Assistant Principal's Report

Resilience Webinars

Last week we invited Susie Mogg, Founder and CEO of Resilience In, to present on the topic of resilience. Susie is a mum of two young children, she has a passion for building resilience in people, and her vision is for everyone to thrive – no matter what life throws at them. Susie has worked with thousands of children, parents and employees and has over 20 years’ experience in people and culture roles.

Susie ran separate parent and staff webinars on Building Resilience. The parent webinar was a great success with around 70 people in attendance and the feedback was very positive. Many staff attended both webinars and have told me that they found both very useful, with lots of strategies they are looking forward to implementing with their students and themselves.

Key Takeaways

• Connection is your parenting superpower.
• The mantra, "I am enough".
• The mantra, "This too shall pass".

Feedback from Parents

• Thanks Susie, some great reminders in there.
• Thank you for fitting so much into the session. Especially the emotional and psychological areas.
• Thanks so much, very helpful!
• I loved the ‘Catch, Check and Change’ idea!
• Lots to absorb! Thanks Susie for the practical tips!

A Message from Susie Mogg – Presenter

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with parents and teachers at your school. It was a pleasure to work with such a welcoming and progressive school that is so across wellbeing and positive education.

Teaching and Learning

While nothing will replace walking into a real classroom and interacting with students face-to-face, it has been wonderful to be able to pop into various Google Classroom meetings throughout the week. I have sat in on Year 1/2 maths groups where students were identifying and using strategies to solve multiplication equations. I have also joined small guided reading groups, wellbeing catch-up sessions and teacher planning meetings – where teachers discussed data from surveys around students’ prior knowledge to inform their future teaching.

It is really important to know that everyone will be working at different rates – that happens at school as well. Some students will be getting through all their set tasks fast and others will have days where nothing goes right and nothing gets done! We want you to know that that is okay. When we get back to school the teachers will know what to do to help their students settle back into routine and will continue delivering teaching programs targeted at the level the students are at, wherever that may be. In the meantime, don’t underestimate the unstructured learning that is happening every day in your own home – playing with Lego, doing a puzzle, navigating sibling relationships, helping with the housework are all valuable learning opportunities!

~ Sarah Abbott, Assistant Principal