Primary "The Golden Rules"

Extract from Parents Bulletin 37

The Golden Rules 

The Golden Rules were designed by former teacher, now educational consultant, Jenny Mosley. Jenny has devised several programmes to improve behaviour and self-esteem, such as Golden Time and Circle Time. All of these programmes teach children and teachers about respect for self and others, reciprocal appreciation and allowing enough emotional space for children to flourish, while maintaining firm boundaries. 

There are just 6 Golden Rules and note the positive way in which they are worded: 

• Do be gentle 
• Do be kind and helpful 
• Do work hard 
• Do listen to people 
• Do look after property 
• Do be honest 

Although only six simple rules, they actually address almost every type of behaviour common in primary schools. The rules can be categorised into six areas: 

• Respect For Physical Safety – We Are Gentle 
• Respect For Emotional Safety – We Are Kind 
• Respect For Self – We Work Hard 
• Respect For Others – We Listen 
• Respect For The Environment – We Look After Things 
• Respect For The Truth – We Are Honest 

Once these rules are embedded in a school, Jenny believes that children truly access the deeper, more complex, universal values such as tolerance, justice, compassion and fairness. This is why the Golden Rules are displayed and applied in all TIS Primary classrooms. We even have a giant poster in the Servery which our incredible Parents Association bought for us last year. 

By following the Golden Rules, the younger children can earn Golden Time, a special time at the end of the week when they can choose some favourite activities. Each day, children are guided to reflect on their behavioural choices. If they have followed the Golden Rules for the day, they keep their Golden Time. If they have chosen to break a Golden Rule, they lose 5 minutes of their Golden Time and are asked to sit and reflect for those 5 minutes during the session. 

By using their ‘Managing Distractions’ learning muscle and choosing to follow the Golden Rules, lesson time will be spent learning and play times will be happy and safe. Of course, children will always push to see how far they can go but thrive once they know where the boundaries are. 

As a parent you can really help your child to do well in every aspect of school life, and this is no different: A few ideas on how you can support Golden Time are listed below: 

• Discuss with your child how Golden Time operates in their class 
• Advise your child how you want him/her to behave in school 
• Discuss with your child his/her “good days” and any “bad days” 
• Be positive about the importance of Golden Time and encourage your child to do his/her best 
• Discuss our school rules with your child and explain why they are sensible and fair rules for one and all 

Parents Workshop: Year 3 Maths

Teachers of Year 3 brought parents through the learning of written methods taught in Maths, to help parents better understand how the children are learning in class.

Some of the lessons

Some of the exercises

Year Group Parents' Forums (Year 6, 7, 8, 9)

The notice for the forums went out today in your child's planner. 

Parents of these year groups are highly encouraged to attend.

Year 6 Parent Workshop (Mock Maths Lesson)

Parents of Year 6 gathered at class 6T after school last Friday to go through the following WALT and WILF

Learning Objective

Classwork for parents...to be completed within a short timeframe!

Personal reflection at the end of the lesson

CCA Information Morning for KS1/Year3/Std1 2013/2014 Parents

The CCA Department recently announced the commencement of KS1/Std 1 CCAs from September 2013. The CCAs will be optional and will be available to students on either Tuesdays or Thursdays.

Based on parents' request, TIS Parents Association in partnership with the CCA Department has organized a CCA Information Morning for this batch of parents who will be exposing their children to CCA for the first time in the school. These are parents whose children will enter KS1 and Year 3 this coming September 2013, and Std 1 (SST) next January 2014.

Mr Lee briefed on the philosophy of CCA,  general expectation and details for the KS1/Year 3/Std 1 year group.

 

CCA for ALL

Mr Robinson addressing the parents

More Info from CCA Department here



New Info from CCA Dept - refer links below (also appear on the Rightbar of this Blog):-

Description For In-House CCA

Description For Out-Source CCA

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International Day 2013 Celebration - Community

Traditional Malaysian Games by SST PA

Lompat Getah

Guli

Guli

Remember this?

Congkak

Congkak

Korean Food by Tenby Korean Mum Group

Some of the performances

International Day 2013 Celebration - The Classroom Countries (Korea)

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International Day 2013 Celebration - The Classroom Countries (Madagascar)

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International Day 2013 Celebration - The Classroom Countries (Japan)

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International Day 2013 Celebration - The Classroom Countries (Iran)

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International Day 2013 - The Classroom Countries (Norway)

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International Day Celebration - The Classroom Countries (Hong Kong)

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International Day 2013 Celebration - The Classroom Countries (China)

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International Day 2013 Celebration - The Classroom Countries (Maldives)

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International Day 2013 Celebration - The Classroom Countries (Denmark)

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