Messages from the Assistant Principal
With 81% of the NSW adult population first dose vaccinated, we are in the home stretch. Certainly, one of the key things missing in our lives at the moment is COMMUNITY. I very definitely miss our lovely, little St Kevin’s community quite acutely. I miss the day-to-day interactions with the children, not only those in my own class but also the children in the wider school community. These interactions are so important to building trust and rapport with the students. In our 2.0 version of lockdown, or Lockdown 2021, we have learnt and changed the way we have approached Home Learning. Yesterday, in our Teams’ Staff Meeting we discussed how vital our parents have been in supporting us in delivering Home Learning. Thank you!
Whilst we appreciated the need to keep the children connected in 2020, this time around we have learnt the importance of trying to maintain that connection and utilise collaborative learning techniques, in so far as we are able to, as we would normally do in our classrooms. Our BYOD program has certainly made this so much easier for Years 4 – 6. All classes, through Zoom or Teams, are getting students to engage with each other in their learning journey daily. I was lucky enough to sit on Kinder Reading Zooms over the last couple of days and hear our wonderful Kindergarten children reading. They were reading and celebrating their successes together. Woohoo!
Mrs Larke has been busy keeping our community connected through the management of our Facebook page. Thanks to everyone for sharing, this is so important.
The Guess the Lollies in the Jar competition closed yesterday. This was an attempt to bring a little fun and to stay connected. We had 269 entries. Believe it or not, our very first entry ended up being the winner – with just the first clue. No one guessed the correct answer, but Caine Platt managed to come within one – 265 lollies! There were actually 266. Thanks to everyone for participating. I am scratching my head to work out what to do for next Term. If anyone has an inspired idea please let me know… but sorry there will be no free trips to Disneyland ( the budget just doesn’t stretch that far).
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Caine receiving the news that he was the winner (via Teams from Mrs Jennings) |
I look forward to being back face to face, with restrictions (unfortunately). Best wishes on a safe and happy holiday… with no home learning!
God Bless
Kim Hogan
Assistant Principal