Mother’s Day

On Sunday we honour all mothers and all who mother with love, patience, strength, kindness and wisdom. Say a prayer for the mother who laughs and cries with you, who loves you unconditionally, who has taught you valuable life lessons.

May all mums in our community know that their unconditional love, support and all that they do for us are very much appreciated, even though we may not say this often enough! I am really looking forward to catching up with a number of mums at this morning’s annual Mothers’ Day Breakfast. As with all things this year, it will certainly be different as we get together on Google Meet. Thank you to the staff and student leaders who have worked hard to take this event online.

Newsletter Take Over!

To help us stay in touch and to see what others are doing whilst in isolation, this edition of our newsletter has been prepared by the Student Leaders. The focus is on wellbeing. From tips on managing Learning from Home to Isolation Bingo, there are many valuable hints and I thank Ms Cioccia and the leaders for all their work. Enjoy.

Wellbeing Day: Tuesday 19 May

As we finish Week 4 of Learning from Home, I’d like to thank students, staff and families for all you’ve done in Learning from Home. In this time we have certainly learnt that whilst technology is amazing and allows us to do many things, it is not the same as going to school. Everything takes so much longer to explain / ask / grasp when we do it remotely.

Students and staff are finding online learning and teaching to be quite intense. The hours of screen time are tiring. Many are working late at night and finding it hard to ‘switch off’. There is always one more email to read, one more task to do and the boundary between work / school and home has become blurred. I imagine that it is the same for many parents / carers who are working from home.

As we approach the mid-point of the term, we’ve decided that Tuesday 19 May (Week 6) will be a Wellbeing Day for students and staff.
On this day, there will be no online learning/teaching, no classes for students who are coming to school and no expectation that students/ staff are catching up on work. It is a day to get away from screens. Time to just be, to rest and recharge; time to get outside and/or to pursue non screen activities.

Newsletter

This term our newsletter will be published online only. Families will receive an sms with a link to the newsletter, and students will receive the newsletter by email.

Newsletter Days for Term 2 2020:

Fridays: 22 May 05 June 19 June

The newsletter can always be accessed on the College website at http://www.crcstalbans.catholic.edu.au