From the Assistant Principal Students

Online Learning

We have just completed the second week on online learning for the term. Most of us have engaged well with the changing learning environment. Working online is physically and mentally draining and you need to have breaks on a regular basis. All students and teachers have been sent a revised timetable to give everyone more breaks from being online. 

It is very important that all staff and students look after their wellbeing. Are you exercising or getting away from technology on a regular basis? Are you talking to other people about non-school stuff? Are you looking after your spirituality? Are you monitoring your mental health and getting help when you need it? Are you engaging in your learning? If you answer no to one of these questions you need to change that area to a yes.

Three steps to better habits

It is very easy for us to develop bad habits and it's difficult at times to break these habits. It is important to be able to identify the bad habits and make plans to change them. The following is a 3 step way that you can change your habits.

1. Identify what is holding you back. What is causing the problem, e.g. procrastination, fear, laziness etc.
2. Law of replacement. Choose a habit you want to change and replace it with a new one.
3. Cancel, Cancel. Cancel out negative thoughts and replace them with positive thoughts.

Once you start using a new behaviour you will find it easy to make this a new habit. Remember to stick with it at the start and it will become second nature.

What is in the Planner?

The main emphasis of Wellbeing this week is Kindness and Generosity. We are in a particularly strange time living in a Pandemic. We are seeing people behaving poorly, people being stressed about work and the threat of catching the disease and people dealing with loss either through death or other circumstances. 

One of the biggest things we can do for each other is to be kind. A simple act of kindness can make a huge difference in the life of someone who is suffering. A kind gesture to a friend or Stranger, helping out at home and being kind to your parents and siblings. Make an effort to be kind every day.

In this time of distress across the world we need to be grateful for so much. Don’t take anything for granted, always be grateful for what we have and the people that care about us. Take time in your day to say thanks for the small things.

In this time of Covid we sometimes get worried that things are not going to get better. Take time to be optimistic about the future. Optimism helps us to have a growth mindset and look forward to the future, which will change all the time. We will not always be in the same situation and optimism helps us cope with change and grow from it.

God Bless

Mr. Nicholas Thrum

Assistant principal - Students