This term we have been learning about Courage. Having courage is the ability to do the right thing even when it is difficult. We started this term with a focus on the courage of the ANZACS and appreciated our guest speaker, Mrs Ramsay, sharing her family story about life in a military family.

When you stop to think about the impact of different groups of people who had to endure hardship and the courage to just keep going, it was quite emotional to hear. People just like Mrs Ramsay who had to have the courage to keep going about her life as a child even when her parents were constantly being deployed, not knowing where they were going and if and when they would
return took a lot of courage. It took a lot of courage to share that story with all of us, so we are very fortunate to hear it first-hand.

Some of us have looked at the inspirational story of courage of Christopher Reeves, aka Superman and how he was able to remain positive in his outlook on life and use his platform to raise money for research into spinal injuries. We will continue to look at examples of our own courageous and positive behaviours. Sometimes being courageous means standing up for something you believe is right even when everyone around you thinks it’s a joke or makes fun of others. We will continue to not hide from disrespectful racism and sexism issues and show how we can learn to develop our character and have the courage to go against people around us if we need to stand up for what is right.