Spotlight on Students
Got It
Got It! is a school-based program to help children who are struggling to manage their feelings and behaviour. The program is being run by a local child and adolescent health team in partnership with our school this term. Each week, the Got It! Team will provide some tips in the school newsletter to support parents, carers and teachers to help children to develop some useful skills for managing their feelings and behaviour. Alongside each tip, there are some resources that you may find useful.
| Got It! Tip of the Week Making time to play with your child is one of the most important things you can do together. The time you spend playing together builds your connection. It also helps your child to build confidence, to develop social and communication skills, and to foster a sense of feeling loved, happy and safe. Sometimes you might just sit with your child and watch him play, other times it might be fun to get involved and follow his lead with a game. Play can involve many things like Lego, board games, card games, dance and music, imaginative games, and reading stories.
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 WEBSITE An Australian resource for parenting newborns to teens www.raisingchildren.net.au |
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| Got It! Tip of the Week Slow things down and tune in to how your child is feeling. You might need to use your ears to listen to what she is saying; your eyes to notice her face, her body language, and what is going on around her; your imagination to put yourself in her shoes; your words to reflect back what you hear and notice; and your heart, to feel what she is feeling. Let her know that you understand and accept her feelings, and that all feelings are OK. For example, you might say, “I think I would feel sad too if I lost my favourite toy”.
(BOOK Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child : The Heart of Parenting by John Gottman)
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BOOK How To Be The Parent You Always Wanted To Be by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
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Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking
Congratulations to Jacqueline L who won the Local Final of the Multicultural Perspectives competition for Stage 2. She will now compete at the Regional Final which will be held in September. Joshua C received a highly commended for his speech also in the Stage 2 competition. In Stage 3 Natalie C and Ayesha R represented our school in the local final and presented excellent speeches at their competition. Congratulations to all of our successful and talented public speakers.