GECPA News

Thanks to Glen Eira College’s staff for all their amazing work and helping kids and families in these tough times. The change to online learning has been so smooth due to the extraordinary efforts of GEC staff including over the school holidays. And thanks to our students for their hard work and to their supportive families.

Feedback and Suggestions

Do you have any suggestions to improve home-based school – from your experience or other sources?

GECPA is collecting feedback on parents and students experiences of online learning to forward (as a group with no names attached) to Sheereen to improve online teaching at Glen Eira. Some kids have enjoyed a walk before and after school as if they were walking to school to get a break from extra sitting. Blue screen glasses have helped some students eyes manage more screen time. One former GEC student’s uni engineering lecture was interrupted by the lecturers young daughter insisting on showing the class her fairy barbie – the joys of teaching from home! What are your experiences and suggestions? Please email to gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au

Helping school families

Here are some links to websites to help those doing it tough and/or to provide ways to help the community and be kind

Facebook groups: The Kindness Pandemic, Carnegie Kindness Community, Ormond-McKinnon Kindness Community, South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne - Viral Kindness Group

Smith Family Learning for Life – donate data: Optus gives some of their customers the opportunity to donate some of their unused data to The Smith Family's Learning for Life program. This program provides eligible Australian students with a free Optus Prepaid service with data, talk and text. In the current environment, this program is more valuable than ever. To find if you are eligible to donate, click on this link: https://yescrowd.optus.com.au/t5/Mobile/Donate-Your-Data/td-p/593565.

If have suggestions for what GECPA could do to support school families please contact us and if your student(s) need support please contact the school well-being team.

Local and school family businesses: If you know any school family or local businesses that could benefit from advertising in our newsletter please encourage them to email gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au Many local businesses are open for takeaways.

GECPA Trivia Night Committee

The GECPA Trivia Night Committee is working towards a GEC Trivia Night in 2021. Please contact us if you have any ideas or suggestions gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au

The Glen Eira College Parents Association

The Glen Eira College Parents Association are a group of parents and carers who support the schools community with events, news, friendships and a little fundraising - All GEC parents and guardians welcome. Our meetings are friendly and informal, and your level of involvement is up to you. If you are interested in being involved, want to come to any of our meetings or are not already receiving our emails, please send an email to gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au.

Volunteers (welcome even in a small way). We know not everyone is able to make a regular commitment, but we also rely on people who turn up just once or more during the year to help out a little. And we also need people to join our committee.

Eliza and Rose

Co-convenors