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CONNECTIONS

STRATEGIC PLANS - CONNECTIONS

PARENT DAY

IN THE JUNIOR SCHOOL

Over the last two years, with the complications and restrictions caused by COVID-19, we have been unable to celebrate our
wonderful Junior School parents in the traditional way for both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
In Term 3, we made the decision to commemorate mothers shop. The Year 1 students and their parents had much fun
and fathers across the Junior School with combined ‘Parents’ designing and creating launchers out of cardboard tubes
Day’ celebrations. This was a poignant moment in our Junior and cotton wool balls. A challenge was set in the Year 2
School calendar as we were finally able to welcome families classroom for families to work as a team to construct the
back on campus. highest tower using only spaghetti and marshmallows.
A Chapel service was held for our Middle and Upper Junior The afternoon culminated in a dazzling performance by all
boys and their parents. This was a time to be thankful for the boys from Pre-Primary to Year 2. We also had poetry readings
gift of parenthood. by our Year 2 boys that were both humorous and endearing
There was much joy and merriment in the Lower Junior as messages were shared about the joys of parenting.
Centre as the whole community came together to engage in Finally, we were grateful for the speech given by the parents
a range of activities, afternoon tea and performances from of a Year 2 student, as they shared anecdotes of their journey
the boys. The Pre-Primary boys indulged their parents with with their son on his great beginnings as a Hale Junior School
an afternoon day spa of massages, manicures and a barber student.

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