The Doch Edition 6 2020

ELISABETH MURDOCH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 2020 EDITION 6 JULY 29

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Welcome back to Term 3!

At last week’s House assembly, we discussed practising gratitude as a way to counteract stress and to stay healthy during the coronavirus pandemic. Giving thanks can positively affect both our mental and physical health and, let’s face it, every part of our life relies on us having good health. It is more important than anything else.

In a time where many people can’t enjoy the company of their friends, I am grateful that the GGS community can. We can watch TV, exercise, eat, play sport and have fun together. These moments, in a state, locked down by government restrictions, are a blessing. Prior to COVID-19, I must admit, I took a lot of what I was accustom to, for granted; the ability to workout at the gym, enjoy a coffee in a crowded and vibrant café and visit and embrace family and friends. I am frustrated and disappointed that I can’t experience those moments at will anymore. Like everyone, I too wish for this to be over. But it is not. For many people, this pandemic has caused a great deal of suffering. However, for the vast majority of us, including myself, it has only caused inconveniences. I am grateful that I could borrow a few free weights to stay fit, that I could buy machine to make coffee at home and that I have internet access to FaceTime and stay in contact with family and friends.

While it is great to feel thankful for and appreciative of something in your life, within your consciousness, it is even more powerful when you share your gratitude of something with other people. Perhaps at dinner we could ask one another, “what are you grateful for”?

Ms Mel Bower Head of Elisabeth Murdoch House

Chequered opportunities

in my house back in the UK and I felt like playing a game of chess, but none of my family wanted to play with me. So I took the time to set it up in my living room, got my fancy camera out and took these pictures of the chess board instead. The sun was out and that’s a pretty rare occurrence in the UK. - Maddy Frayne

Test champions Its not a pleasant procedure but well worth the knowledge that, for the time being at least, Corio and EM remain Covid free. Well done champs!

CRAFTY TYPES

Last Sunday saw a bunch of EM students head down to the Sinclaire Centre to smash out some pottery. A couple of hours were spent in zen like immersion and focussed creativity.

PEOPLE PROFILES

NAME: Clementine Ryan YEARS AT GGS: 4 Involvements at GGS: Rowing, Netball, Middle school house captain Away from GGS: Watching movies with my family and cooking Best thing about being a boarder in EM: Being close to everyone and having a good community to live with.

Future Ambitions: Looking into being a pharmasicit, optometrist or veterinarian Someone who you would want to live with and why? This can be ANYONE in the world: I would like to live with Tom Holland because he’s spiderman and lives in london

NAME: Millie Bashford YEARS AT GGS: This is my third year Involvements at GGS: Musicals, bass guitar, singing, dance, duke of ed, hockey Away from GGS, Spending time with pets friends and family in NSW, dance, travelling around the world Best thing about being a boarder in EM: Getting to live with friends Future Ambitions: Not sure yet, it’s a work in process!

Favourite moment this year in EM: Anytime we get to come together as a house so pizza/movie nights, winning house music and swimming as well as house chants and family day Someone who you would want to live with and why? Audrey Hepburn, Elton John or Sheryl Sandberg because they’re all people I look up to and think I could learn a lot from

Lou Spanos Here we go!

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Quality time with family and friends, ideally on holidays What is the quality you most like in other people? Imagination and poise in troubling times.

Where in the world are you happiest? With family, doesn’t matter where tbh.

Which talent would you most like to have? Play a musical instrument (guitar) If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, who/what would it be? Dog, ideally with a caring owner What is your most treasured possession? Photo of my Kindergarten Class.

Who are your favourite writers/musicians or filmakers? Writer: Robert Harris, Musician/Band: Depeche Mode & New Order, Filmmaker: Martin Scorsese Which historical figure do you most identify with? I have admired Abraham Lincoln for many years as he was assassinated on my birth date

STAFF PROFILE

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Careers

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For both of them, students will not need to write line boxes.

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To find out more, speak to Ms Lewis