Tuesday, April 28, 2015




Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends of St Mary’s School,

Friday was a day of ceremonies: firstly we held our Easter  Mass. This is always a very nice

service and Mrs Dillon and all of the children who took part did an excellent job.

Then in the afternoon we had a service to commemorate our field of remembrance. I would like to thank all of the pupils who took part in this moving ceremony. ANZAC weekend has been a very moving occasion with the special focus on Gallipoli—I was especially moved by the
passage read out from the pen of Kemal Ataturk. I guess the message in brief is that no matter how bad the situation the challenge is to forgive and to move on otherwise your whole life will be wasted by focusing on the past.

We learn from the past to enable us to succeed in the future. The ability to forgive and move on is a key cornerstone of Christianity and one that enable us to live in harmony without holding needless grudges.

Have a great week

Mike Brosnahan

Principal






ANZAC

Monday, April 27, 2015




Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends of St Mary’s School,

Welcome back for Term Two, a term that is eleven weeks long and promises to be very busy.

I hope that everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable break.

Easter is a time for reflection and a chance to think about what is our next step going forward.

In the Bible in the Gospel of St Luke 6:31 Jesus says "Do to others as you would have them do to you". This is the golden rule. A similar ideal is prevalent in all major religions. The idea of be-ing empathetic, feeling what other people feel. Our school-wide focus for this term is going to be

living the golden rule. Treating others as you would like to be treated.

To support us in this focus I would ask that at home you talk to your children about the golden rule—what it means, and how we can live it.

The world would be a much better place if we all lived by this rule.. A big part is only talking to or about people as you would like to be talked to or about.

To ensure that our children live the "golden rule" we need to model it for them.

As John Lennon said "imagine" - imagine what the world would be like if we all lived by only

doing to others what we would like being done to us.

Have a great week

Mike Brosnahan

Principal






Ea

Monday, April 20, 2015




Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends of St Mary’s School,

Welcome back for Term Two, a term that is eleven weeks long and promises to be very busy.

I hope that everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable break.

Easter is a time for reflection and a chance to think about what is our next step going forward.

In the Bible in the Gospel of St Luke 6:31 Jesus says "Do to others as you would have them do to you". This is the golden rule. A similar ideal is prevalent in all major religions. The idea of be-ing empathetic, feeling what other people feel. Our school-wide focus for this term is going to be

living the golden rule. Treating others as you would like to be treated.

To support us in this focus I would ask that at home you talk to your children about the golden rule—what it means, and how we can live it.

The world would be a much better place if we all lived by this rule.. A big part is only talking to or about people as you would like to be talked to or about.

To ensure that our children live the "golden rule" we need to model it for them.

As John Lennon said "imagine" - imagine what the world would be like if we all lived by only

doing to others what we would like being done to us.

Have a great week

Mike Brosnahan

Principal






Easter

Sunday, April 12, 2015




Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends of St Mary’s School,

As we approach the end of the period of lent and move into Easter it is important to remember that we are in the middle of "Holy week". For Jesus this was a week of huge changes: he was welcomed by a cheering crowd into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and less than a week later he was betrayed, humiliated, tortured, was deserted and died.

The message is that life is full of high and lows, we must enjoy the highs but also prepare our-selves for the lows. The Easter message of overcoming (extreme) adversity is one that we can all focus on for at the end Jesus rises and shows us that death is not the end.

Later in the week we will be holding our Easter Liturgy and the children will be presenting these ideas. As you take time over the Easter period and the subsequent two weeks of holiday please remember to talk to your children about the fact that it is darkest before the dawn and that when things don’t seem to be going your way they may be just about to change for the better. Jesus was an inspiration who we can all admire but I think that it is key to remember for some people what to us may be small, is, to them huge.

We all have our dragons to battle and overcome. As Bruce Lee said ‘a life lived in fear is a life only half lived’.

Have a great week

Mike Brosnahan

Principal