GHPS Life

INTERSCHOOL SPORT - WINTER SEASON

Round 9: Friday 28th July 2023

Greenhills A VS Laurimar A – HOME 

Greenhills B VS Glen Katherine B – AWAY

COMMUNITY SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

If your child achieves something special (grand final win, most valuable player award, best and fairest etc.), please email me (jordan.daley@education.vic.gov.au) through photos and an overview of the achievement to post in Contact. It is important to celebrate and recognise such successes with the school community.

Thank you, 

Jordan Daley

CONNECTED SCHOOLS

Why children need to know it’s OK to make mistakes. 

By Justin Coulson  

You won't find a child more chuffed with themselves than a pre-schooler who is learning to write their own name. In the beginning they courageously create a jumble of mixed-up letters and backward S's to piece together the first iteration of what will become their signature. Very quickly those mistakes lead to mastery, and they're equipped with a skill they'll use hundreds of thousands of times throughout their life.

As our children grow, their fearlessness in the face of mistakes often gives way to paralysing fear of failure. They become less willing to take risks, try new things, and broaden their experience because of the risk of not getting it "right" straight away.

How do we help our kids overcome perfectionism, and make friends with mistakes again? Here are my top tips:

1. Talk it through – Whether it’s learning to ride a bike or a writing a story, when your child shows reluctance to try before they start, ask them what they’re worried about. Give them the chance to share their fears and talk it through. Ask them, ‘What’s the worst thing that can happen?’ By putting words around their worst fear, it can help put it into context and minimise it so it seems smaller and easier to handle.
2. Share your story – Younger children love to hear stories from their parents and trusted adults. Share a story with them of when you were scared, then tried, failed and learned something from making a mistake. You can make it funny to lighten the load and help diffuse their worry.
3. Resilience – Making mistakes and learning from them, helps children build resilience which will stand them in good stead later in life. If they have tried, failed and then tried again, it helps them build confidence to tackle bigger, more daunting tasks down the track. Failure is not the enemy, it’s failure to try. Failure in fact, ironically, can build success. As the saying goes, ‘If at first you don’t succeed, then try and try again….’
4. Reward the effort – If you have coached and coaxed your child into trying something new for the first time, or if they have worked hard to conquer their fear, then regardless of the outcome, let them know they are champs for trying. This way, the reward is linked, not to whether they failed or succeeded, but to the effort they made in the first place. Being a ‘doer’ with a positive ‘at least I tried’ attitude will help your child build a positive approach to tackling new activities and tasks later in life. 
5. Practice makes perfect – give your child plenty of opportunity to keep trying their chosen activity, whether they’ve taken up a new sport, musical instrument or hobby, or whether they’re plucking up courage to make new friends. Help them stay positive and celebrate their achievements and learnings with them along the way. Whether they tell you this or keep it to themselves, kids love it when their parents and carers are their support team (and they’ll remember it later too!) 

Parents Partnerships Leader - Roslyn Mackie 

This year, Greenhills Primary School will be offering Year 2-6 students an opportunity to participate in the ICAS Assessments. ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, Spelling Bee and Digital Technologies. Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition and development. Every student will receive a printed certificate and an online results report. Top performers will be eligible for medals and are invited to attend special award ceremonies to have their academic excellence publicly recognised.

This year, Greenhills Primary School will be participating in the following ICAS Assessments: 

• English - Students will read a variety of texts which narrate, describe, explain, argue, persuade and review. The texts will increase in complexity within each paper, moving from simple texts dealing with familiar subjects and topics to complex texts discussing abstract concepts and using sophisticated language structures.
• Science - Students will focus on the knowledge areas of Earth and Beyond, Natural and Processed Materials, Life and Living, Energy and Change.
• Mathematics - Students will answer a range of questions related to number and arithmetic, algebra and patterns, measure and units, space and geometry, chance and data.
• Writing - Only available for students from Years 3-6. Students will be required to write a narrative or persuasive text and be assessed on their ability to write an extended response to a given task. 

Our school access code is: ZKJ143

Each assessment will run at a cost of $19.25, except for the Writing assessment which is $23.65. Payments are to be made by July 28th. The assessments will be completed at school in August. 

If you require further information please contact Roslyn Mackie at 

Roslyn.Mackie@education.vic.gov.au

CANTEEN

Wednesday Wonders - July and August

Orders are now open in QKR.

Spiral Bolognese - 2 Aug (order by 26 July)

Ravioli - 9 Aug (order by 2 Aug)

Macaroni and Cheese - 23 Aug (order by 16 Aug)

All are $5.50 per serve! The normal canteen menu will still be available to order on these days.

SUSHI Day - Friday 11 August

Orders are also now open in QKR and close one week prior on Friday 4 August. Sushi is $3.80 per roll - various flavours available! Drinks can be ordered as well, however there will be no hot food on offer on this day. Window sales will be available as normal.

Helpers

If you have a spare hour on a Wed, Thurs or Fri between 1pm and 2pm, come along and help in the canteen. There is no food preparation involved, it's very simple and the kids love seeing parents there!

You need to have completed the Volunteer Induction, and sign up through CareBookings - www.carebookings.com.au - access code is JGU9L.

Helpers get a canteen voucher for their kids to use for their next lunch order! 

Thanks, 

Miriam.

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Term 3 Week 3 - Presented at Assembly 4th August 2023