Messages from the Assistant Principal
Resilience
Last fortnight in my newsletter item I talked about the Resilience project and the imperative for us to help our children become more resilient. Have you been checking in with your children and asking them what they are grateful every day? Life is very busy I know but the research shows that if we acknowledge daily something for which we are very grateful we become more self aware and recognise that life is not all bad … so that when something goes wrong they are less likely to catastrophise. If you haven’t tried it yet, maybe give it a go and build it into your home routine ( before or at dinner, before bed etc).
This fortnight I would like to zero in on Empathy. I have attached an emotions’ sheet. It is important that children can recognise emotions in themselves and others and can name the way they are feeling. Maybe this week as a school community we can all focus on random acts of kindness.
Faith in Action!
Teacher Professional Learning
Tomorrow staff are involved in a professional learning day. We will be focusing on our goal to improve our assessment practices. Tomorrow we will explore our current use of Learning Intentions, Co-Constructed Success Criteria, Descriptive Feedback, Self and Peer Assessment and Goal Setting. We will evaluate our current practices, establish goals to improve and embed agreed best practice.
Crunch and Sip Mathematics
Next Wednesday 16th June at 5:30pm we will have our 3rd Parent Maths Info evening. In the Primary session we will be ways you can help your child with Mathematics by using some simple kitchen implements. In the Infants session with Mrs Albury the group will be exploring money, addition and subtraction.
God Bless
Kim
