Mark Ramsay, Principal
After a busy end to Term 1, the last two weeks have continued to be a journey full of rich experiences for the Kuyper community.
Our Year 11 students and the staff who accompanied them had a wonderful week in Vanuatu on our annual 2024 Service Learning Trip. They enjoyed teaching lessons in a local school, sharing cultural experiences, and learning more about the world, themselves, and the God who made both. The lives of ni-Vanuatu people are generally very different to our own, particularly regarding wealth and physical possessions. This can and often does lead Western visitors to adopt an attitude of pity towards those less fortunate than themselves. However, the ni-Vanuatu people are usually more aware of their reliance on God, allowing them to experience the richness of His sovereignty, love and care in ways that can and should challenge us. It is always refreshing to witness the joy of the Lord in the hearts of our ni-Vanuatu brothers and sisters and something that never fails to impact our visiting students.
In addition, some of our Secondary students represented our school at the Kurrajong ANZAC Day Service on Thursday, continuing the tradition of recognising the service of so many who have gone before us. Thank you to the Secondary students who attended and represented our school so well at this event.
As we commence Term 2, I am grateful for the many opportunities that we will have to continue strengthening our Kuyper Community, including:
Wednesday 1 May
2025 Stage 6 Information Evening
Tuesday 7 May
New Parents’ Dinner
for invited guests.
Saturday 11 May
School Open Day
for prospective parents and students.
Saturday 11 May
All-Day Musical Rehearsal
Monday 13 May
All-Day Musical Rehearsal
Friday 17 May
Growing Great Readers
K-2 Parent Information Session.
I look forward to the term ahead and the many opportunities we will all have to continue learning about our God. Each of us has a unique role to play in His story here at Kuyper, and I am eager to see how we will continue to learn and grow together.
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.Come, let us bow down in worship,
Psalm 95:1-7a (NIV)
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.