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Book Recommendation from Mrs Lowe
I am currently reading The Resilience Project, Finding Happiness Through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness by Hugh Van Cuylenburg, a recommendation from one of our Year Six parents. I wanted to share a valuable snippet from this text. It's from Chapter Two - A Lesson in Gratitude. It is part of the story is from the eyes of six-year-old Hugh.
"Dad pitched up a juicy half-volley; he had clearly decided to give me the opportunity to win. I managed to whack the ball into a gap between two gum trees, definitely enough to allow me to run two and win the game.
'Whoa! He's got a hold of that . ..'
I scampered up the yard and turned, but as I was coming back for the second run I saw Dad had picked up the ball. His competitive nature must have kicked in, because he had a shot at the stumps from miles away, between the narrow gap in the trees. It hit! I was spectacularly run out, just one run shy of victory. Frustrated and upset, I hurled my bat hard into the wood paling fence and burst into tears.
Bill Lawry fell silent as Dad slowly walked over to where I was sobbing on the grass. He got down on his haunches, looked me in the eye and said very calmly and very clearly: 'Don't you ever behave like that. If you carry on like that again, it will be the last game of cricket we ever play together.'
I was stunned. Dad had never spoken to me in that way before. I don't think he has since. It's not as if he raised his voice or was visibly angry; there was just something profound about what he said and how he said it. I understood immediately I was being given an important life lesson.
From that moment I knew it really matters how you behave when things don't go your way, and I adjusted my attitude accordingly. Even during spirited lunchtime games of cricket at Greythorn Primary School, I made sure I never again showed disappointment or carried on like a brat if I got out or lost a game.
Though Dad didn't say it in so many words, there was more to his message than simply not being a fool: he was also saying that having the opportunity to play cricket was more than enough to celebrate. Being ablebodied, having someone to play with, having a dad, owning a bat and a ball and having somewhere to play - those were victories in life, and they counted more than the tally on the scoreboard ever could."
Ellie McCormack's Golf Results
Ellie played in the Saturday 18 hole competition in Crookwell. There was 32 people (men and women) playing , however Ellie was the only junior playing.
Overall Ellie placed first on the day with 48 points which was better then her handicap by 12 points.
What a fantastic effort Ellie!
