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Year 4s in the North Wing
Well the long anticipated day finally arrived this week. Our Year 4 classes relocated from their temporary clasrooms, into their brand new classrooms in the North Wing! The excitement levels were high and the curiosity of students grew as the doors were opened and the students settled into their new surroundings. Mr Harris and Miss Walsh have done an amazing job in setting up their rooms ready for our Year 4's. Our other students are enjoying the extra space and seats around the North Wing.
As I have sat down to sort this week’s remarks, I have been interrupted so many times, I have lost count. You know how you start something and the world comes in, whether through phone call, message, email, pop ups on your screen, a child tugging on your arm, an alarm going off . . . and the list goes on. I have often reflected on what it was like for my grandfather as he went about his life and thought how different the world was then. The reality is that we live in a very different world and it will change even more and more quickly in the years to come. Preparing our children for this uncertain and changing world is no easy task. Providing anchor points in their life is incredibly important, as is preparing them for what is to come – a difficult tension to manage. Below is an article to help us guide our kids in this age of change and disruption. There is a free webinar that is available to our school families as well, if you are interested. I haven’t been able to preview the webinar so I am not able to comment or endorse, but, if the article is anything to go by, it will be a least thought provoking.
“We live in the age of disruption. The future your children will inherit will be very different than the world we live in now. A university degree, once a guarantee of a well-paid job, no longer ensures your child a career, let alone a steady income.
So how can we prepare children to thrive in a world where it’s estimated that over 20 per cent of today’s jobs won’t exist in just five year’s time? How do we prepare them for a work-life of multiple careers and job changes?
South African educator and author Nikki Bush believes that the future will belong to those who develop a broad range of personal capabilities rather than a narrow number of academic abilities. Bush has outlined five key personal factors that will help kids succeed in the future world of work. These are:
Creativity and innovation
With information being only a digital search away, knowledge is relatively easy to obtain in the digital age. The ability to think outside of the square and find new solutions to old problems will be one of the most highly valued skills in the new world of work.
Love of learning
In a world where people working into their seventies and beyond will become common place, a degree of qualification obtained in the early twenties won’t guarantee continued success. The future will require people to be in charge of their own learning and be willing to continually upskill. Continuous learners rather than those who close themselves off to new ideas and concepts will thrive in the future.
Resilience
Life doesn’t unfold in a straight line. It never has, but the future of work will have more twists and curves than ever before. Kids will need to be resilient and flexible enough to cope with rapid workplace change and lack of security, as well as be able to manage risk to earning a living.
Self knowledge
Personal knowledge of strengths, capabilities and talents has long been a skill, that we’ve neglected to develop in kids. When the future is fluid and work continually changing, self-knowledge will become a passport to happiness and success.
Teamwork
The ability for your child to work as part of a team both virtually and in the real world will be more important than ever in the future world of work. Even jobs that have an individual skill focus will require people to work cooperatively alongside each other.
Reassuringly, there is a great deal you can do as a parent to prepare your child to capitalise on the changing career and jobs landscape. Use Bush’s five personal factors for future success as a starting point as you ponder how to prepare your child to prosper in the age of disruptive change.
Related webinar
Our school has a membership with Parenting Ideas. As part of this membership, you can attend the below webinar ‘Future-proofing your child’ at no cost.
About
In this webinar Nikki Bush teaches parents what to expect and how to support their kids to thrive in a future world of work.
When
18 March 2020 8:00pm AEDT
To redeem
- Click this link: https://www.parentingideas.com.au/parent-resources/parent-webinars/webinar-future-proofing-your-child
2. Click ‘Add to cart’
3. Click ‘View cart’
4. Enter the voucher code FUTURE and click ‘Apply Coupon’ Your discount of $37 will be applied.
5. Click ‘Proceed to checkout’
6. Fill in your account details. These details are used to login to your account and access your parenting material
7. Click ‘Place Order’
The voucher is valid until 18 June 2020.” (Grose, 2020)
Have a great week with your kids,
Mark B
One of my favourite worship songs right now is Reckless Love by Bethel Music. The lyrics describe how God loves us so much that even when we are His foes, He still fights for us. It goes on to express how there is no mountain that God won’t climb up, or wall that He won’t kick down, in His never-ending pursuit for us.
At first take, the title of the song is surprising because normally “reckless” would not be a word that we would associate with God. The Cambridge Dictionary defines reckless as: “Doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and the possible results.” This sounds like something more connected with an alcohol intoxicated young man than a wise and loving God. And yet the more I reflect on it, the more I realise that “Reckless,” is in fact the perfect word to describe the love that God has for us.
We read in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
God loved us so much that even though He knew that this was extremely dangerous for Him, He did not worry about the risks, and He ignored the reality that it would result in Jesus’ death, and He went ahead and loved us any way. That is “Reckless Love.”
I pray that you may know and experience the amazing and reckless love that God has for you today, and everyday.
God bless,
Roland Talamaivao-Amituanai
Harmony Week
Coronavirus Plans
Helpful Hints for Using the Drive Through Zone
Hats While Students Waiting for Pick Up
In the afternoon, many of our students are waiting at the Pick Up Area in the Lower Playground and in talking with families and reviewing our SunSmart recommendations, we are going to ask students to wear their School Hats when waiting to be picked up. This means that some students will take their hats home and need to bring them back the following day if they are going to be allowed to play outside at Recess and Lunch. If a student doesn’t have their hat, they cannot go outside to play. Another option is for families to have two school hats, one that students leave in their classroom as usual, and another that goes in their bag for use at Pick Up time. These can be ordered on Flexischools for $15.00 for a Bucket Hat or $11.00 for a Legionnaire Hat and given to your child here at school.
We are working on a covered area for students to wait in and the CEC are raising funds to help with this, but in the meantime, students will need to wear hats in Terms 1, 3 and 4 and Term 2 when the UV is above 3.
Jelly Cup Day
Uniform Shop Appointments
Homework Strategies
Entertainment Books
Weet-Bix TRYathlon
- The TRYathlon is all about giving it a TRY and is a rewarding and fun day out for you and your child.
- Participants need to be aged 6-15 years old on event day, and can complete the TRYathlon as an individual or in a team of two.
- To enter the TRYathlon visit www.tryathlon.com.au
- This year Our school is taking part in the Adelaide Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon. Join us on the day by entering at www.tryathlon.com.au and selecting the School when prompted.
