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This is a great resource for parents on how to check in on their child. Created by SAFEMinds - Schools and Families Enhancing Minds.
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RSC Library Borrowing Service
The library at RSC is pleased to be able to offer the following borrowing service for students throughout this period of remote learning.
- Students send a request for a specific book they wish to borrow, or for a pack of books that match their interests by emailing Mrs. Bailey abailey@ringwoodcsc.vic.edu.au
- The library will process the requests every Wednesday morning
- The student will be emailed when their pack is made
- The named book packs can be collected from the library front desk at 9:30 any morning.
- Sadly, students cannot access the library catalogue or visit the shelves. Students will therefore need to list what type of books or author they might like, and leave it to the library staff to choose some for them.
In your email please include the following:
Name:
Form:
I am interested in a particular book/a book about/I am interested in these genres:
Alison Bailey
Something to Consider
I read this on a site last week, and found it thought provoking in a time when our lives have all been changed.
Child - "How old are you, Grandpa?"
Grandpa - "I'm 81, dear."
Child - "So does that mean you were alive during the Coronavirus?"
Grandpa - "Yes, I was."
Child - "Wow. That must have been horrible, Grandpa. We were learning about that at school this week.
They told us about how all the schools had closed. And Mum's and Dad's couldn't go to work so didn't have as much money to do nice things.
They said that you weren't allowed to go and visit your friends and family and couldn't go out anywhere.
They told us that the shops ran out of lots of things so you didn't have much bread, and flour, and toilet rolls.
They said that Easter holidays were cancelled. And they told us about all those thousands of people that got very sick and who died.
They explained how hard all the doctors and nurses and all essential workers worked, and that lots of them died, too. That must have been so horrible, grandpa!"
Grandpa - "Yes, that is all correct, but I was just a kid back then. But to tell you the truth I remember it differently...
I remember playing in the garden for hours with Mum and Dad and having picnics outside and lots of bbqs.
I remember making things with my Dad and baking with my Mum.
I remember learning how to do hand stands and back flips. I remember having quality time with my family, even when they were being my teachers.
I remember Mum's favorite words becoming 'Hey, I've got an idea...'
Rather than 'Maybe later or tomorrow I'm a bit busy'.
I remember making our own bread and pastry, growing our own vegies and having fresh eggs from our new chooks. I remember having movie night three or four times a week instead of just one.
It was a horrible time for lots of people you are right.
But I remember it differently."
Remember how our children will remember these times.
Be in control of the memories they are creating right now, so that despite all the awful headlines and emotional stories they will come to read in their future years, they can only actually remember the happy times.
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