Face to face classes suspended until Feb 28th 2022

Dear Rebus Family,

After consultation with the disability sector, Rebus’ Disability Advisory Group, our participants, their carers, and families, the Rebus Board has made the difficult decision to delay the commencement of face-to-face lessons until the week of the 28 February 2022.

This extra time will give the organisation an opportunity to

Allow time for RATs to become more readily available.
Allow time for booster shots for staff & participants to take effect.
Allow time to assess the impact of schools returning to face-to-face learning.
Allow time to assess the impact of government workers returning to workplaces.
Allow time to adjust curriculums to ensure safety for returning participants, carers and staff.
safely observe the impact from the growing number of cases on the health care system.

At this stage, classes are now scheduled to start from Monday 28th February 2022.

This decision includes our Re-emergence Project with the cancellation/postponement of Residency #2 scheduled for mid-February.

At this stage, we are not moving to an online teaching model expect for our Tuesday ‘Systems of Sanity‘ project.

See below for the current schedule of return dates.

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Returning Dates

iDrama/Inclusive Drama Monday 28th February 10am – 12pm (Ainslie)

Lead Facilitator: Robin Davidson

Assistant Facilitator: Mel Gryglewski

iDrama/Inclusive Drama Wednesday 2nd March 10am – 12pm (Kambah)

Lead Facilitator: Ruth Pieloor

Assistant Facilitator: Mel Gryglewski

iDrama/Inclusive Drama Wednesday 2nd March 3pm – 5pm (Downer Community Centre)

Lead Facilitator: Ali Clinch

Assistant Facilitator: Mel Gryglewski

For those who were enrolled and attending online Inclusive Drama/iDrama in Term 4, 2021 please keep an eye out in your inbox today for your invoices.

Speaking Role

Tuesday 1st March 10am – 12pm (Ainslie)

Lead Facilitator: Ruth Pieloor

Assistant Facilitator: Ben Drysdale

Trainee Faciliatory: Lou Ellery

Systems of Sanity

Online sessions will continue until Tuesday 1st March 2022.

Lead Facilitator: Robin Davidson

Assistant Facilitator: Joel Swadling

Support Worker: Mel Gryglewski

Rebus Playback Ensemble

Thursday 3rd March 6:30pm – 8:30pm (Ainslie)

Directors: Robin Davidson & Ali Clinch

Flair

Due to commence in Term 2, 2022.

Producer: Robin Davidson

Director: Sammy Moynihan

Musical Director: Ben Drysdale

Re-emergence

Residency #2 is cancelled.

Lead Facilitators: Ali Clinch & Sammy Moynihan

Assistant Facilitators: Milly Cooper & Sam Archer

Support Worker: Jess Mallinson

We are awaiting communication from the funding body regarding the timeline for the rest of the project.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will ensure to keep you up to date as promptly as possible as we move through the next four weeks.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call us on 0403 815 784.

Please take good care of your mental health and reach out to chat to us anytime.

Rebus acknowledges the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and pays our respect to elders past, present and emerging.

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The Rebus Staff Wellbeing Program is supported by Hands Across Canberra in partnership with the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund and the Canberra Foundations Collective.