This term, my Year 11 Religious Education students have been working on a practical activity which focuses on the current challenges that COVID-19 has presented to our wider community.
As the world is working together to find the best possible solutions for handling this pandemic, geographical isolation is creating distress and hardship for many vulnerable members in our community.
The practical component of this task asked the students to create a series of questions and interview a vulnerable person in society (the elderly, the disabled, those with a compromised immune system or a terminal illness), and also identify and interview people such as volunteers or essential workers, organisations and/or places of worship who support those in need.
Tayla Davies (Brigid House) has worked tirelessly over the last few weeks with her grandmothers (Grandmother Iris is pictured with Tayla), to knit a lovely blanket for someone who is struggling under the current difficult circumstances.
Tayla has decided to donate the blanket to the Hutt Street Centre – an organisation that supports people who face the recurring difficulties posed by being homeless. This beautiful gesture has highlighted and reinforced the power of kindness and compassion. A gesture such as this can mean the world to someone who is in desperate circumstances. It has also validated that creating a sense of hope during uncertainty, leads to positive change which can be done through acts of kindness.
A big thank you to Tayla and her wonderful grandmothers for giving up their time to help those less fortunate.
Zefi Pezos
Year 11 Religious Education Teacher
