Pomonal Primary School students have received a donation of books and book bags from Grampians Health Nursing and Midwifery Education team, replacing what was lost in the devastating bushfires in February.

Grampians Health education and training director Sue Thorpe said the team wanted to support the students following the fire.

“As an education team, we wanted to support the education of the Pomonal Primary School students in some way and donation of books and bags seemed to be a fitting way to do so,” she said.

Clinical nurse educator Katie Lovett, whose children also attend Pomonal Primary School, visited the school with Ms Thorpe to make the donation.

“We know the children had to be really resilient in the wake of such a traumatic event,” Ms Lovett said.

“While the team rallied to support me and my family recover from the devastating fires, they were also keen as educators to help more widely in the community.”

Both Ms Thorpe and Ms Lovett worked with the school’s principal to decide how to best support the students and eventually decided to donate new book bags, with each containing a new book or two for each student.

“It was a very meaningful gift for the children as a book bag was something they took to school every day, and it may not be the first thing that everyone thinks to provide after they go through such a damaging event,” Ms Lovett said.

She thanked her colleagues for their generous support of the Pomonal community. 

“Even though we don’t all work in the same office, everyone came together for a common goal – which was to help our local community recover from a devastating and unexpected event.”

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