FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
This week we started a new program called School of Strength. The program is designed to help students to be the best version of themselves they can be, by learning persistence, experiencing perseverance, feeling determination and reaching goals.
Susie and Adrian, are working closely with us to develop the program to meet the needs of the students within the group. Our first day was reflected with comments from the students-
That was really cool
Mrs Perryman, I really liked that
We did this crawl thing, it was hard.
Have you heard your children refer to G rated language? G rated language is the term we use at St Pat’s to describe the language that is acceptable. Put simply, any language that is used on a G rated movie is acceptable at St Pat’s. Any language from a PG, M or above is not acceptable at St Pats and has consequences. There are a small portion of students who find this challenging. We are insisting on this language and know that you will support us in this endeavour.
Imagine a rubber band. The rubber band for a child represents boundaries. The rubber band represents parents, teachers, grandparents and baby sitters. As a child grows up they stand inside the rubber band and test the boundaries. They test the boundaries by seeing how far the band will stretch, how far they can go until the answer is no. The challenging part for adults is consistency. The children will keep testing the boundaries to see how solid they are, if they are solid they stop testing, if they are weak they keep testing.
Reports this year will not include comments. To balance this, every parent will meet with their child’s classroom teacher in the coming weeks. Please look out for correspondence in the coming weeks.
Caz Perryman