The Principal of Grovely State School and the Choir and their parents were welcomed at the Hope City Church service this Sunday morning.
The Principal was introduced: “We are told to honour our leaders and this school has a great leader. It is not easy being a school principal and V does a great job.”
She spoke about the school and the Mentoring Program.
“We have beautiful children in our school. We have great children. If you’re feeling down all you have to do is walk through the playground and feel the love.”
“We honour the people who work in our school with our children and inspire others to do the same.
I’m looking for 20 people 300 people and you all know 5 people each. The hardest question I ever have to answer in my school community is: “Why can’t I have a mentor?”
We have 15 mentors so far and choosing the students who get a mentor is so hard. We have students who are sad children whose parents are going through separation children whose dads are going to Afghanistan.
The difference one hour a week’s mentoring makes to a child’s life cannot be measured.
I feel like we are supported by this silent army that comes in each week and supports our children (the mentors). Mentors do what we can’t do. Mentors take a special and significant interest in our children that improves their life chances.
The Mentoring Program has been going at Grovely State School for 4 years.”
A child who has had a mentor for 4 years spoke about what it was like and said: “Just being round you is a joy.”
People who were interested in being mentors: “Don’t be afraid of putting up your hand to be a mentor. There is a lot of training run through World Vision. You already have what it takes.”
“In 100 years it won’t matter what your bank account is now but if you have made the world a better place by helping a child it will have made a difference.”
The Grovely State School Choir sang: “He Lives In Me”. The Choir had sung “You Raise Me Up” at the World Vision Conference recently.
The pastor spoke of connecting over a common vision of seeing young lives changed – through music through mentoring through pantomime through renovation and cleanup of the school yard. “It is a privilege”