Student Wellbeing

Kerrie Williams

Assistant to the Principal - Student Wellbeing

Welcome Back to School

It is very true to say that, schools are very different places when we do not have students here – quiet and mundane. It is very pleasing that we have seen, for the first time in a very long time, students returning to school. This brings school to life with noise, laughter and happiness as we try to return to the new COVID normal.

It does mean that things are a little different – rooms with lots of space as students are spread out and everyone wearing masks. However, our priority now that we have half of the school returning this week is to ensure that students are able to settle in and our focus is helping them by checking where each of them are in relation to their wellbeing.

Over the first couple of days, homeroom has been extended to allow everyone an opportunity to catch up and chat about things that they have not been able to do face to face due to the lockdown. We have also provided morning tea for the students.

We look forward to all of the students returning in Years 8-10 in the coming weeks as we adjust to the new world where COVID is part of our everyday life.

Hopefully for only a short while till we have a vaccine…

Brigidine Celebration Day Winners

At the assembly at the end of Term 3, we acknowledged the recipients of the awards for Brigidine Celebration Day. We had over 400 entries from the day and covering many categories such as the Rock Painting and 3 Phone Calls of Care were very popular.

We have awarded over 50 prizes for individuals or groups that had 3 or more entries in different categories. We had one group that had 17 different entries which is an outstanding effort.

We also awarded over 90 prizes for students/groups that won a category.

I have sent a Seqta Direct Message to all of the multiple award winners and those individuals/ groups that have won a category and waiting for all responses before we purchase the vouchers for the award winners.

I am hoping that we will be able to distribute the vouchers starting next week to the Years 7, 11 & 12 students and to the other year levels when they return towards the end of October.

Being Safe when travelling to and from school and exercising 

With the increased movement of students that are now returning to school both this week and in the coming weeks we need to remind everyone of the importance of being safe and alert while moving to and from school.

We have been advised by the Brimbank Police of individuals in the community whose behaviour of late has been unacceptable when in public. If students, when travelling to and from school, notice anything that is not appropriate they are encouraged to ring the Brimbank Police and inform them of what has happened as soon as is possible.

Awards Night – it will be different but it will still happen

With the return of Term 4 we would normally be very much into the final stages of our Awards evening.

However, this is 2020….

This will mean that our Awards night has been moved to the first week of December – which is the last week of the school year.

It will be held virtually and Year Levels are in the process of identifying those students who have demonstrated our core values in this challenging year.

It will be recorded and then released to the community on the evening in December.

We look forward to keeping you informed of our process and how it will work in future editions of the Marian.