Have you ever been excited or anticipated the growth of something you may have planted? Taking the time to plant the seeds in good soil, water and nurture it, in the hope that it would spout into something beautiful? Unfortunately, I cannot speak from experience in growing a thriving garden at home, as I excel in growing weeds and my lawn, but not much else. I have a great appreciation of people who are able to grow a successful, thriving garden. I am currently in awe of our veggie garden in our Nature Play. Many of our classes planted vegetables last term and they are thriving! We also had quite a few of our Foundation students and their parents take part in planting within the veggie garden at their special "Come Play With Me" event last term. It has been wonderful to witness the joy on the faces of the students who have seen their seeds sprout and who have been able to harvest the garden and take home giant bunches of spinach and bok choy.

Celebrating growth is important in our lives. This is something we are doing in a practical way this week at Prescott Primary Northern. Our teachers have been meeting with our parents for Parent Teacher Interviews this week, and it has been great to see and hear about the conversations that have been shared. Many of these conversations have centred around the growth that we have witnessed in our students so far this year. And what a joy it is to celebrate progress, not only with our students, but with our parents as well.

Success will look very different for every child and it is important to celebrate the progress and success, however big or small it may seem. Like planting a garden, growth can also happen at different rates. Sometimes we see rapid, big wins, other times we see steady small wins. This reminds me of a quote: "Success is a series of small wins" - Jaime Tardy. As you meet with your child's teacher this week and throughout the year, let's celebrate the growth, the small wins and the big wins together.

Blessings,

Tamara