St Catherine's Catholic Primary School Berwick eNewsletter

Learning and Teaching

This week’s SHINE focus at St Catherine’s is ENGAGE IN LEARNING.

For the students of St Catherine’s, Engaging in Learning during remote learning keeps us all connected as part of our school community!

Below is a message from our SHINE Leaders, Brenlie and Oli and some tips on how to stay Engaged in our Learning.

To the students of St Catherine’s, you’re not alone! Going into lockdown 6.0 isn't easy! But there are ways to stay positive. Think of lockdown as an opportunity to grow as a learner as well as learning to adapt. If you use our tips and tricks, you might find that lockdown is just that little bit easier.

Taking breaks is super important! Being in lockdown for the sixth time means more screen time and your brain and muscles get hurt by sitting down for a long period of time. You could:

- Go outside and play a game or go for a walk (do parkour on your fence)
- Read a book (aloud, where your parents are working)
- Spend time with family: play a board game together or have a chat (cheat in the game)
- Dance, sing or listen to or play some music (sing as loud as you can and bug everyone in the house)
- Play dress-ups (bug your parents while they cook)
- Riding your bike (practice some tricks)
- Do some cooking with a family member and try new foods (spill the yolk everywhere, don’t blame me!)
- Practise gymnastics (flip on your couch and bed)
- Talk with your family (Annoy your parents while they are working from home!)
- Do some Arts and crafts (and spill glitter everywhere)

2. Always try your best with everything that you do. If you need some help,
or aren't sure about something you could:

Checking your work before you press submit
Ask for help if you aren’t sure what to do
Don't spend the whole day alone, speak to parents, siblings and friends, communicate!

All of these people are there to help you! If you’ve got a problem with anything just ask people in your house or your teacher!

3. Having a routine in lockdown is a really helpful way to
set goals in remote learning. Some ideas could be:

- Make a checklist: go on the notes app and make a list, or you can write it down on a piece of paper, and cross each task out after you finish it.
- Setting timers to finish tasks can help finish work on time.
- Stick to the timetable, use your breaks

4. Looking after your mental health is extremely important because being in
        lockdown isn't easy for many reasons. Try and think of this time as a chance to
        grow as a person and learner. Some ways to keep being happy and to keep
        enjoying school are:

- Ask for help
- Find a place that is quiet and you feel like you can calm down and take some time to de-stress.
- At the end of the day you should take some time to think about what you've done well
- Breathe
- Exercise
- Be proud of yourself
- Have something to look forward to each day
- Listen to music
- Keep in contact with your friends
- Do things that you love!
- Scream and shout and let it all out!
- Dance like nobody's watching!