From the Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 9
Throughout the second half of this term the Year 9 SRC have been working hard to show their appreciation for frontline healthcare workers during the Covid 19 pandemic. This started when the SRC approached me with the idea of giving thanks and led to their design of a well-being lesson where the students were asked to show their appreciation by writing a thank-you letter or designing a poster. These have since been printed out and will be put into packages for delivery to local healthcare facilities. After the well-being lesson the SRC have made their way to B1 every recess and lunchtime to work on even bigger thank-you posters. It is my absolute privilege to lead this group of fine young men and women. The following report was also developed by the year 9 SRC.
The year nine SRC has been working hard on a project to give back to all of the clinicians, allied health professionals, and medical staff for all of their continued and lifesaving work during this COVID-19 period. Now, in order to do this, we needed to become them!
We looked at the:
- Symptoms: Meaningful, heartwarming, personalised, gratitudinous
- Imaging: asking the members of the St Andrews Community (teachers and students), researching and collaborating during lunch
- Treatment: After collaborating, we decided to do a multi-part plan! It starts off with creating posters that showcase our profound appreciation for these workers - quotes from the community, “thank you!” In different languages, and amazing illustrations!
Here are some photos of our work!
Working hard on our first posters illustration! A special thanks to Theresia for providing us with a creative design idea!
Collaborating to get design the format of the poster, whilst assisting and adding where possible!
Now, I did say that it was multi-parted, but all will be revealed as the weeks go by…
make sure you check in with the SRC, monitor the SAC Instagram page, and read future newsletters for up-to-date information!
David Frankham
Leading of Learning Wellbeing - Year 9