From the Assistant Principal Students
Expectations in keeping the College safe in Covid 19 times.
Students are expected to follow all restriction and suggestions from NSW Heath.
- Keep social distancing expectations whenever possible
- Wash your hands as often as possible using soap for 20 seconds
- Use hand sanitizer when ever you touch surfaces that others have touched
- Hugging, high fives, handshakes, sharing food or any other contact is not permitted
- If you have any flue like symptoms you are to get tested and stay at home until you have been given the negative results
- Feel free to wear a mask at school and in the classroom.
We are all in this together and we must always protect ourselves and others in our community.
Online behaviour- What do you “like”?
While using social media many people scroll through and like pages without having any understanding of what they are liking. The companies that control the sites use that information to make suggestions and build your profile, which is then linked to advertising.
There can be a negative impact of pressing like without knowing what it is. When people see your profile and what you like it can potentially be a negative impression of you as a person.
At school students sometimes like pages of other students without looking what the page is about. Sometimes the posts and pictures that are liked are negative pages and sometimes cyber bullying. If a student likes a page that is bullying or negative it is telling the College that they support the bullying or negative behaviour. If there is a problem online students must tell a parent or teacher so the problem can be rectified.
The following web address is from the Office of e-safety and has resources and areas where you can get help.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/
Quakers Court
Many students go to Quakers Court in the morning and after school. We are asking that students be mindful of Covid 19 restrictions while at the shopping centre. We have asked students not to sit in public areas or hang around inside the centre. Owner of the shops can be fined up to $13000 for breaches of Covid 19 health restrictions and they are concerned about students not following the rules.
Many shops are asking for masks to be worn in their areas and students are expected to follow these rules.
Mufti Days
Our next mufti day is to be held next Wednesday the 19th of August. The mufti day is in support of the training teachers in East Timor. Education is the key to getting communities out of poverty. The training of teachers means that the future of East Timor is going to be in the hands of an educated population.
Just a reminder to parents to ensure that College appropriate clothing is worn during these days.
What’s in the Planner?
Sleep and adolescents is a major issue. Young people are connected 24/7 with the world through their devices. There is an impact on a young persons brain and many of them suffer from fatigue and their mental and physical wellbeing suffers. Sleep is a time to recharge your brain and body and being online at night prevents that from happening. Deep sleep is required and as we go into REM sleep the material learned during that day goes into long term memory.
Teenagers need at lease nine hours of sleep per night.
Mindfulness is about waking up, connecting with yourself and others and focusing on what is happening right now. We need to train our rational mind and our emotional mind. There is a time to be emotional and a time to be rational. Learning when to be in the right mind is important.
Just a reminder, when we think about resilience we need to ensure we are developing a positive mindset. Understanding our strengths and weaknesses and working hard is the key to success in everything we do.
God Bless
Nicholas Thrum
Assistant Principal Students