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Important Dates Term Dates 2021:, Term Dates 2022:, Important Dates 2021, TERM 4 , WEEK 1, WEEK 2, WEEK 3, WEEK 4, WEEK 5, WEEK 6, WEEK 7, WEEK 8, WEEK 9, School Holidays

Junior School News From the Head of Junior School, NAIDOC Week, SCIENCE VISITORS TO SCHOOL , Year Five: Writing Effective Story Climaxes, Year Six M Letter Writing, No Longer On Mute – Bendigo Venues and Events, Last Day Football Colours, MICHAEL GROSE: Appreciation – a parenting skill for the ages

Resilience How to help our kids master disappointment – Maggie Dent, We've all experienced the disappointments of this year – including our kids. Leading parenting educator Maggie Dent has some great advice to help our children build their 'disappointment smarts'., What does this have to do with helping our children with disappointment?, The difference between feeling ashamed and disappointed, The two different ways we can be disappointed, Some tips to help you build disappointment ‘smarts’ in your kids, Michael Grose: How to encourage kids to be resilient problem-solvers, If we want our children to grow into resilient adults, we need to stop solving their problems for them. Parenting educator Michael Grose gives his tips to help make kids courageous problem-solvers., Turn requests for help into problems for kids to solve, Ask good questions to prompt problem-solving, Coach them through problems and concerns, Prepare kids for problems and contingencies, Show a little faith, Applaud mistakes and stuff ups

RU (Really) OK? RUOK? at Junior School

A Word of Encouragement

In the Media From October, it will be all but impossible for most Australians to vape — largely because of the ‘homework police’, Canberra's 'homework police', Seven questions shaping new decisions, Grading government ideas, from 'insufficient' to 'exemplary', Vaping becomes harder on October 1

Girton Mate Mail

Virtual Gallery Tours Feature in Online Art Lessons Student Response

Bees With Backpacks Design Challenge

Zoom-lympics

Students Challenge Teachers to Stand Up

Basketball News Game Milestones

Tournament of Minds

VCE Performances Gallery

Welcome Back Surprise

School Snapshot Year 4 Zoooom Disco, Year 7 Japanese, Year Eight History, Year Nine Geography, Year Ten Japanese, Cooking Scones, Welcome Back!

OGA News Vale Amelia 'Millie' Beaton, Vale Wendy Meehan (nee Pilcher), 2021 OGA Departing Girtonian Scholarship

Meet a Teacher Mrs Kymberley Hogan

Girton Business Directory

Reports Department News Junior School Term Three Progress Report, Senior School Continuous Reporting on Astra, Accessing Reports via Astra , Reporting Overview

Registrar News New Enrolments During Covid Restrictions, 2022 Enrolments , Online Open Morning, Edstart

Congratulations to... Will Hamilton (11 Jenkin), Sophie Mayes (10 Jones) and Ava Griffin (10 Aherne), Student Achievements

Parent and Student Notices Student Wellbeing, Absentees, Music Lessons, Winter Uniform Fitting Appointments

Community Notices

Issue 13 · 17 Sep 2021

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