Remembrance…

One of the lovely things that our now adult children like to do when we are together, is talk around the dinner table about their memories of their childhood.

They often talk about the games they played, the funny incidents that they remember, and how strict their parents were! Remembrance is a fairly regular part of our lives, whether it is personal and private or public and shared. It is interesting to think that, just as we have a personal or family bank of memories, we also have a shared and communal ‘memory’.

“What does ‘remembrance’ mean to you? In what ways do you remember?”

What does ‘remembrance’ mean to you? In what ways do you remember? Yesterday, our entire School was involved in Remembrance Day events. This included Services on our Senior and Junior Campuses as well as Student Leaders from Years 6 and 10 representing us at the Kingston Service. Our Service on the Junior Campus, even included a live performance of the last post on trumpet, courtesy of our music teacher, Mrs Chapman.

Engaging our children in acts of remembrance is a way of connecting them into the story of their community. In doing so, we connect with generations of Australians who have, for over 100 years, stopped on 11 November to remember. Part of our role as a School and as families is to educate our young people to consider what we remember and why.  Just as it builds our family culture to talk about significant moments, it also builds our community culture when we are able to do that on a larger scale.

As we commemorate Australians who have served and sacrificed for their country, we are drawn to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus who, choosing not to be served but to serve, laid down his life so that we might have the opportunity of life eternal. As we remember God’s goodness and graciousness to us as families, we build a culture of faith.

Scott Ambrose - Principal