School News
8 Tips for Promoting a Growth Mindset in Kids:
I read a great article last week about growth mindset. This is something parents/caregivers can talk to their child/ren about and encourage at home.
1. Help children understand that the brain works like a muscle, that can only grow through hard work, determination, and lots and lots of practice. 2. Don’t tell students they are smart, gifted, or talented, since this implies that they were born with the knowledge, and does not encourage effort and growth.
3. Let children know when they demonstrate a growth mindset.
4. Praise the process. It’s effort, hard work, and practice that allow children to achieve their true potential.
5. Don’t praise the results. Test scores and rigid ways of measuring learning and knowledge limit the growth that would otherwise be tapped.
6. Embrace failures and missteps. Children sometimes learn the most when they fail. Let them know that mistakes are a big part of the learning process. There is nothing like the feeling of struggling through a very difficult problem, only to finally break through and solve it!
7. Encourage participation and collaborative group learning. Children learn best when they are immersed in a topic and allowed to discuss and advance with their peers.
8. Encourage competency-based learning. Get kids excited about subject matter by explaining why it is important and how it will help them in the future. The goal should never be to get the ‘correct’ answer, but to understand and want to learn more.
Research shows that praising the process—children’s effort or strategies—creates eagerness for challenges, persistence in the face of difficulty, and enhanced performance.
“What we’ve found in study after study is that ability-praise backfires. Emphasising effort gives a child a variable that they can control. They come to see themselves as in control of their success. Emphasising natural intelligence takes it out of the child’s control, and it provides no good recipe for responding to a failure.”
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All Material and Services fees are due on the 31 March 2019.
If a payment plan is required please collect forms from the front office. School Card Forms are also available and must be completed every year.
HARMONY DAY
Thursday 21st March 2019
Each year Lockleys North Primary School celebrates Harmony Day on 21st March. Harmony Day celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. It is about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.
Students and staff will be engaging in activities which promote belonging and acceptance of cultural diversity, respect, acceptance, Racism. No way! etc.
We invite the school community (students, teacher and families) to wear something orange on Thursday 21st March.
LNPS Policies and Guidelines
We ask that all families familiarise themselves with school policies and guidelines which have been reviewed this year. This will ensure all community members are informed of school practices and expectations.
All policies and guidelines are available on the school website.
Attendance Policy - DRAFT 2019