Monika Richards, (pictured with Alicia), is a year two teacher and IT remote learning specialist.

I’ve never been more proud to be part of St Monica’s. The four Ps, based on St Monica’s life have been at the forefront of the St Monica’s community as we go through these tumultuous times. We have our staff prayer through Zoom meetings. We’ve sent through lots of resources for Easter prayer and celebration for our families to keep the spirit of prayer alive. We’re demonstrating perseverance in adapting and learning new skills. We’re showing patience with ourselves and our families setting up remote learning at home, making sure everyone has the right resources. Some families are still learning to log on and we are giving them the space and time to adjust. Praise is a really important value in our community, no more so than now as it is a fairly negative environment worldwide. The teachers have been encouraging and supporting each other. Carmel has been saying what a great job we’ve been doing and we’ve been getting praise from our parents who are saying what a great job we are doing which made me nearly cry.