Edition Ten 30 JUNE 2023
THE DRAGON FORTNIGHTLY NEWS AND EVENTS FOR ST GEORGE’S PARENTS
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From the Principal Tina Campbell
July School Holidays are finally here, and they are a wonderful way to have a break from our regular routines and recharge our batteries, providing much-needed break time away from work or school.
Holidays are heaving with emotional wellbeing and bring with them numerous health benefits. Several studies over the years have proved that your body, mind, and soul all crave a chance to reset and unwind at a slower pace such as is provided by holidays and time away from set routines.
The holidays offer the opportunity for exploration and adventure, allowing us to broaden our horizons by potentially discovering new places, new cultures and even new cuisines. They are a time for us to reconnect with close friends or to catch up on our sleep and to de-stress.
I hope that for some part of these holidays there is scheduled family time, creating family memories with relaxed conversations, disconnected from social media and the internet and sharing more smiles and laughter and maybe even a chance to truly appreciate and be grateful for the many people that we each have in our lives that we call family.
We might be using these three weeks as a chance to travel, to finally read that book that we’ve borrowed from the Laurence Library or to get stuck into the weeds in the garden. Our students can spend more time relaxing, there is no nightly homework to complete and by not having to think about school the next day, whether this is through checking the cleanliness of school uniforms, packing a school bag, reading SEQTA notices or preparing packed lunches – the change in routine that school holidays bring are indeed a liberating experience for everyone; staff, students and families alike.
For our Year 12s it is equally important that they take a break these holidays. They are now over halfway through their final year of schooling and need to have time away from their books whilst also preparing themselves for the increased demands of Term Three. My recommendation is to ensure that they spend as much time doing social things, and spending time outside, in nature as they do studying these holidays. In this way they will commence Term 1
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