Dear Parents and Carers,

Yesterday we began remote learning for the majority of our student community. Thank you for your support as we ironed out a few hiccups with access to online tools the students may have needed.

The teachers were pleased to meet the students in some Zoom sessions and felt confident that they were set up for learning. The students who are at school have engaged really well with the same learning provided for those at home.

As we continue to work through this week please be assured that the support you are offering your child as a learner is invaluable and very much appreciated by the Good Samaritan staff.

This newsletter provides an update of information regarding school events as well as general school news.

Thank you for ensuring that your child has logged into the Learning Hub by 11am each day. This is how we are able to accurately mark the roll for remote learning. You are still able to indicate if your child is unwell and needs to be marked as ‘sick’ on Compass. 

Please note that teachers will be offline on Friday afternoon between 1pm-3pm. This is to allow for preparation time for next week’s remote learning plans. 

Students at school will continue to be supervised.

The first Term 3 P&F meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday 19 July  7pm

All are welcome to attend.

Log in with these zoom details:

Join Zoom Meeting

ID: 69872893155

Passcode: 485261

Due to the lockdown we have had to postpone and reschedule or cancel some school events:

• Grandparents Day has been rescheduled for Friday 15 October(Term 4 Week 2)

Diocesan Events:

Non pathway sport events have been postponed for the first two weeks of term 3. This includes:

• Primary Soccer Gala Day 

The Canteen & Uniform Shop are currently closed. If necessary, parents may purchase uniforms using the manual order form process. Information regarding this process is available through the school office.

This week is Diabetes Awareness Week. Did you know:

• 280 Australians develop diabetes every day. That’s one person every five minutes
• It is the fastest growing chronic condition in Australia
• More than 100,000 Australians have developed diabetes in the past year
• For every person diagnosed with diabetes there is usually a family member or carer who also ‘lives with diabetes’ every day in a support role. This means that an estimated 2.4 million Australians are affected by diabetes every day
• In 2013, diabetes caused 5.1 million deaths globally.

Do you know the Diabetes 4Ts?

Every year 640 children and adults are admitted to hospital because the early signs of type 1 diabetes are missed.

If not diagnosed in time, type 1 diabetes can be fatal.

It’s about time you took the time to learn the 4 T’s – the early warning signs of type 1 diabetes.

• Tired – unexplained or excessive fatigue
• Thirsty – a thirst that can’t be quenched
• Thinner – sudden or unexplained weight loss
• Toilet – going to the toilet a lot

People of all different ages live with Diabetes. It does make some aspects of life more challenging, but it doesn’t define who the person is or prevent them from enjoying and participating in a full and rewarding life.

(https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/)