Dear Parents,

The first two terms of this school year have brought challenges to teaching and learning that no education system has faced before. The first few weeks of Term 3 have been no different. Our teachers and staff have risen to those challenges and worked hard to ensure the continuity of learning at home, while looking out for the wellbeing of students under their care. Where difficulties have arisen, they have worked to find innovative solutions to complex problems in short time frames. None of this would have been achievable without the support of parents. While we are aware that this experience has been different for each family, the school–parent partnership has been strengthened by the remote learning experience. 

Last night, the staff of St Paul’s lit a candle in their homes as a sign of our support for all our families. Know that we are praying and thinking of you all. 

Just another week of Remote Learning:

• 10 staff supervising onsite students
• 13 staff plus 18 classroom teachers conducting google meets each week
• 24 students receiving extension coding classes
• Admin staff working day on day off from home and school
• Leadership rotation onsite and working from home
• Specialists providing online learning and google meets
• 18 Classroom teachers providing online learning
• 40 packs have gone out to support intervention
• Literacy intervention, maths intervention and extension provided online                                                                                 
• 87 chromebooks and 21 ipads have gone out to families
• 21 families have submitted work permits (thankyou)
• 5,477 new items posted on Seesaw and  3,498 comments last week 
• Daily feedback provided to students learning online
• 40 car loads of resources taken home by staff
• Team meetings, leadership meetings and federated meetings conducted each week
• Regular welfare checks in place
• ICON (Integrated, Catholic, Online Network) has gone live! The ICON technology platform will provide new ways of working for schools that optimise student learning and school administration.  Anna, Mary and Michael Juliff have engaged in many hours of training this term to get our systems ready to move to ICON.

What an amazing accomplishment! My gratitude and thanks to everyone who contributes in so many ways.

Mrs Molino's Home Classroom

A few reminders:

Protocols for google meets

Contacting Teachers/Staff

Parents needing support with home/remote learning can contact teaching staff during normal school working hours ie Monday- Friday between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm. St Paul’s staff access their work emails normally between 8.00 am-4:00 pm and will endeavour to respond to emails within 24-48 hours. However, staff are not expected to respond in this timeframe during weekends, public holidays and term breaks.I need to consider the health and wellbeing of staff and ensure they take appropriate break times away from the demands of their busy schedules. Thanks for your support with this.

All classroom teachers are now working from home. Occasionally there may be issues with internet connections or power outages. If any tech issues occur from our end we will send an email to families who are affected.

If a staff member is unwell and not able to engage in Remote learning, I will endeavour to replace them if it is longer than a day. I will email parents either way.

Take care, stay safe and God bless.

Catherine