REDDAM EARLY LEARNING SCHOOL WOOLLAHRA NEWSLETTER 23 September 2022
Dee’s Message Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Whose Child Is This?
As we look back on the third term, it is with a tremendous sense of gratitude that we acknowledge the input of many people. The success of any organisation depends on the wholehearted involvement of all who are part of it, no less so a school. Of course, our primary aim is to endure that we provide the best possible environment for the children in which to learn, play and enjoy each other’s company.
“Whose child is this?” I asked one day Seeing a little one out at play. “Mine,” said the parent with a tender smile, “Mine to keep for a little while. To bathe his hands and comb his hair To tell him what he is to wear To prepare him that he may always be good And each day do the things he should.” “Whose child is this?” I asked again As the door opened and someone came in. “Mine,” said the teacher with the same tender smile. “Mine, to keep just for a little while. To teach him how to be gentle and kind To train and direct his dear little mind To help him live by every rule And get the best he can from school.” “Whose child is this?” I ask once more Just as the little one entered the door. “Ours,” said the parent and the teacher as they smiled And each took the hand of the little child. “Ours to love and train together Ours this blessed task forever.”
It has been the close collaboration of parents, caregivers and other family members, alongside the teachers, which has done just this over the past term. There is no doubt that the children have been the beneficiaries of this cooperation, as they have been surrounded by love, caring and support throughout. This is wonderfully captured in the following short poem, by an unknown poet:
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