From The Principal Week One Term One 2014

Term 1 Week 1

4 February 2014

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends of the School

Welcome back to school!

We are glad to welcome new learners and their families to our school.

Taj Ah Fook, Kristin Algie, Raine Cassidy, Zac Elisara

Tiraha Gazzard, Sharlise Henderson, Elizabeth Hepoto

Seyeon Kim, Riley O’Neill, Oliver Rippon

This year we are having an overall focus on the theme of “God is Creative and wants us to be Creative”. This is such a great topic, and one that is guaranteed to spark all kinds of enthusiasm for learning, making and doing.

In his book, The Pleasures of God, John Piper says:

“The message of Creation is this: there is a great God of glory and power and generosity behind all this awesome universe...

“One of the tragedies of growing up is that we get used to things. It has its good side of course, since irritations may cease to be irritations. But there is immense loss when we get used to the redness of the rising sun, and the roundness of the moon, and the whiteness of the snow, the wetness of rain, the blueness of the sky, the buzzing of bumble bees, the stitching of crickets, the invisibility of wind, the unconscious constancy of heart and diaphragm, the weirdness of noses and ears, the number of the grains of sand on a thousand beaches, the never-ceasing crash crash crash of countless waves,
and ten million kingly-clad flowers flourishing and withering in woods and mountain valleys where no one sees but God.”

Piper invites us to seek a “freshness of vision”, to look, as though for the first time, “at the personal handiwork of an infinitely strong, creative, and exuberant Artist who made the earth and the sea and everything in them.”

He reminds us that “this very day, some stroke is being added to the cosmic canvas that in due course you shall understand with joy as a stroke made by the Architect who calls Himself Alpha and Omega.”

Here is a video clip that may inspire you and help you to tune in to where we are focusing as a school community this year if you have time to listen.
Erwin McManus speaking on Creativity

We realise that we best provide an environment that stimulates creativity in our learners by taking the risks of being creative ourselves. We teach more from who we are than from what we say.

So we are taking the challenge...are you?

We look forward to the journey together this year!


Helen Pearson