Last week 2B were very excited to enter some of their Art & Craft work into the Royal Adelaide Show. This year they entered 2 sections of the show, the Junior Art, Craft & Design section and for the first time the Junior Textiles section.

When Mrs Watson attended the Teacher’s Preview Night on the Thursday before the show opened she was very excited to see that the class had been awarded 7 awards and prizes.

They were as follows:

Junior Art, Craft & Design
Certificate of Merits - Anthony Gbojueh (Having Fun on Holidays Painting)
- Celine Jamal (Animals on the Farm Painting)
- George Rachou (Two-Dimensional Craft -weaving)
- Lewis Lau (A Safe Toy for a Pre-school child -Wit)

Junior Textiles
2nd place – Ekampreet Sidhu (Article Made from Wool -Pom pom critter)
3rd place – Cruz Nowicki (Article Made from Wool -Pom pom critter)
3rd place – Anthony Gbojueh (Household or Personal Article, made by hand -Wit)

Vege Garden Update

Thank you to Mr Wolfe who has created benches and benchtops for our students to use in our veggie garden. This space is coming along quite nicely and we look forward to being able to use this area for our lessons to grow and tend to this garden.

Prescott Choir

On Saturday, September 7th the School Choir and band presented their musical ‘Spend awhile on the Nile’, for the last time. The College Park S.D.A. Church provided a beautiful backdrop for the singing and acting. We received some very positive comments from the local church members who always appreciate our visits.

A special thank-you to Kezia Blackeby, Olivia Seal and Harriette Fletcher for filling in for some drama parts, with very short notice. Well done girls! More thanks goes to Joy Stackelroth for all of her work with the band, Sarina Howard for her dedication with the drama and costumes and Paul Koczwara for his work with the sound system. We also appreciate the contribution that David Stackelroth and Timothy Howard made in leading out in the song services and to Mark Borresen, Jason Davis and Tamara Bernoth for their support of the choir.

Stay tuned for more choir news as we prepare for Christmas and year end events.

North Wing Update

It looks like Spring has really sprung this week and we are noticing the weather, the tree blossoms and all of nature embracing a new season. Kind of lifts the spirits, doesn’t it? I would like to share again this week on one of my pet topics – resilience. That ability to take what comes our way and use the challenges to grow. As adults, we have had the experiences to help us see the value of resilience and worked hard and continue to work hard to develop those skills. One of the challenges I faced as a parent, and continue to face as an educator, is wanting to jump in and save our younger generations from having to deal with the difficulties associated with growing up, but I have discovered one of the keys to helping develop resilience in our kids is actually a little counter-intuitive – jumping in can actually rob our children of opportunity, rather than create opportunity. I read a great article on this topic recently and it had many practical hints on how we can create resilience learning opportunities for our kids. I hope you enjoy it.

“We do a lot for our kids, because we love them and often they need us. But we forget that one of the best things we can do for our kids is to help them learn to do for themselves and for others.

Do you ask your kids to do chores, to help out on a regular basis? You would be surprised how many parents – who were raised doing chores – don’t ask the same of their kids. If you do give them chores, do you sometimes go behind them and redo the work when they’re done? Don’t! If it’s not done right, get your child to fix it.

When I ask why parents don’t give chores or why they don’t challenge their kids with hard things – and I do, all over the world – parents tell me it’s because kids are too… busy! They’re working their tails off on classwork, teams, clubs, groups, trying to excel at 100 different things! So adults are willing to take on every other responsibility in their lives in order to facilitate these goals. And it’s hurting kids.

We drive them everywhere – fewer teens are seeking drivers’ licences each year. We type their work, do their research and try to buy them anything they or we think might possibly increase their success. We solve every problem and bulldoze over every potential obstacle. And kids accept this as the natural order of things.

We are stepping in front of our kids, when in fact we should be stepping back and allowing our kids to step up.

It’s sounds like tough love, but it’s not. This is parenting. This is making sure that our kids, in just a few short years, don’t still need us to do everything for them. Our kids know that we are expert problem-solvers. Now it’s their turn to step up and learn to help themselves and others.

So how can we let kids step up? Here are a few tips you can try right now with kids of any age.

When your child or teen comes to you with a problem, don’t fix it. Say “You’re a good problem-solver. What do you think?” And then listen to the answer.

Expect them to fail, and talk about what they’ll do when (not if) that happens.
Give them tasks to do that help the whole family (not only themselves) and make sure they do them, until it’s done well. Be patient, but firm.

It’s crucial that you take a step back and let your kids make mistakes and learn from their experiences. You aren’t going to be there in adulthood to clear the obstacles they face or solve the struggles. They eventually will have to make decisions and find solutions on their own and they will be ill-prepared if they weren’t allowed to make those mistakes under supervision while you’re right there to show empathy and give support!

You may be thinking “but what if there’s an emergency and I have to jump in?” Well, first define emergency.

Two percent of the time, kids need an adult to jump in front of them and solve the problem. They need an adult to protect them from a life-threatening issue that overwhelms their internal resources such as when they experience bullying, mental health issues and eating disorders.

The other ninety-eight percent of the time kids need a compassionate adult to take an interest, from a distance, without fixing anything. So step back so that a child or a young person can step up and handle problems and dilemmas themselves.” (Gilboa, 2019)

Have a great week with your kids,
Mark B

When you read the story of David and Goliath in the Bible, one of the first things you notice is that the Israelite army was “dismayed and terrified” of the giant (1 Samuel 17:11). Goliath started each day with taunts and ended each day with taunts. As time went by, all that demoralising and diminishing had an effect on the Israelites. They began to believe, in spite of their best efforts, something undesirable was going to happen to them . . . their defeat.

This is basically the definition of fear—the belief that something is out there that is going to get you that you can’t do anything to stop. This fear can manifest itself in many different ways—anxiety, nervousness, worry, stress, dread, hopelessness, panic, to name a few—and can spring up in your life from a variety of sources
Fear is a relentless giant. And it is one that must fall through the power of Jesus.
The solution to facing the giant of fear is not determination, but faith in Jesus. It isn’t so much saying, “Fear, go away,” but confessing, “I have confidence that Jesus is bigger than this giant and has already defeated it.”

In Romans 10:17, Paul states, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (NKJV). When you see and hear God in and through his Word, the Word allows you to see and hear that He is bigger than your giant. That builds up your faith, and your faith in turn becomes the stone that shuts up the giant that’s already defeated.

So today, identify the source of your fear and place it in the hands of Jesus. Remind yourself that with God all things are possible (see Matthew 19:26) and he can overcome this giant. Remember that Jesus has promised to always be with you (see Hebrews 13:5).

Name what is keeping you up at night, and then offload those cares to the One who has promised to care for you (see 1 Peter 5:7).
As you do this, even though the cause of your fear may not be removed, you will be actively relegating fear to its proper place: into the hands of Christ.

Have a great week,
Chaplain Phil
(adapted from Louie Giglio)

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