Cultivating Patience
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” (Eph 4:2) Patience is a virtue that doesn’t come easily for many of us, making it a fitting characteristic of the Fruit of the Spirit to explore with our students this week. We encouraged them to reflect on how their attitudes in ‘times of waiting’ can be used to glorify God. Every day presents countless opportunities to practice and grow this virtue. We discussed common challenges, such as long queues, traffic jams, slow Wi-Fi, or simply counting down to a holiday.
Learning to be patient, with ourselves, with others, and with the Lord's timing, are not easy tasks, but they are essential to our faith walk. The Bible is rich with lessons on this topic, powerfully illustrating the boundless patience God extends to His people.
We encourage you to discuss with your child what they find challenging to wait for and how they can choose a God-honouring attitude instead!
SocS
Next week our students will enjoy their final SocS puppet show for the year. We are incredibly thankful to Mrs Diana Moes, who has written this unique, three year program, which explicitly teaches our Kinder to Year 2 students how they can positively interact with each other and continue to grow to be more and more like Jesus. It covers four main topics: understanding school rules, making friends, dealing with emotions and resilience. We are thankful for our Year 9 students who will also be supporting this program next week by facilitating discussion groups within the puppet play around the theme of ‘Good attitudes’, based on the Fruits of the Spirit. I encourage you to look out for the handout that will come home which contains a summary of the play and theme, along with some helpful follow-up discussion ideas for your family to continue the learning at home.
Mrs Ruth Cooper
Head of Junior School
Back to All News