By Mrs Amanda McCosker, College Chaplain

We are officially more than half way through Term 4 - wow! Many of you have started (or even finished) your last assessments for the year, so take a minute to take that in and feel proud of yourselves!

This week we spent some time creating poppies for Remembrance Day and reflecting on why this day is so important for us to recognise. What a beautiful and striking display our poppies make on the front fence of the College. We also enjoyed a scavenger hunt for Catherine McAuley Day and used the letters of her name to create an acrostic poem. Many of these were really well done and it was great to see so many students taking part in the fun.

Breakfast Club continues to be popular each morning, with lots of new and familiar faces coming over for a chat. It is available each morning and anyone is more than welcome to pop over and say hi.

The past couple of weeks have been difficult for our local community, especially with the recent bushfires. There was a lot of anxiety, fear and uncertainty for many people, a lot of close calls and many miracles. It just reiterates how important it is to be gentle with each other, to show kindness and compassion, and to look behind the reasons why people might be behaving a little bit differently than usual. In the words of the late Robin Williams, “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind, always.”