Tag: COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting negative effect on school attendance and student opportunity, with measures designed to protect students now confirmed to have had a “clear impact on mental health and wellbeing,” the CEO of Catholic Schools NSW, Dallas McInerney, has said.

Winnie the groodle, part of a world-first mental health and wellness program, has helped even the most anxious students feel happy back in school after the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Welfare charities say the extended lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic have hurt some of Sydney’s most disadvantaged, especially a group often considered “invisible” in the homelessness statistics: women with children fleeing domestic and family violence.

Australia’s teaching profession is at a “tipping point” due to burnout, growing professional expectations and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic …

The Executive Director of Sydney Catholic Schools, Mr Tony Farley said it has been very encouraging to see staff and students across 150 Catholic primary and secondary schools transition back well to full-time classroom learning after a long period of remote learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Police interrupted Mass at St Bernadette’s Glendalough on Thursday night after tip-offs that parishioners were not wearing masks

Some people at risk of serious harm from infectious diseases are being forgotten in COVID-19 culture wars, even within faith communities where they should expect to receive the most support

Public health orders raise questions about health, rights and conscience that are not easily resolved

Heading back to the classroom can present many challenges for parents and children. Parents have reported that learning from home has given their child the...

I have three children under five years old and my eldest daughter started preschool at the beginning of 2021 while my other children were...

New rule applies for visitors, tourists and employees from 1 October.

Grasp the opportunities amid the boredom We are being sifted. The long and seemingly endless grey days of enforced monotonous routine we are all forced...