Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope that you are all keeping your spirits up as best you can during this time.

      Loving Creator,

      We asked for strength, and you gave us difficulties to make us strong.

      We asked for wisdom, and you gave us problems to solve.

      We asked for prosperity, and you gave us purpose and brains to use.

      We asked for courage, and you gave us fears to overcome.

      We asked for patience, and you gave us situations where we were forced to wait.

      We asked for love, and you gave us troubled people to help.

      We asked for justice, and you called us to be just and lead with integrity.

      Lord, we have received nothing that we asked for or wanted.

      And yet, we receive everything that we needed.

      For this we give thanks.

Remote Learning

As was mentioned in a recent Compass notification, remote learning for the children will include activities for the ‘PPT day’ that the children would normally have with their grade. Therefore, on this day, the remote learning will only have activities related to those subject areas (PE, Visual Arts and Music/Drama). The activities will continue to be be pushed out on Seesaw and Google Classroom.

Please note, that when your child has their ‘PPT day’ they do not need to submit work. Any work completed in this day will be acknowledged at upcoming class Zooms and when we are back to face-to-face learning. Also, on this day your child’s classroom teacher will be engaged in planning meetings so will not be able to respond to questions until the following day.

For the following two weeks, the timetable for the PPT days will be:

Wednesday 4 August – Year 2                  Thursday 5 August – Year 1

Friday 6 August – Kindergarten

Tuesday 10 August – Year 3                     Wednesday 11 August – Year 6

Thursday 12 August – Year 4                    Friday 13 August – Year 5

Assembly

This week we will be creating a pre-recorded Assembly for the children, which will be made available for them on Seesaw and Google Classroom. The Assembly will include the presentation of two awards, a "Remote Learning Engagement Award" and a "Remote Learning Achievement Award." It is hoped that the Assembly will become a weekly production while we are in remote learning.

Safety online

While the children are accessing their learning online, it is an important reminder for all parents to maintain awareness about helping them keep safe online. The eSafety Commissioner website (link here) has some excellent resources to help you with this. 

It is also a good time to have a conversation with your children about interacting with others respectfully when they are online. Most social media apps have an age minimum of 13 years; however, if you choose for your child to engage with others on these apps, it would be recommended that you go through any expectations you have of keeping safe and being respectful.

I continue to pray for all of you during this challenging time.

Paul Moroney

Principal