Friends and Staying in Touch with Old Classmates’ is attached HERE

God bless,

Geraldine