Covid - 19 Creeps In

Arriving home from Melbourne late on Sunday night, the girls came to pick me up. Both were bubbling about their recent working bee tales from Guthega. Katy was also very excited to be packed and ready for school camp - a three day adventure to Camp Cooba located between Cooma and Berridale, the next morning.

Over the weekend, Covid-19 restrictions were beginning to take shape. The Australian government had made an announcement that all organised, non-essential mass gathering attended by more than 500 people must be cancelled from Monday 16th March. Although this announcement  didn't recommend school closures, it did apply to a range of school events which included school camps!!

Katy was devastated to find out the next morning that camp was no longer on. Unfortunately for Katy, it's the second year in a row to miss this exciting and memorable event as we were in France last year. Actually for us the camp cancellation was a blessing in disguise as Katy woke up fairly sick and would have struggled at camp. In fact she spent the next three days home sick!!

Camp wasn't the only thing to be cancelled, so to was the Autumn Score Series and Netball. As the week progressed the outlook was becoming bleaker! Gymnastics and Silks closed their doors. Our weekly timetable of activities was becoming bare!



Next came the email and abrupt end to the school term...with the ACT schools becoming pupil free! Andy was to take charge with the home schooling as he is able to work from home unlike my job. So on Monday night, Andy and the girls set up their new home school desks and work areas -  all ready for the next morning!! Andy and Katy in the front room and Ella on the dinning table. Bring on home schooling!!