Principal's Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
Holy Week provides us with the opportunity to reflect on our Lenten journey during this challenging and unprecedented time for each of us. Prayer, service, and forgiveness have never been more important or needed. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and finishes with the celebration that is Easter Sunday. The events experienced during Holy Week are not dissimilar to the current situation we face - feelings of disappear, loss, uncertainty, anger and frustration. Yet, as we move closer to the celebration of Easter Sunday, we begin to feel a sense of knowing, acceptance and understanding. At the very heart of Easter Sunday is HOPE and LOVE. For us today, hope and love needs to be at the very centre of all we do each and every day. Hope and love brings with it patience, tolerance, empathy and compassion - qualities worth celebrating even in the challenging and unprecedented time.
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback to staff on our Remote Learning platform. The survey provided us with the opportunity to gain an understanding of where we are at and what we can do moving into Term 2. Survey results were overwhelming positive and highly informative. There were several ideas identified and reinforced what we will be working towards for Term 2. Please refer to the Remote Learning Survey Feedback article below.
Please look after your own well-being - mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Take sometime to care for yourself. Communicate with your partner, family, friends and our school community. Your well-being is essential in supporting your child/ren. It is OK to be challenged by being a mum or dad, working from home, financial and emotional pressures, being a teacher and managing the home. We are all feeling these things in some way. Please let me know how we can best support you - there is a long way to go. We will get through this because we will continue to work together to support one another as a community.
Below is are two links and some supporting ideas from acclaim author Maggie Dent.
https://www.maggiedent.com/blog/coping-with-the-corona-chaos/
So as parents, what can you do to help your family thrive in these challenging times:
1. Predictability
2. Nature Is Waiting For You
3. Time To Build Life Skills
4. Family Rituals
5. Go-Slow Childhood
6. Strengthening Connection and Filling Those Love Cups
7. You Can't Read Too Much
Thank you to our students, parents, grandparents and staff for your innovation, creativity, problem solving and continued generosity across our school community. We can and should be very proud of the work that we have a achieved together in such a short period of time.
Wishing you and your family a wonderful weekend. All the very best.
Take care - Brad Colquhoun (Principal)