St Andrews Christian College Newsletter 2023

Principal

Dear Parents and Friends,

 

Greetings everyone!

 

It is hard to believe that we are heading towards winter which marks the middle of the year.  In the fullness of each day, week and month, the year is flying at a fast rate.

The only way I can cope with the busyness of life and the ongoing, growing “TO DO LIST” at school, is to pray.  I so need to know God’s priorities in the hundreds of emails and demands that come across my desk each week.

 

The growing administration demands of varying sectors and government school regulations is a burden to all schools and it seems that more time each year is taken away from the most important task to concentrate on – learning and teaching!

So, in my busyness (I know it is the same for everyone) I ask God to show me His priorities.  I don’t want to miss any opportunity my Lord has for me to do and to act upon. 

 

May we all know His priorities and His wisdom as we approach each and every day we are given!

 

Hebrews 13:20-12…."Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."

 

Blessings on your week,

Catriona

Catriona Wansbrough

Principal

Parenting

What do you say if your child says, “I’m dumb” or “I’m not good at Maths”?

 

That is a huge global statement to make, but it does reflect how your child is feeling at that moment.

 

  1. Affirm your child and tell them that you love them because they are your child, not because they do well in class and tests.
  2. Always encourage and affirm the ‘effort’ your child puts into their work more than you do the ‘result’.
  3. If your child is struggling in class, see your child’s teacher for help; break down the perceived problem into tangible blocks/scaffolds to conquer.  Step by step problems can be solved.
  4. No one is dumb! Every child is SMART in some way and we all display our thinking and ‘intelligences’ in different ways.

In 1993, Gardner proposed the theory of multiple intelligences, which states that children are gifted in many varied ways. So the significant question is not, “How smart is you child?” but, “How is your child smart?”

 

GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE