Last week it was wonderful to see our Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 5 and Year 6 students coming through the gates. We eagerly await the return of our Year 3 and 4 students this week. I have included an article from Beyond Blue today about managing children’s transition back to school. Children will all respond differently to returning to school. It’s important to let them know it’s okay to feel worried or anxious about the change from learning at home to returning to onsite learning. 

The staff have prepared a variety of activities to assist the children in reconnecting to school, friendships and routines. Teachers will adjust the daily routine to assist the students' needs, for example they may have an earlier time to eat lunch because waiting until 1:40pm may be very different to the times they were eating at home. The students would then return to work until the lunch bell goes.

Your home routines may take a while to return to before lockdown routines. Small things to assist a smooth exit out the door each morning might be to organise things such as packing bags the night before, checking for hats and water bottles, laying out the next day's uniforms. It will take all of us a little while to adjust, and remember we are all in this together.

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Stay safe and take care.

Maree