Dear Parents,

Thank you for the wonderful work you are doing to support your children during Remote Learning. This is a challenging time for you all, as it is for those of us at school. I am so grateful for the way you are putting the wellbeing and safety of your family as your priority and ensuring that your children are experiencing fun family times that they will remember long after this time of COVID-19 has passed. I also appreciate the feedback I am receiving and the way you are working with your child’s teacher to ensure your child is given the best possible chance of success during this time. This success may look quite different from one family to the next. What success means to your family is the only thing that is important. We all deal with challenging situations differently and life is not the same for any of us. My request that you put your family’s wellbeing and safety first was, and still is, sincere and heartfelt. We will all come back together and take up where we left off and, for some it will be a seamless transition, while for others it may take a little more effort and time. Whatever this looks like for your child, rest assured that our wonderful, skilled and patient staff will be here to support your family in any way we can to ensure your child achieves success during this year and beyond.

While we are apart, I offer this prayer to your family as I offer it to us here at school:

Loving God,

Be with us as we work today.

Fill our school and our homes with inspiration and energy.

Help us to work as a team, and to bring out the best in each other.

May we be efficient and achieve all we need to, but also remember to rest.

May this place be full of fun and friendship, and may relaxation and harmony inhabit this space.

Thank you for this new day, with new opportunities and possibilities and may we continue to work together in a spirit of openness and positivity.

Amen.

I wish you every success for your family during this time and ask you to look after yourselves and each other. Hopefully we will all be back together soon.

Kind regards

Lisa Broeren

Principal