Deputy Principal - Years 7, 8 and 9
After attending the Year 8 camp during Week 5, I saw many occasions where students overcame challenges and tried new things. It really demonstrated our school's value of resilience as we encourage our school community to overcome setbacks, persevere with challenges and look for ways to improve. Thankfully it wasn’t raining, and the weather was warm so my resilience wasn’t tested too much!
No one is born resilient, and no one becomes resilient by just getting older. However, if we work together to support students in developing seven key skills to become more resilient we will set them up for success as they enter adulthood:
| Self Confidence | Believing that you have what it takes to achieve your goals – develop through looking forward to something every day, goal setting and growth mindsets. |
| Patience | Controlling your emotions and impulses to make sensible and logical decisions – develop through becoming self-regulated and doing mindfulness activities such as colouring in. |
| Adaptable Thinking | Using self-talk to contest unhelpful thoughts and changing your thinking – develop through habits of mind, thinking tools and using positive self-talk. |
| Kindness | Giving of yourself to send out ripples of kindness that never end – develop through acts of kindness, showing empathy and active constructive responding. |
| Self-Awareness | Realising when you are losing concentration, pausing, and then refocusing – develop through actioning character strengths and self-determined goals. |
| Trustworthiness | Being able to do what you say you will do and following through to do it – develop through having a growth mindset autopilot and welcoming challenges. |
| Grit | Persevering to keep doing the hard step by step things you are passionate about – develop through being optimistic for the future and knowing growth is possible. |
Year 8 Camp
I am sure there were lots of Year 8 students who arrived home from camp and headed to bed early on Friday night as we had an action packed 3 days at Ern Halliday. Thank you to Rebecca Edmonds for organising the camp and the staff who attended.
Uniform
As the weather begins to cool please remind yourself and your child of our uniform policy. Our school uniform is a visible representation of the standards expected of students and plays an important role in promoting a positive image of the school. It also creates a sense of identity and pride among the students and wider school community, and helps students learn the importance of appropriate presentation.
Mrs Louise Hall
Deputy Principal - Middle School
Years 7, 8 and 9