We had a WONDERFUL first day of grade five!  We started our mornings off with a devotional based on the scripture from Philippians 4:6-7.  It talked about how the beginning of a new school year can come with lots of excitement but also with some worries and concerns as well!  We learned that it is ALWAYS best to give those to God – with prayer and a spirit of thankfulness.  We then got stickies and wrote some of our fears and worries on them.  We tore them up, put them all together in a glass bowl and saved them for the end of the day.  Mrs. Ellis prayed over our worries and concerns and also prayed a blessing over our classroom and for our school year.  At the end of the day we each grabbed a handful of our worry confetti and on the count of three threw it up in the air and shouted “Happy School Year!”  It was our way of giving all of our worries and concerns to God, and celebrate the beginning of a wonderful new year!