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Year 1s River,Yusrah, Charles, Charlotte and Aryanna were excited to receive the crosses that the Year 4-6s made for them
TA K I N G U P THEIR CROSS We teach the Year 10 Religion, Philosophy & Ethics class that a symbol is “a physical expression of an abstract belief”. The Gospel reading set for the second week of Lent includes Jesus’ metaphoric invitation for his disciples to “take up your cross”. This can be tricky for all of us to understand, but for our younger Junior School students in Prep to Year 3 it can be especially difficult.
Fortunately, the students in Year 4 to Year 6 were up to the challenge of making a physical expression of ways that the younger students could “take up their cross”. With the support of their class teachers, the students constructed physical crosses on which they wrote practical ways that the younger students could put this idea into action. Their encouraging statements included practical inclusion, acts of care and kindness. Bright colours and inspiring ideas decorated the purple crosses that were handed out in the P-3 Chapel Service in the second week of Lent. The smiling faces in the photo above show the impact that this small gift had on our Year 1 students, and the crosses show the deep understanding our older Junior School students have of practical acts of love, kindness and integrity. One Year 4 student wrote: “Do the right thing, even if no-one is looking!”
