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- 5 ways to increase good feelings
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Term 3 Value Focus – Growth – we see mistakes as an important part of
learning
During the term we have been focussing on the school value of growth. Growth according to our students is;
- “Listening to the teacher so I can learn”, Indey K/P.
- “I try to get better everyday,” Jamayah 1/2A.
- “Practice my writing to get better”, Bailey 1/2B.
- ‘“Trying your best to learn something everyday”, Reid 3/4B.
- “Ask the teacher if I get stuck”, Brittney 5/6A.
- “I keep trying no matter what happens“ Corben, 5/6B.
Feedback from Breakfast Club
This week we have received feedback from volunteers informing us of lovely manners and respectful behaviour at breakfast club. Thank you to WUPS families for reinforcing manners at home.
NWPSSA Representatives
Congratulations to the following students who were selected from the recent North West Primary School Sports Association Y5/6 Sports Day. This afternoon they will play in a representative game against Darwin (Burnie to Smithton) schools. Good luck and congratulations on your selection.
2021 NWPSSA Devon Representatives
Riley Small - Soccer
Rubi Coppleman – Netball
Sienna Emmanuel – Netball
Kinnesha Saggers – Girls Football
Montana Crawford-Copper – Girls Football
Ruby Clark – Girls Football
Personal Interest Groups
On Wednesday afternoons, our students have been thoroughly enjoying their Personal Interest Groups (PIs). Students recently had the opportunity to change their group and had a wonderful afternoon on Wednesday participating in their new PI groups. Groups include; building and construction, fitness, science experiments, craft & knitting, lego challenges, painting & drawing, music, sports, men's shed and cooking.
Yours in partnership
Angela McAuliffe
Principal
West Ulverstone Primary School – Talent Quest
Kendell and Finlay are hosting our Talent Quest of 2021, on September 1.
We welcome any one from the W.U.P.S community to come and watch.
Our judges are: Rubi, Kendell, Mayor Bonde and Mrs Paterson.
We appreciate the courage that people showed by auditioning.
Well done and good luck to our finalist!!!
By Finlay and Kendell.
This term, we are focussing on our value of Growth. During our school meetings held on Mondays and Fridays, a student from each class is recognised for their Growth.
Congratulations to the students pictured for being acknowledged for displaying our shared school value of Growth!
Our Father's Day Stall will be held Thursday, September 2.
All classes will have the opportunity to purchase items from the stall.
There will be a variety of items for sale for less than $5.
On Thursday, August 26 we held our Book Week Parade to showcase the amazing costumes worn by students and staff!
This term in 3/4 A and 3/4 B we participated in the Potato Olympics.
We were able to design our own potatoes and create an athlete that could take part in events including bowling, diving, a relay race, long jump, and dodgeball. We were split into five teams who participated on behalf of five countries from around the world. We earnt medals for our country when our potato won an event and kept an overall tally of our winnings in the classroom.
Throughout this unit we have been able to build on our literacy and numeracy skills. We have learnt how to make graphs and have graphed the results from each event. We have begun to explore fractions during our bowling event, as well as measurement and weight. We have written letters home to our families from the Olympic Village and letters from home to our athletes. We have created newspaper articles detailing our wins and most importantly we had so much fun!
Enjoy looking at some photos of the athletes during the competition.
Personal Interest Groups (PIs)
On Wednesday afternoons, our students have been thoroughly enjoying their Personal Interest Groups (PIs). Students recently had the opportunity to change their group and had a wonderful afternoon on Wednesday participating in their new PI groups. Groups include; building and construction, fitness, science experiments, craft & knitting, lego challenges, painting & drawing, music, sports, men's shed and cooking.
Police Officer Leesa has been working with our students in years 3-6 on the ThinkUKnow program. This program teaches students strategies to stay safe online.
For more information regarding this program please visit - Resources | ThinkUKnow
Tasmanian JackJumpers Basketball
Next Friday September 3, our school will be visited by the mascot of the Tasmanian JackJumpers Basketball team, “Jack the Jumper”. He will be accompanied by Michael Karena, who is currently on the coast playing with the North West Thunder. Mike is a New Zealander who has represented his country and travelled the world playing professional basketball. He has recently played with South East Melbourne Phoenix in the National Basketball League. Mike and Jack will run clinics in the afternoon for our grade 3/4 classes.
5 ways to increase good feelings
5 ways to increase good feelings (and reduce a toxic atmosphere) in your family.
That doesn’t mean that such families are devoid of conflict or criticism, but that they are generally pleasant environments to be part of.
One way to increase good feelings in your family is to increase the number of compliments kids hear at home.
As a general rule, the ratio of compliments to criticism should be around five to one. That is, there should be five times more positive, affirming comments than negative comments.
In unhealthy families this ratio is often reversed. Five negative comments for every one positive comment makes for a pretty toxic environment.
How does your family rate on this scale?
If you think about where your family may be on this scale, be careful about how much weight you put on your children’s comments, especially to each other. Siblings can be unkind to each other, finding it hard to share a pleasant word, which can skew the positive to negative ratio a lot (and sometimes make family life quite awful for everyone).
However, this can change over time.
Here are five ideas to help you improve the compliments to criticism ratio in your family:
- Increase the number of affirmations and compliments you make yourself.
- Keep a check on your use of ‘good feeling killers’ (and self-esteem killers). Eradicate comments such as: “Typical boy!” “If I’ve told you once I’ve told you a 1,000 times, don’t…” “What a stupid thing to say to your brother/sister!”. Bite your tongue. If you find yourself thinking a criticism, keep it to yourself.
- Make kids aware of their negative language.
- Make it a habit to follow a negative with a positive.
- Let the bad feelings out.
These, along with affectionate phrases and kind remarks, will start to skew the ratio a bit. Aim for a five to one ratio. Not only is this good modelling for your kids, but it will make family life more harmonious. Yep, five to one is your aim. If you can’t do that, then you can’t expect it of your kids.
Constant criticism harms self-esteem, not to mention family harmony. Use ‘I’ statements to let kids understand the impact their negative talk has on you and others. “When you talk so aggressively, I feel quite scared about what you are going to do next.” It’s impossible for kids to disagree with ‘I’ statements.
When I was teaching, I always tried to follow discipline of a student with a compliment or some positive feedback so that we could maintain a good relationship. Do the same in your family. Follow discipline, a rebuke or a negative comment with a positive act or comment. Then teach your kids to do the same!
Sometimes there can be such a build-up of ill will between siblings that you need find a way for them to let the bad feelings out. One way to do this is let one child vent to you about their sibling. Be warned that you may not like what you hear but a clearing of the air can work wonders to improve the family atmosphere.
Most of these suggestions start with you, the parent. Like everything in family life, whatever you want from your kids, you must take the lead and do first. Remember, five positives to one negative is your aim!
Michael Grose
Michael Grose, founder of Parenting Ideas, is one of Australia’s leading parenting educators. He’s the author of 12 books for parents including Spoonfed Generation and the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change It. His latest release Anxious Kids, was co-authored with Dr Jodi Richardson.
Kerry Jewell
School Health Nurse
Tuesday 31 August | Year 5/6 Excursion - Brickendon |
Wednesday 1 September | Talent Quest 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
Thursday 2 September - Friday 3 September | Fathers Day Stall |
Friday 3 September | AFL Tas Visit |
Friday 3 September | JackJumpers Visit |
Friday 10 September | AFL Tas Visit |
Friday 17 September | Footy Colours Day |
Friday 24 September | Last Day of Term 3 |
Monday 11 October | Term 4 Commences |