{"id":1983,"date":"2020-07-31T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T05:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/?post_type=article&p=1983"},"modified":"2020-07-31T15:47:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T05:47:22","slug":"director-of-boarding-7","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/article\/director-of-boarding-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of Boarding"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Director of Boarding<\/h2>\n

Megan Christie<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The \u2018buzz\u2019 is back in Boarding! Our boarding house is once again filled with laughter and joy. It has been wonderful to have the girls return happy and healthy. The girls have settled back into boarding routines quickly. I have been very proud of the girls\u2019 responsible and mature response to the strict COVID-19 hygiene and social distancing rules in place to keep everybody safe and well. Unfortunately, our Papua New Guinea girls have not been able to return to Australia. We miss them terribly and hope they can come \u2018home\u2019 soon.<\/p>\n

It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that Miss Sarah Amos has resigned from her Senior Boarding Supervisor position. Miss Amos has commenced work as a Teacher Aide in the day school. As I always look for a silver lining, I am gladdened by the thought that now both the boarders and day students will be blessed with Miss Amos\u2019 incredible presence and support. The good news is that Miss Amos hasn\u2019t left boarding completely and will continue to do some shifts in the boarding house. On behalf of all Boarding students, supervisors and parents, I thank Sarah for her loyal contribution to St Patrick\u2019s College Boarding and wish her all the best in her new direction. For the rest of this term, Miss Alex will be the Senior Supervisor \u2013 Senior Years (Year 10-12) and Miss Amanda will be the Senior Supervisor \u2013 Junior Years (7-9).<\/p>\n

It is my pleasure to welcome two new staff to our fabulous team of supervisors.\u00a0 Miss Megan is studying a Masters in Early Childhood and will be predominately working with our wonderful St Teresa girls. Miss Snow needs no introduction because she is already well loved by our students because she is a Teacher Aide in the day school.\u00a0 With Miss Snow and Miss Amos working in both areas, a greater connection between boarding and the school will be formed.<\/p>\n

Supporting girls with their academics and learning with be my focus this term.\u00a0 The girls will be encouraged to attend tutorials for extra assistance.\u00a0 This term, we are implementing a peer tutoring program for girls in Year 7 \u2013 9 and our Year 11 and 12 girls will trial a new study time after dinner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since returning, the girls favourite weekend activity has been, predictably, shopping. They have also loved being back on the Strand and enjoying Townsville\u2019s amazing winter weather.\u00a0 Club sport has recommenced.\u00a0 Girls involved in touch, volleyball, union and league have started their fixtures and have been attending training sessions during the week.\u00a0 Starting this term, the girls must sign up for a least one afternoon fitness session per week.\u00a0 It is wonderful to see so many girls focussing on their health and fitness by participating in Miss Susan\u2019s workout, doing PT with Dave, playing volleyball or walking\/running Castle Hill.<\/p>\n

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Director of Boarding Megan Christie \u00a0 The \u2018buzz\u2019 is back in Boarding! Our boarding house is once again filled with laughter and joy. It has been wonderful to have the girls return happy and healthy. The girls have settled back into boarding routines quickly. I have been very proud of the girls\u2019 responsible and mature […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1983","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=1983"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=1983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}