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Chaplain's Corner – Junior School
One of the activities the students like to do the most in CARE classes is complete ‘warm fuzzies’. Everyone writes their name on a piece of paper, then passes it around the class so everyone...
23 April 2020
Carey staff making a difference
At the moment, it feels like there isn’t a lot of good news around, so I want to share an example from our own backyard with you! My husband works for Anglicare in homelessness. He runs two...
27 March 2020
Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
I was recently listening to some of those who have been quarantined for the past 14 days due to the Coronavirus express how badly they just want to get home. Home is where things...
20 February 2020Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
This week the Year 6s from both Junior School Kew and Carey Donvale gathered together for the first of a few days spread over the year focussing on developing leadership skills. One of the...
20 February 2020Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
Celebrating the New Year on 1 January is a relatively new and Western phenomenon, but the tradition of celebrating New Year dates back thousands of years. The earliest recording of a...
06 February 2020Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
What are the traditions and rituals your family celebrate leading up to Christmas? Is there a ceremony surrounding the choosing of the tree, or putting up the decorations? Is one person responsible for...
05 December 2019
Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School Kew
At the risk of sounding like Myer by introducing Christmas way too early, I have started to teach the Christmas story in CARE classes these past days. I promise you, I haven’t put up my Christmas...
21 November 2019
Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
A couple of weeks ago I had the joy of spending a few days in a beautiful part of the world, Toonallook, with a Year 5 class. How blessed we are to have the opportunity to spend many...
07 November 2019Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
Imagine that I have a balloon in my hand and I want to try and make my balloon bigger. Can I do that by popping my friend’s balloon? Does that make my balloon get bigger? No!
24 October 2019
Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
Over the past week I have had the enormous pleasure of spending time with the staff and students visiting us from Robinson River in the Northern Territory. For the past few years I have travelled...
05 September 2019