Dear Parents, Letter #23
So, here we are….the last stretch of Class Two, with only three weeks of school left! A quick look back reminds us of Class One, where the children experienced the world as a wholeness, while in Class Two they became aware of the duality of human nature. The lemniscate was our image for the year – showing polarity and balance. Its rhythmic flow from one circle into the next, crossing over from one side to the other was deeply harmonising, settling and uplifting. In Class Two, this form symbolised the broad sweep between right and wrong, good and bad – a growing consciousness….that we experienced within ourselves and the world around us. The Saint stories and the Fables brought this duality into balance. The stories of Saints appealed to their moral sense of what is right and good and mystical and the Fables, provided an opportunity for them to reflect upon the actions of greed, boasting, stealing, meanness, foolishness of the animals – and ponder on lessons learnt without judgment upon themselves. Through these powerful narratives, their imaginations were fed with rich archetypal images allowing them to live in the feeling realm while experiencing waves of sympathy and antipathy. With all these feelings and new ways of being in the world, old friendships changed and unravelled - finding new forms of expression, while different configurations of connections were formed. ….. We are constantly finding fresh ways of engaging as we grow our relationships… Now as the year comes to a close, the children find themselves more settled and more confident, eagerly looking into what Class Three will bring. End of year Star Tree Festival We are very excited about our end of year festival on Thursday the 8th December in the St. Andrew’s Hall - 5.30pm for 6pm. We will be presenting our St. Francis Play and exhibition of work!! Next year Things will change quite a bit for our little class next year as we will have three new children joining. Enrolment for Zara, Gracey and Nina were confirmed this week. Having a group of nine children will change the class dynamics, giving it a fuller and more robust possibility of engagement and interaction. It will be good to talk about this further in our Parent meeting on Wednesday 23rd November at 6.30pm. TERM DATES 2023 Welcome Tea Monday 16 January at 5pm TERM 1: Tuesday 17 January - Thursday 30 March TERM 2: Monday 24 April - Thursday 22 June TERM 3: Tuesday 18 July - Friday 22 September TERM 4: Tuesday 10 October - Thursday 7 December Warmly. Teacher Beulah 20th November 2022
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