Message from Michele Marquet
Dear Parents,
What a busy end to our term we are enjoying! Apart from wrapping up their third unit for the year, recent music events, as well as our planned French Day and our Athletics Carnival next week, our staff and students have been kept very busy and happily engaged!
What a superlative afternoon and evening we enjoyed yesterday at our annual Junior School Music Showcases. The boys’ performances in both voice and instrumental items were wonderful. Their dedication in practice resulted in excellence and we are very proud of them all. Enormous thanks must go to our truly outstanding Music staff, including Mr Peter Fox, ably assisted by Mr Jem Harding, Mr Martyn Hentschel and Mr Christopher Hayles, as well as the full music instrumentalist staff. A gallery from the evening performance can be viewed below.
Next Thursday, our Y3-Y6 boys are looking forward to the annual Athletics Carnival to be held at ES Marks. All Y3-Y6 boys must be at School by 8.10am. Please follow this link for more information about this event. The order of events is available to view here.
Friendship & Belonging
Learning how to make new friends and keep them involves a number of skills every young person needs to understand and develop. For some, these skills will come very naturally, allowing them to move easily between different friendship groups, sharing their experiences and opening up to new people. For others, this can be much harder to navigate. Belonging to a group that is like-minded with similar interests is highly beneficial to a young person’s wellbeing. It gives them a sense of security, helping them feel valued, which in turn builds their confidence.
Positive friendships are an important part of the journey to adulthood. Adult carers can support their child or teenager by providing guidance in the many social and emotional skills required for a healthy relationship. This will help them to obtain, retain and maintain friendships. However, not all friendships are regarded as positive. Sometimes young people develop negative or toxic friendships. Therefore, it is also important for them to learn how to identify, avoid or deal with such a friendship.
In one of the online articles on SchoolTV, adult carers can learn how to support their young person’s friendship, so that they experience a sense of belonging. We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this edition, and we always welcome your feedback.
If you do have any concerns about the wellbeing of your child, please contact the school for further information or seek medical or professional help.
Here is the link to the special edition https://cranbrook.nsw.schooltv.me/newsletter/friendship-belonging
Kind wishes,
Michele
