Primary Campus – Praise and Respect the Process

This week we acknowledge student achievement from Semester Two 2022. There were many award winners, and this means many of our students are exceeding expectations in their studies.

Here are the criteria we use to determine awards winners:

• Academic Excellence is 8 out of 10 grades are an A and the rest B (Yr. 3-6)
• Primary Values – all Values are Always with only two as usually
• Application – 8 out of 10 subjects are Excellent and no Satisfactory.

Most pleasing was the increase in the number of students achieving awards for the Primary Values – we see these as the building blocks of learning success, and it suggests that our students are digging themselves some strong foundations for the future.

We strive to be a growth mindset school, and this means we value effort, as much, if not more than outcome. Our students learn about their brains and one of the things we emphasise is that the brain is a muscle that needs to be strengthened through hard work and persistence. One of the ways parents and caregivers can help with this is through the way we use praise – if we celebrate the process of learning not just the outcomes. If we just say “You are so smart” we are praising the person, BUT if we say “You worked really hard to solve that problem” we are praising the process and reinforcing great learning habits.

The primary years are the foundation years and students are learning new things every day. We know that everyone learns at a different pace and its definitely not a race. Let’s praise the process of having a go, trying again and doing your best.

Well done to all award winners who exceeded expectations last semester and we look forward to the achievements of 2023.

Student Award Winners

Joanne Gilmore, Director Teaching & Learning

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