KORERO FROM FRASER

My message is very quick today. Everyone has been receiving lots of communication from school over the last two weeks due to our COVID situation so I want to be brief today. Over the last two days we have had more students test positive but all have been away for some time which minimises the impact of these cases. I expect there is going to be continued disruption to households and school for some weeks yet. Let’s hope we get through it with minimal illness to everyone and continued positive support of each other.

A lot of you have teenagers in your house or young people who are immersed in social media and the online environment. How are you managing this as a parent? Do you really understand the dangers? Do you have strategies to manage access and behaviour of your young person online? This is a tricky space for us as parents and educators. We see the huge benefits of online access every day and we also see the harm caused to our young people at times. Can I just strongly encourage as many of you (hopefully all of you) to put some time aside to engage in the Cyber Safety webinar advertised below. Super informative and entertaining too.

The webinar will nicely reinforce the messages that are being delivered regularly here at school and most recently by our Youth Liaison Police Officer to our Year 10 students (Year 9s will be next). Participating in the webinar will support you in having conversations and putting in place expectations at home to reinforce key safety messages that will promote the positive wellbeing of all of our young people.