It has been so exciting to see some of our students undertake the Jelly Bean/Marshmallow challenge we posted last week! We are going to let this run for another week and the challenge will close this Friday at 3:30pm.
The Inclusion Team are working hard to develop some useful tools to support remote learning. On the school website you will find a tab under Remote Learning for Wellbeing and Inclusion. Within this folder we have added some resources that may support learning in literacy and numeracy, as well as to help develop routines and visual prompts for learning time at home. Please print these resources as needed, or contact the school office to have them printed for you to collect. We will continue to add to this folder as the Inclusion Team make resources to support remote learning from home. We hope it can help or even give some further ideas for supporting your children.
It is important to remember that your children’s and your family’s wellbeing is just as important as their academic learning at this time. Everything is so different, in having to socially distance ourselves not just from school, by remote learning at home, but from our families and our friends. It is important to look after ourselves and consider options to ensure time for ‘self-care’ each day. What you or your children choose to do in this time can be very different from one another. Some of us may like to keep a journal and write, others may like to colour, take a bath, go for a walk, listen to music, do a jigsaw puzzle, cook, bake or just talk to someone in the family. It is so valuable to take time each day to ensure some time to relax and de-stress. If you aren’t already, try to add some mindfulness and self-care to your daily schedule for your kids and yourself!
As we continue to encourage emotional, mental and physical health, it is important to remember that remote learning is not the same as when regular school occurs. Some families have set up some routines to keep this a normal as possible, but that may not work for every one or every family. We just ask that you do what you can, when you can. Some days will run smoother than others and that is normal. DET recommendations are that students in Prep – Year 2 complete about 2-2.5 hours of learning throughout each day, while this may extend to 3-3.5 hours for students in Year 3-6. We know this is less than what would happen when regular classes run, but that is ok. When school can and does resume, teachers and staff in our school will be working just as hard as they are now to ensure all students continue to learn, learning gaps are filled and students catch up on what they need to learn to succeed. Keeping our mental and emotional health in check during this time is one way to make sure your child/ren come back to school ready to learn in class again.