This week has seen the start of Spring and coincidently I came across a story on the weekend called ‘The Daffodil Principle’. The daffodil has always been a favourite flower of mine – and a reminder of my home country of Wales.  In this story, a mother, a little begrudgingly, accepts an offer to visit a field of daffodils with her daughter before the flowers are past their best.  When she arrives, she sees a field which looks as though a vat of gold has been poured over it.  Marvelling at the sight before her, she questioned who was responsible for this and was directed to a sign erected by the owner:

It is important to remember that goals are not achieved without time, patience and daily hard work.  Some might regret that they didn’t start sooner to create their own magnificence, but it’s never too late to start to make that difference.

In the last two weeks of life on the Primary Campus has been busy as you would expect.  We have welcomed representatives from Southern Downs Regional Council to talk to Year 4/5 students about natural disasters and the need to have plans in place.  We were also visited by a number of people from the Toowoomba Catholic Schools Office and from some schools from the diocese as they explored Visible Learning in more detail and learned from the work that we have already undertaken in this area.  In the classrooms, amongst other things Year 1 students have been learning how skip counting can be an effective way to count an large group of objects, Prep students have been developing their writing skills further and Year 6 students have been refining their comprehension skills through their novel study.  Entries for the Crisps Art Show are all but finished and Year 2 and Year 3 students are preparing for their Readers’ Cup Challenge in Week 10. It’s always busy on the Primary Campus, working to achieve our goals.

Sarah Yates
Assistant to the Principal Primary