Today, our School Chaplain, Reverend Helen Creed, shares a reflection on this significant time in the Christian calendar.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
As we conclude Term 1, we have shared many wonderful moments as a school community, and I sincerely thank families for your support.
What has become a tradition at this time of year, our Chaplain, Helen Creed, will share her reflection on this significant time in our Christian calendar.
With blessings during Easter, I wish you all a happy and safe holiday, and I look forward to welcoming everyone back for Term 2 on Tuesday 21 April 2026.
With best wishes,
Debbie Dunwoody
Last year about this time, I went to see the rock musical “Jesus Christ Superstar”. It started with gusto: the sound of an electric guitar filled every nook and cranny of the theatre, and then the energy just kept on going. It was thrilling to be in the audience.
But when it came to the death of Jesus, there was silence. And in fact, it was an extended silence. I was very grateful that the director had chosen to pause. But as we sat there, I also sensed that the audience was becoming uneasy. Up until this point, there had been lots of applause, but now there was silence. People shifted in their seats, you could almost feel the question – should we clap now?
As I grow older, I find myself reaching more towards silence. The silence of the pre-dawn day; the silence of time spent in word-less prayer; taking time to sit in silence as I approach a challenging task; allowing silence in conversation. Listening to another’s dilemmas without rushing in to solve, that’s another form of silence.
On the world stage, and in our social media feeds, we have no shortage of people who want to speak with loud voices, but it seems to me that what we need, more than ever, is to listen to the quiet words of the humble, to pause before we speak about our opinions and needs, and to let silence speak to us.
The Easter story includes many hints of silence. The night before he is crucified, Jesus seeks the quietness of a garden. Before the accusing words of the authorities, he chooses not to speak. And then there is the silence of the cross after he dies, and the quiet of an early Sunday morning when the women go towards the silence of the tomb, only to find that Jesus is no longer there, the first sign of his resurrection.
Silence is a way to still our racing thoughts and to pay a deeper kind of attention to our lives. It is also, I believe, a way of becoming aware of a greater perspective than our own: it is God’s perspective, and we can depend on the wisdom and compassion to be found there.
At Easter we are asked to discover, again, the Sacred One who has promised to never give up on the world, and whose depthless creativity is signalled in Jesus’ victory over death. The rejection of Jesus, he who brings healing and freedom, was surely a worst-case scenario. But it invites us to face the most important truth: that God is always at work in us, and beside us, bringing light out of darkness, love out of hate.
The Easter faith is that, despite all signs to the contrary, God’s love and creativity is never withheld from us. This means that we might approach the future boldly, with hope: the hope that God has the power to get inside situations that feel ruined, and to bring us to life again, more human than before.
May I wish all those who are celebrating Easter, a most holy season. My prayerful wishes are also with those celebrating Passover at this time.
And may I wish all school families the very best of these beautiful Autumn days.
Reverend Helen Creed
Chaplain
Today, our School Chaplain, Reverend Helen Creed, shares a reflection on this significant time in the Christian calendar.
The final weeks of Term 1 at the Secondary School have highlighted numerous accomplishments of our athletes.
The last weeks of Term 1 at the Junior School have been filled with curiosity, exploration, and joy!
The Moonlight Movie Night united the community for an enjoyable evening of connection and fun.
