Making Connections
COMMUNITY
Community – ‘The Spirit of Belonging and Care’
St Andrews is a community in which we experience a shared sense of belonging, identity and connectedness. It is underpinned by respect, acceptance, inclusion and interdependence. Belonging to the St Andrews community confers responsibilities, as well as rights, and so we work and serve together for the common good. Living in and building community means that we treat people with the love, respect and concern they deserve as a child of God. When we practise care, we value the whole person, and show that the person really matters to us and our community.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 – ‘Encourage one another and build up one another’
Caring – Open-minded – Empathy – Cooperation – Tolerance
PICTURE BOOKS
Baker, Jeannie. (2010), Mirror = Mira’t, London : Walker.
Beck, Jennifer., Fisher, Lindy. (2007), Stefania’s dancing slippers, Auckland : Scholastic NZ.
Cutbill, Andy., Ayto, Russell. (2006), The cow that laid an egg, London : HarperCollins Children’s.
Lears, Laurie., Ritz, Karen. (1998), Ian’s walk : a story about autism, Morton Grove, Ill. : Whitman.
Montano, Josie., Ottley, Matt. (2004), The bubble, South Melbourne : Lothian.
Hume, Lachie. (2006), Clancy the courageous cow, Malvern, S. Aust. : Scholastic.
CHAPTER BOOKS
Forrestal, Elaine. (1996), Someone like me, Puffin books, Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin.
Kidd, Diana. (2000), Two hands together, Puffin books, Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin Books Australia.
McFarlane, Susannah., Creagh, Lachlan. (2011), Kind Katie, Little mates, Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic Australia.
Norrington, Leonie. (2002), The barrumbi kids, Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic.
Williams, Mary., Christie, Gregory. (2005), Brothers in hope : the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, New York : Lee & Low Books.
TEACHING ABOUT the VALUE OF COMMUNITY
RESOURCES