Nerae Preece Principal Stop. PIVOT. Move. My friend sent me this the other day and it certainly helps me realise what my brain is doing. I can hear from many of you how tired and unsettled you are feeling, it makes sense, things are changing all of the time. Dealing with disappointment can be really hard. I am sure we have all booked things that we enjoy through our weekends to have them cancelled. So how do you keep going when things look glum. Here is a little checklist of what I will be using this weekend… Go [...]

Nerae Preece Principal From the Principal  I have been chatting to a few families recently about Restorative Practices. This is one of the tools that we use to repair relationships within our school. Many staff at the school have been trained to use restorative practices. Restorative Practices flips consequences for behaviour on it’s head. It moves punitive measures aside and focuses on fixing the damage caused by actions. It makes people take responsibility for their actions. Restorative practices was utilised in the justice system in the 70’s, where mediation was set up between the victim and the perpetrator [...]

Nerae Preece Principal From the Principal  I have been speaking to a lot of people recently and it seems to be unanimous… We all feel so busy! I wonder at times whether it feels like this because things had slowed right down last year? Maybe I am comparing to last year? Nevertheless it does make you think about the word “yes”. Maybe because we couldn’t say yes to things last year it kept our schedules fairly simple. “No” has disappeared a bit more out of my language this year… I am curious to know what is your criteria [...]

Nerae Preece Principal From the Principal  What a whirlwind of a week!?! There have been some pretty interesting learning experiences going on this week. One I am particularly curious about is what the ¾ students have been up to. This week they made their way over to the Sanctuary to start creating a Treasure Hunt for other students to try. They have been working on their skills in location (mathematics), ICT skills and writing to develop a series of clues to share with students from other classes. A big thank you to ALL of the parents who were [...]