"Community is about doing something together that makes belonging matter."

Brian Solis

I am not sure about you, but I am so grateful to belong to this vibrant community, Prescott Primary Northern. As I walk the hallways, interact with students and staff, help our families through the Drop Off Zone in the mornings, sit and work through some behaviour choices with students, hear stories of both struggles and joys from our families, I am reminded daily that this community is incredibly important…this community matters.

Last Friday, our school community celebrated the end of PE Week with our annual Fun Run. I would like to thank Mr Campbell, Sonja Liemar, Kate Truscott and their team of volunteers who made this memorable event happen. There was a buzz of excitement and energy in the air as classes paraded their costumes to one another, ran laps of the course and cheered on buddy classes. It was so wonderful to see families that had come along to celebrate and cheer on their children. The sense of joy felt by our wider community during this event only highlighted even further how incredible this community is and how grateful I am to be a part of it.

2022 has been a tough year on many fronts, but in particular around some Covid restrictions not allowing families on campus for a significant part of this year. To be able to hold an event like Fun Run, with our parents and carers being able to join us, was such a blessing. So thank you to those families that came and celebrated with us! We are looking forward to being able to hold more events that invite our school community along this year and into a new year. Enjoy this little insight to some of the highlights and joy from our Fun Run…it will surely bring a smile to your face:

As we look ahead to the last few weeks of our school year, I would like to encourage you to engage with our community. Find ways to encourage and uplift one another during this busy season, and know that you belong in our community. You belong and you matter! Let me leave you with these encouraging words from the Bible, found in Hebrews 10:24, as you go about the weeks ahead: "Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works."

Blessings,

Tamara