Term 3 Week 2 Newsletter

School at Home

Care. Connection. Competency.

Welcome back to Term 3! It’s so nice to see you back at school, face-to-face! While it wasn’t quite how we expected to start the term, we trust that you and your family have survived the lock-down period! Please know that our staff have been praying for you and your family throughout this period. Our staff have worked hard during this lockdown period to support student learning through our School at Home model and I acknowledge the exceptional work undertaken by our teaching team to develop and launch the program in record time. I commend the staff in the highest terms. They have demonstrated exceptional commitment, dedication and professionalism as the School has proactively responded to the need to deliver online learning to our students. The executive team, along with the teaching staff, IT staff and administrative, maintenance and communications teams have shown outstanding commitment to the task. Quite simply: They are exceptional! And thank YOU! We appreciate your grace and understanding in supporting your family’s learning in the home environment. This issue of our Newsletter will feature some of the learning activities undertaken by students during School at Home. The School at Home model is framed around three guiding principles: Care, Connection and Competency. Care: We are community. Therefore, our School at Home model is a family model. Programs have been developed to provide flexibility within the family schedule – and loving support along the way. Connection: Relationships are vital. School at Home recognises the importance of connection time between teachers and students as well as parents and teachers. Competency: Learning opportunities have been carefully crafted to provide continued development of student competency in curriculum. Whether face-to-face or working from home, our desire as Christian educators is to honour God in our teaching practices. We also respect the responsibility we have in partnering with you in Christian Education. A Prayer for you and your family: Loving Father. We thank You for the hope we have in Christ. We thank you for the blessing of family and we pray that our young people will grow to become all you have designed and created them to be as we put our trust in you. In Jesus Name. Amen. I look forward to continuing to partner with you, as we work together to develop young people to BELIEVE, BELONG and BECOME all that God created them to be. Julie Prattis Principal