Students are welcome to attend for supported independent study.
Afternoon tea provided.
Coming up ¡
2nd December SWIS Swimming Sports
Serious fun for House glory.
3rd December Speech Celebration 7.00pm. We get to enjoy hearing great speeches from local schools.
Thank You Students
We wish to publicly recognise the appropriate, positive behaviour displayed by these students and identified by a staff member.
Alice Adam
Grace Krikov
Tim Blyth
Mark Metcalfe
Oliver Kerr-Hislop
Teresa Sommers
Trey Thomson
Paratene Cowlin
Eric Hansen
Emma Pinet
Natasha Barrett
Sienna Kelly
Shasabian Teautama
TOPHOUSE
Kea
CHESS CLUB
Wednesdays
3.00¡ª4.30 p.m.
Library
Cost $2 per session
All interested students very welcome.
Quote of the Week
¡°Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world.¡±
Albert Einstein
Principal¡¯s Comment
Parenting is one of the toughest jobs around. Guiding children in today's world takes a huge amount of physical and emotional energy. Parenting is a lively dance involving the interplay between the child's temperament and the parent's approach and responses.
Children are born with their natural style of interacting with or reacting to people, places, and things¡ªtheir Temperament. Temperament research began in the late 1950¡¯s. Researchers have found that there are nine temperament traits that are present at birth and continue to influence development in important ways throughout life. Temperament is stable and differs from personality, which is a combination of temperament and life experiences, although the two terms are often used interchangeably.
These traits combine to form three basic types of temperaments. Approximately 65 percent of all children fit one of three patterns. Forty percent of children are generally regarded as "easy or flexible," 10 percent are regarded as "difficult, active, or feisty," and the final 15 percent are regarded as "slow to warm up or cautious." The other 35 percent of children are a combination of these patterns. By understanding these patterns, parents can tailor their parenting approach in such areas as expectations, encouragement, and discipline to suit the child's unique needs.
Easy or flexible children are generally calm, happy, regular in sleeping and eating habits, adaptable, and not easily upset. Because of their easy style, parents need to set aside special times to talk about the child's frustrations and hurts because he or she won't demand or ask for it. This intentional communication will be necessary to strengthen your relationship and find out what your child is thinking and feeling.
Difficult, active, or feisty children are often fussy, irregular in feeding and sleeping habits, fearful of new people and situations, easily upset by noise and commotion, high strung, and intense in their reactions. Providing areas for vigorous play to work off stored up energy and frustrations with some freedom of choice allows these children to be successful. Preparing these children for activity changes and using redirection will help these children transition (move or change) from one place to another.
Slow to warm up or cautious children are relatively inactive and fussy, tend to withdraw or to react negatively to new situations, but their reactions gradually become more positive with continuous exposure. Sticking to a routine and your word, along with allowing ample time to establish relationships in new situations, are necessary to allow independence to unfold.
The child's abilities to develop and behave in acceptable ways are greatly determined by the adults in their lives trying to identify, recognize, and respond to his or her unique temperament. This is usually an instinctive reaction by parents but parents can alter or adjust their parenting methods to be a positive guide in their child's natural way of responding to the world.
Here are principles to keep in mind as you strive to achieve this fit.
Be aware of your child's temperament and respect his or her uniqueness without comparing him or her to others or trying to change your child's basic temperament. Be aware of your own temperament and adjust your natural responses when they clash with your child's responses.
Communicate. Explain decisions and motives. Listen to the child's points of view and encourage teamwork on generating solutions.
Set limits to help your child develop self-control. Respect opinions but remain firm on important limits.
Be a good role model because children learn by imitation.
By understanding temperament, the parent can work with the child rather than try to change his or her inborn traits¡ªa battle parents will inevitably lose.
Mike Debney
Empty Computer Cartridges
Don¡¯t throw them away!
Send them to school with your child. We will collect them and can raise $4 for each one, any size. Remember your empty ones at work as well. Ask friends and family to collect for you.
Let¡¯s see how many we can get!!
NOTE IN YOUR DIARY
School Prize-giving
Tuesday 15th December
7.00pm
School Hall
Carters Kids
Gone Fishing Day Saturday, 5th December
(Rain Day Sunday, 6th Dec.) 10.00am to 2.00pm Queens Wharf
(Outer T - by helipad) Great FREE day out with your kids. Bring the whole family!
¡ö Free sausage sizzle and drinks
¡ö Heaps of spot prizes
¡ö Meet Carters Fishing Guru Graeme Sinclair
¡ö Fun prizes for best and strangest fish
TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE
Room 6 won the SWIS Tech Challenge. As well as a funny trophy we got to represent the school at the Wellington finals at Victoria University.Last week Henk W., Sam F., Archie H. and Kylie M. competed against a big group of schools.
In the first challenge we had to create packaging and advertising for a healthy food. The second challenge was to create a Christmas tree with limited materials. We didn¡¯t win but we had a great time.
Kylie M. & Henk W. Room 6
CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE
Please send a jar, tin or bottle to school with your child for the Christmas Hamper Raffle.
Any surplus items will go to the Newtown Food Bank.
Raffle tickets will be $2 each and will go on sale Tuesday 1st December.
Thank you for your generosity.
Mrs. Tristram
SCHOOL FEES
It would be greatly appreciated if any outstanding school fees for your child could be paid as soon as possible. Payments may be made at the school office by eftpos, cash or cheque. If you prefer to pay by direct credit, our bank details are ASB 12-3141-0338498-00
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CONTACT
Lynn McBain (Chair)
027 241 4082
Eryl Jones
383 6235
Lindsay Daysh
027 261 5840
Barry White
021 477 663
Michael Priest
934 4738
REGIONAL PUBLIS HEALTH
Robyn Cantlon, our Public Health Nurse will be at school during lunchtimes conducting free Health clinics on the following dates:
Tuesday 7th December
Parents may refer children by contacting the office. Staff may also refer children and children may refer themselves (Check location of clinic at office). Referrals may relate to any Health issue.
