We're All in This Together
We Survived
Well, we have all survived the first week operating differently at Ringwood.
There has been lots of hard work, collaboration, learning differently but above all else accepting that we are all in this together. Thank you to those who have submitted material for our first edition of RSC Connections.
I really look forward to receiving many more submissions as we move into the term, especially those that capture school life in these times. Please continue to look for official updates and notifications being posted in Compass Newsfeed, on an as needed basis.
Michael Phillips
Principal
Reflection from our School Council President
Hello to all of the RSC Community both at home, and within the ‘on-line’ world!
This Pandemic has been an unprecedented and overwhelming world event that has had such a profound and far reaching impact on all of our lives.
As Council President I would like to say a huge WELL DONE to Michael Phillips, all RSC staff, Council members, and all students and their families.
Watching the transition to home based remote learning, I have seen you all work hard, embrace the change and adapt and cope so well and I am so proud of all of you.
In our school community, the leaders have shown strong and important leadership, the staff have shown a positive and enthusiastic approach and put in so much hard work, and the students and their families have shown remarkable and confident resilience and adaptability. I am humbled by all of this, and want to say to you all keep going!
In reflection, I have found after watching not only my own family and friends, but also the whole community, that in response to the Pandemic, one of the most important ways we are coping as individuals and as a community.... is using humour. 😃 Over the last few weeks of our ‘Coronavirus-home-isolation’ I have seen more funny jokes, photo’s, memes, articles and video’s, than in the last 5 years!
Whether it is on the social media platforms, email or messages, it has been amazing how effective humour has been in helping us all stay ok. When we receive these humorous jokes, we are often immediately forwarding them or sharing them with others. I believe we are reaching out.... establishing a shared experience. I believe we are doing this instinctively – because we have been banned from congregating in person, we are congregating on-line..... this maintains our sense of community.
Comedian David Baddiel says...... “People want jokes, partly because they are a relief, and they take “the edge” off danger; partly because they are a way of processing the experience; and partly because it makes us feel less isolated because it is a massive shared experience. People are looking for the release of comedy, and the knowledge that they are not alone. It’s a reassuring form of collective therapy. Whilst we can’t really do much about these things, we can at least laugh in the face of them”.
Comedian, Actor and Composer Tim Minchin says..... “We don’t laugh at scary things because we don’t understand their seriousness, we laugh BECAUSE they’re serious. Making jokes gives us a sense of power over the threat.
Stay safe everyone! 😊
Teresa Lodge
College Council President