Recent weeks have seen the Crafers spirit in full flight with a flurry of activities everywhere one looks.
Demonstrations of commitment and courage have presented in the form of auditions for the Band, soloists and choreographers. These have occurred alongside the efforts of children competing in local and state sporting events including orienteering, netball and cross country running. This week has seen our youngest students travelling down to Marion for Swimming lessons, hopping in the pool and developing new skills. Fridays have seen our children host assemblies.
I often sit and reflect on how this (and much more) is possible for a relatively small primary school - it's a hive of activity with something happening all the time! The children's 'buy in' is incredible - they certainly make the most of their opportunities. Having said that, this article is actually in recognition of our Volunteers, without whom very little of this could happen. At a recent Assembly, I spoke about the enormous impact our volunteers have on growing and supporting our children here at Crafers. With only a few examples, learning bears, Choir, Band and excursions, we could demonstrate that every child in our school had already been enabled through our volunteers this year. There are so many examples of help we recieve, to list them would create a very long article indeed. It's inspiring to know, however, that we have families who continue to volunteer even after their children have moved on to high schools, we have generations of families who volunteer and have done for years and we have new volunteers bringing suggestions all the time about how people can be a part of our Crafers community.
To all who have helped, in so many ways I want to say THANK YOU and yes, the capital letters do symbolise a 'shout out'.
Crafers is what it is, in part because of you - on behalf of the staff, the children and other families who are assisted, I want you to know how truly grateful we are!
Kind regards
Chan
