Assistant Principal Report

Rachel Griffiths

Our Spoonville population is growing ...

Resilience & Integrity

A very big thank you to students, parents and carers for your continued support and resilience throughout Term 3. We know remote and flexible learning has sometimes been challenging and you have all persevered through this ... so again thank you.

At Aitken Hill, we follow our whole school expectations:

Care for ourselves
Care for others
Care for our learning
Care for our school

Throughout remote and flexible learning, students have continued to demonstrate these school-wide expectations at home and online. Students have shown resilience and integrity by continuing to learn and do the right thing, even when it seems that no one is watching.

Students (and parents) have shown that they care by:

showing up each day
checking in on each other with a friendly comment
communicating with the teachers
creatively approaching learning tasks
persisting all the way to the end of term
problem solving

Families have shown an incredible ability to adapt and support their children in this new way of learning. Yes, there have been mistakes along the way ... but as we all know, mistakes are a really important part of learning.

Our diverse community ...

If you haven't visited Aitken Hill Spoonville yet, it's definitely worth a visit! The population has reached over one hundred and there are so many interesting characters to meet. It has been so lovely watching our community members visit and add their unique creations to our little village, as they get their daily exercise.

Come along and see if you can find:

Teachers
Superheroes
Fairytale characters e.g. Little Red Riding Hood, dragons, princesses and more
Brides
Fairies
Flowers
Butterflies
Aliens
Monsters

Raising Learners podcast

The Department of Education and Training has funded a 10-episode podcast series through the Raising Children Network called ‘Raising Learners’. It features parenting experts from organisations including the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Career Education Association Victoria, as well as the Australian eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman-Grant.

Raising Learners provides parents with practical advice, tips and ideas for supporting children’s health, wellbeing and engagement at school and at home. Topics include:

-how to connect with your child’s school and community

-how to best support your child’s learning

-how to keep your child safe online.

These topics were drawn from common questions that parents raised with the Department’s coronavirus (COVID-19) hotline and Parentline.

There are a number of podcasts available already and the rest will be available throughout term 4. Raising Learners can be accessed via podcast apps and Raising Children Network website.

Mindfulness, positive emotions, gratitude and more ...

Lea Waters, is a psychologist, researcher, speaker and author. She’s one of the world’s leading experts in Positive Education and Strength-Based Parenting and Teaching. She provides strength-based strategies to help educators and parents around the world build resilience in children, helping them to thrive. Please take a look at these short videos exploring: