East Adelaide School Parents and Friends in St Peters | School fundraiser

East Adelaide School Parents and Friends

Locality: St Peters

Address: Second Avenue 5069 St Peters, SA, Australia

Website: https://eas.sa.edu.au/

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25.01.2022 Worried about your child’s class placement in 2021? It’s perfectly natural to have a preference for a particular teacher and normal to feel worried or disappoin...ted if they don’t get them. A child’s emotional adjustment to leaving this year’s teacher and preparing for next year’s teacher is interconnected with your feelings about it. Here are loads of ways you can help make the transition smoother for your child if you or they didn’t get the news you were hoping for. * Hear out your child’s feelings but try and avoid fixing their feelings by adding your own feelings, judgements and solutions. Feelings need to come out, be present and move through. They don’t have to be excited about the teacher they got, to learn from that teacher in the long run. The feelings you see in that initial moment aren’t necessarily reflective of how they will feel long term - especially if you don’t react with them. Humans need time to process change. When news is fresh, we can go through many feelings of resistance and uncertainty. That doesn’t mean that what’s coming is necessarily bad. You can gently say something like, ‘you really wanted X , so of course you’re disappointed. I understand. We can talk more after a cuddle/ play/ hot chocolate. (Basically, you want to avoid talking while their logicAl brain is switched off and emotions are high). Listening calmly and quietly is golden. * Avoid looking upset about the placement in front of your child. If they are upset, they will naturally look to you to help them feel better. This doesn’t mean you have to fake being excited if you’re not (they’ll see through that) but it does mean you do your very best to be calm, confident and if you can’t be hopeful, try and be neutral. Children need us as an emotional compass when they experience uncomfortable feelings. * Before you go in to pick them up on the day they receive their placement, remind yourself to try and trust the process. There are multiple layers to how class placements are allocated that couldn’t possibly be explained completely. School leaders and staff put in huge amounts of thought into student personalities, learning styles, teaching styles, class size, who asked to have who in their class and much more that is happening behind the scenes we’re not aware of. * Schools genuinely do their best with this decision. If you’re upset, it’s possible they are too but when weighing everything up, had no other direction to turn. Supporting your child’s teachers and school is a crucial part of your child’s psychological and academic success there. * Your reaction to next year’s teacher news is hugely important to your child. Your confidence, hopefulness and regulated emotion is crucial. If you’re not happy, try and keep these feelings in the back ground and discuss them privately with another adult. Children are too young to take on their parent’s worries. If there is a genuine problem, take logical action without involving your child in the stress associated with it. * Your child’s emotional connection to and respect for their teacher and school is deeply connected with your connection to and respect for their teacher and school. * Children learn, grow and strengthen in resilience by being with a broad range of personalities and communication styles. When things are unrealistically perfect and easy, they can get stuck in their comfort zone. To build confidence for later on in life, you need to experience a broad range of peers and situations and discover that through talking about feelings, asking for help, establishing boundaries and building your social emotional skills, you can handle a lot of what life has in store. Be there to hear their thoughts and feelings out, but above all show you have confidence in your child to get through. If situations are dangerous, toxic or damaging your child’s learning and psychological health, always talk to school staff and if necessary, other experts to ask for and seek help. Seek out the support of a health professional too if necessary. On the surface, do your best as your child’s most important adult and leader to show your confidence that your child will be safe and cared for, always. * Do something heartwarming and compassionate for yourself. If you’re upset and stressed it’s not because you’re weak or incapable. It’s because our children hold our hearts and when they hurt, we hurt. You need to look after yourself first and foremost. The advice above is general and based on general child development, resilience and confidence research. It is written with the very best intention to help you. Without knowing your individual circumstances it’s not intended to replace your expertise as a parent or the expertise of educators and health professionals. Always seek tailored expert advice if you feel your child’s physical or psychological health is at risk in any way. Wishing you all the very best with class placement news if you live in the Southern Hemisphere. Hang in there beautiful parents. xx Madhavi Nawana Parker Free resources: https://positivemindsaustralia.com.au/free-resources/ Books on children’s resilience, wellbeing, confidence, social - emotional skills and educator wellbeing here: https://positivemindsaustralia.com.au/books/ Catholic Education South Australia Department of Education and Children Development, South Australia Association of Independent Schools of SA

20.01.2022 Happy World Teachers Day to all of our wonderful staff! We are so lucky to have all of our gorgeous teachers who are so committed to our children’s education. Thank you all so much for everything you do!

18.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS The winners of our Halloween Raffle have been drawn. All winners have been contact by telephone and prizes can be collected from the front office. Congratulations to the winners: Margot C Angela H... Andrew H Esteban M Selene T Grace S Lauren J Tammie B Katrina E Miki F John W Jason B Yam M Colliver Family Nina D Jasmyn Adam S Amanda L Nicole H Rechelle H Irene K Natasha T Sandy S Alfred W Henry B Olivia O Carla H Carrie P See more

18.01.2022 EASTER RAFFLE - REMINDER Raffle prize donations are due by Friday 26 March. Raffle tickets are to be returned to the Front Office by Monday 29 March. The raffle will be drawn by P&F on Wednesday 31 March in the front office and the winners will be notified via phone.... P&F Easter Raffle books and information about the raffle prize donations has been sent home to families. If you have not received this, please check with your class teacher or contact the Parents & Friends Committee via email: [email protected]. Extra raffle books and flyers are available from the Front Office Thank you for your support P&F Committee

17.01.2022 The Parents and Friends Committee are excited to bring the students the Rainbow Run on 8 April as a part of Sportsday. Rainbow Run is also our committee’s major fundraiser for the year. We are aiming to raise $30,000.00 to fund a new playground in the Northwest Corner of our school. We have raised about $7,500 to date with only a couple of weeks to go! The more the kids fundraise, the better their prizes and the more money we will have for our playground!... Head to https://www.schoolfundraising.com.au/ to register your child for fundraising and help them earn prizes.

14.01.2022 Easter Raffle reminder Our awesome volunteers have packed the prizes! Don’t forget to return your raffle tickets and money by Wednesday to be in the draw. More raffle books are available at the front office. Good luck everyone!!

14.01.2022 | | WATCH THIS SPACE | | An exciting event announcement is coming soon!

11.01.2022 Another WE OUR VOLUNTEERS MOMENT! Buying our powder for colour run in bulk was cheaper but someone had to fill the bottles! Huge thanks to our volunteers, big and little We are so lucky to have such a generous community. Thanks for everything you all do to support our school

11.01.2022 ShootSA reminder The P&F would like to thank all the families who joined in the photography fundraiser at Botanic Park recently. A friendly reminder that Dee the photographer will be at school this Thursday 12/11/20 for photo collection/viewing, and will meet you at your pre-arranged appointment time. Please enter via the Front Office and apply social distancing practices. ... For any queries, please email [email protected] or Dee [email protected]

11.01.2022 As part of their National NAIDOC Week celebrations, Adelaide High School have filmed an Acknowledgement of Country in Australian sign language. You can also read the Department for Education Acknowledgement of Country here: www.education.sa.gov.au/acknowledgement-of-country

10.01.2022 Congratulations to our brilliant, inspirational and brave year 7 students who had their graduation ceremony this evening. Thank you to Steven Marshall for attending and giving our students an inspiring speech. We wish our year 7 class of 2020 all the best as they move on to the next stage of their lives. Enjoy your new beginnings

08.01.2022 Can anyone help Moni with a uniform? Let’s start a uniform thread to swap/sell old uniforms

06.01.2022 Such an important message this time of year. Xx Madhavi Nawana Parker via @supershazzawellness

06.01.2022 An important message from our principal regarding school returning on Monday. Pupil free day has been cancelled and students are back on Monday morning. Please drop your children at the gate and do not enter the school.

06.01.2022 Thank you Belinda for your support of our committee and our whole school community. We will miss you!! We wish you all the best in your new role! A message from our Deputy Principal Dear East Adelaide School Community,... I am finishing up my leadership role at EAS and moving to another position within the Department to support leaders in curriculum change and implementation across their sites. It’s a very exciting new adventure for me. I would like to take this opportunity to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at EAS. It is a wonderful school to work at, with a great community and I will take with me many happy and rewarding memories. I will still remain a parent of this school, so I am sure to still bump into many of you next year. I will complete a very thorough handover to our new and very experienced Deputy Principal, Martha Pampoukidis and wish her all the best at EAS for the next 5 years. Kind regards, Belinda Robertson

06.01.2022 Our year 2 teachers would like to share their students’ work in fundraising and connecting with our community. Well done year 2s!

04.01.2022 HALLOWEEN FACE PAINTING TOMORROW A group of year 4 students will doing scary Halloween face scars and bruises tomorrow, Friday 30 October to raise money for the school. The makeup will wash off with soapy water. Gold coin donation to be given to class teachers if students would like their face painted.

03.01.2022 Second hand uniform posts- aaannnnd GO!!!