Written by Mrs Amanda McCosker - College Chaplain

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club continues each morning, offering the students who join us for breakfast a healthy start to their day and often a lively chat around the table. Quite often, I get to see the excitement of a student who manages to score the last remaining cup of juice for the day. A huge “thank you” to the wonderful seniors who continue to help set up and supervise Breakfast Club each morning.

Churches of Christ

Each week, during Wellbeing, I have the privilege to take a small group of students to visit the local Churches of Christ Nursing Home. Each week, the students get to spend an hour doing activities such as talking to the residents, playing games and doing craft activities. Both the students and residents have gained so much from this fantastic opportunity, and lovely friendships have been formed, with the students looking forward to catching up with their favourite resident each week. If anyone else is interested in joining the program, please come and see me or collect a permission form from the college office.

A little thought about happiness

As we come into the Easter break, weary and looking forward to relaxing after a hard term’s work, I wanted to share the following little story. Just something for us to keep in mind as we tackle each day (some harder than others) - A teacher gave a balloon to every student and asked them to inflate it, write their name on it and throw it in the hallway. The teacher then mixed up all of the balloons. The students were given five minutes to find their own balloon. Despite a hectic search, nobody was able to find their own balloon.

The teacher then told the students to pick up the first balloon they found and hand it to the person whose name was written on it. Within five minutes, everyone had their own balloon.

The teacher said to the students, “These balloons are like happiness. We will never find it if everyone is looking for their own. But if we care about other’s happiness, we’ll find ours too.”

Have a fabulous holiday and enjoy the time with your families!