PASTORAL CARE NEWS
YEAR 9 PASTORAL DAY
This past Tuesday saw Year 9’s first pastoral day, the theme of the day was Stewardship and the activities and focus was based on doing good for others. Year 9 were encouraged to think about their world and the impact that humans have on the world.
The day began with prayer and reflection in which we discussed what stewardship means for us and what we are called by God to do as stewards of the environment. The challenge was put forth for students to put their own wants in the background for the day, and to focus on what they can do for others. From the first session we moved into our various groups, where students used their skills and talents to participate in a variety of different activities. The groups included:
- Sport Games for OLHC in which Students from year 3 and 4 came up to the school oval and our students ran sport games and activities with these students, under the instruction of Mrs Bulger and Mr Connor.
- Music Recording under the direction of Mrs Morton students prepared and recorded songs that we will then give to a local nursing home.
- John Therry Book, With Mr Robinson students refined and illustrated the story of John Therry, using art to visually show this story.
- School Stewardship with Mr Foreshaw and Mrs Lewandowski involved students working around the school to clean, maintain and neaten our surroundings, as well as planting nearly 100 plants in our gardens.
- Reading Games with OLHC in which Kindy and Year 1 classes came up to the school library and with Mrs Carrol, students worked with them to play reading and literacy games.
- Rosemeadow Pond Cleanup in which students with Ms Schnebli and myself walked up to the pond with gloves and bags and cleaned up seating areas and looked after the environment.
- We also had a great team of photographers who spent the day following the groups capturing the great work.
Overall the day was a huge success, students went above and beyond in their various activities and rose to the occasion beautifully. The students from OLHC had a fantastic time with our students and those students involved with these activities were fantastic role models. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to show the community the fantastic work that is done in year 9 and the fantastic attitude and dedication of the students.
I would like to thank all staff and students involved in the smooth running of this day and creating activities and connections that hopefully continue as part of the JTCHS culture.