Principal’s Welcome Week 2 Term 3 2021
Dear Parents & Carers
Thank you for the wonderful effort you are all making to support your child/ren during RL5.0.
We anticipate students will return to on-site learning next week on Wednesday 28th July. Please keep an eye out for Newsfeeds to confirm arrangements.
By and large students are managing exceptionally well.
We have three inter-related priorities during RL5.0.
Attendance - it is vital that students attend classes and remain engaged in their schoolwork during this period. All students are required to log onto Compass daily and click on the classes that appear on their dashboard. Teachers will use this action, together with attendance in video conferences, to track attendance and engagement. You will receive an SMS message if one or more of your child’s teachers has marked them as Absent-unexplained. Please contact the classroom teacher via email if you have any concerns.
Wellbeing - classroom teachers and Home Group teachers (on Tuesday and Thursday) will do a wellbeing check. The video conferences are critical in this regard. Please encourage your child/ren to participate in these video conferences so they can interact with the teacher and their peers and build a sense of connectedness.
Learning - our aim is to maintain the focus on moving students forward in their learning. This means students doing a daily check on Compass – Learning Tasks, to see what work has been set and to complete and submit the work. Classroom teachers will have advised their classes what work is required and when the work is due.
SchoolTV
Our Parents & Friends group have very generously agreed to sponsor our school communities access to this amazing wellbeing resource. You can access all of the SchoolTV resources by going to our school website – https://www.geelonghigh.vic.edu.au
Click on the SchoolTV tile on the homepage or under Wellbeing Support. Here, you’ll find a range of topics each published monthly with comprehensive videos from leading specialists and organisations. You’ll also find Fact Sheets, suggested books, apps, websites and much more. These resources in SchoolTV come from organisations such as Beyond Blue, ReachOut, HeadSpace and others and are hosted by renowned child psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg.
There are also new and contemporary topics added to the collection monthly.
Get on and have a look. You’ll be surprised at the range of topics and quality of material provided.
New Staff
We are pleased to welcome the following additional new staff in semester two:
Kim Nguyen- Integration Aide
Michelle Jepson – PSD Coordinator
Dee Gee- Jobs/Skills/Pathways Coordinator
Yvette Patterson- Social Worker
Tania Howe- Humanities (replacing Janet Duviani – on leave)
Local Support Services
Headspace Geelong – 5222 6690 www.headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/geelong/
Bellarine Community Health – 5253 0400 https://www.bch.org.au/services/all-services/youth-services
Take care and kind regards,
Glenn Davey
Principal
