From the Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 8
Wellbeing Update - Term 3 Week 2
One of the most important things at this time of online learning, especially from a school perspective, is communication. It’s really important for everyone to feel connected and to have a sense of belonging. Through their Wellbeing Google Classrooms, the Leaders of Learning Wellbeing are communicating many things with their students - tips for completing classwork online, ways to look after their physical and mental health, and suggestions on how to unwind and to relax. If students are finding anything difficult at the moment, getting in touch with their Leader of Learning Wellbeing is one of the most important things that they can do. Parents are also able to email their son or daughter’s Leader of Learning Wellbeing if they have any concerns, or our school counsellors Ms Castle or Sr Cristina. Their emails are below:
Miss Simmonds, Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 7: lsimmonds1@parra.catholic.edu.au
Ms Blackwell, Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 8: MBlackwell@parra.catholic.edu.au
Mrs Utoikamanu, Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 9: autoikamanu@parra.catholic.edu.au
Mr Frankham, Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 10: dfrankham@parra.catholic.edu.au
Miss Pett, Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 11: epett@parra.catholic.edu.au
Mr Gillogly, Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 12: mgillogly@parra.catholic.edu.au
Ms Castle, School Counsellor kcastle@parra.catholic.edu.au
Sr Cristina, School Counsellor cramada@parra.catholic.edu.au
To help your son/daughter as they work from home, St Andrews College has provided students with a ‘Student Daily Planner - a Guide for Online Learning’ (Daily Planner) which outlines what a typical timetable at home would look like. It’s important that although students are not at school, that the school timetable is still followed. This is sent to all students as part of their weekly ONLINE LEARNING LETTER from Mr Thrum & Ms Kalifa, and is regularly updated. All teachers will be following their regular timetable - so students are able to communicate with their subject teachers during their timetabled lesson (such as asking questions) so they are able to understand and complete the work. It is important that students are an active participant in any work that the teacher has asked them to do, including uploading work onto their Subject Google Classroom at the end of the lesson. If any students are having trouble with their Subject Google Classrooms, they are asked to contact their subject teacher or their Leader of Learning Wellbeing.
If you need any extra resources at this time, here are some helpful websites. They also have specific advice about COVID-19 :
https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/covid-19
Sue Cooper
Leader of Wellbeing Year 8