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Help stamp out chronic homelessness
Sydney Catholic Schools’ (SCS) campaign to help stamp out chronic homelessness has been expanded across NSW. SCS’ inaugural FamilyWinterSleepout@Home helped raise a staggering $71,531 for the lay Catholic organisation, St Vincent de Paul Society, during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Now, dioceses across the state are inviting their students and families to take part in SCS’ Family Educators-led campaign. The 2021 FamilyWinterSleepout@Home campaign will see people sleeping – or spending time – outside as a family on Friday 27 August with nothing but a cardboard base, sleeping bag and a single small blanket to raise money...
Brain breaks students will love
Need a ‘brain break’ or just some inspo to get moving in lockdown? Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Randwick PDHPE teacher and wellbeing coordinator, Ry Kato, has you covered. Mr Kato’s 10-minute daily family exercise and daily challenge videos were so popular during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown that he had to bring them back. He’s made the videos available to his entire school community via Google classroom. “My hope is that these videos can provide some sort of benefit to my students and families, physically and mentally,” Mr Kato said. “Exercise and physical activity are...
Peer support grows relationships
St Anthony of Padua’s first group of Year 7 students were entrusted with an important job as they took their first secondary school steps in 2021. As the oldest kids on the block they have taken their younger peers under their wing as part of the College’s 2021 Peer Support Program, leading small groups from all year groups in the same houses in fortnightly projects. The projects have ranged from designing group crests to building the highest pasta tower. “It has been wonderful to see the relationships that have developed through the program, which are evident in the students'...
