Week 2 NEWSLETTER

DPS Kid - Growth Mindset, Challenge, Praise...What can I do as a Parent?

I was at swimming lessons with my son Henry in the weekend and got talking to another parent about how do we build confidence in children? We ended up speaking about Growth Mindset and the care we need to take when praising or talking to children about growth, about learning and about success. I explained that I didn’t have too many answers (I’m a young Dad and like all parents we are trying our best, but don’t always get things ‘right’) but I promised I’d put a bit more information out.

Our teaching staff are completing some online learning through Stanford University at the moment focusing on the teaching of maths, but the first major chunk of work has taken us back to what a Growth Mindset is (vs a Fixed Mindset). We use this language with our children, and this video below captures briefly some of the differences

People float in between the two mindsets, but the key can be to be aware of when you’ve slipped into a fixed pattern of thought and to be able to shift back into a growth way of being.

What can we do as parents?

In the video below James links the idea of Challenge and Praise and offers some tips for parents...rather than catching them once they have learnt/mastered a new skill, and praising them for success, can we spot when our children are learning something new and praise them for the learning they are undertaking? This links challenge and struggle, to learning growth and praise. They will see that we value growth, not just ‘success’.

Here is the link to purchase tickets:

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2019/the-developing-brain-masterton/wairarapa

My family camped in the forest. I shot a pig and we ate it for dinner.

Mayson Fletcher

I saw Mickey Mouse with big ears. He turned into a volcano and lava came out of his ears.

Elijah Cottle

I went down the slide from the top of my bunk bed and I whooshed down the slide.

Piper Sutherland

As I think about green, it reminds me of blowing hard onto the slowly, wildly, moving grass. It slowly moves side to side like the Hula dance.

Green is sometimes lonely with no kids playing on it when the brown, crunchy, hard leaves land on the ground.

Azaria Osborne

I could feel the water crashing into my hand. I saw the shiny water swirling around and blasting out of the slide. I heard the water going splish, splosh, splash! I was feeling quite freaked out and nervous because the slide was really big. Suddenly, I wondered what would happen if I slammed my head at the end of the slide. But it was awesome!

Chloe McKendrick

Blue is a colour that reminds me of the ocean. Blue smells like the moving salty water of the ocean. The colour blue makes me feel sad. Blue tastes like a blueberry. Blue sounds like a blue pukeko. Blue is the moving sky. Blue is the moving waves.

Aurora Stalker

Kia Ora

We are a youth outreach team from Soulway Church.

Since 2009 the youth outreach team known as 'Souled Owt Kids Club' has been operating like an after school program. We engage the tamariki in activities that teach good morals, values and life lessons that will give them the skills to build healthy relationships. We also have fun playing sports and listen to good music with healthy food and everything is free. We usually only advertise this to the local neighbourhood that surround the Margaret street park but this year with the influx of children showing up with parents donating time and food we decided to send out a invite to the entire community to share our blessings. attached is a poster with all the info.

Kids, are you looking for fun on a Friday night?

Then come along to Kids' Club, 5.30 till 7.30pm on Fridays at the Baptist Church. We provide a safe, family atmosphere with table tennis, computer games, craft, a kid-friendly light tea, Bible stories and organised games. The cost is just $2.50 per child. Phone Liz on 0272233100 for more details or just come along and have a look. We're on the corner of Renall and Chapel Streets; entrance off Renall St.