In true 4T style, the end of Term 1 is near but we are nowhere yet near done. Our last week is shaping up to be a very exciting race to the finish.
Our school is one of the 30 schools around the world that are part of the ‘G20 Schools.’ The principals of these schools meet annually and share their country’s culture, ideas, thoughts and challenges on schooling. 2018’s theme is ‘Changing us in a Changing World,’ and for the first time, the conference is being held at our school in Melbourne! On Monday, the principals part of this group will give a special presentation about their homeland to the Junior School.
Later that day, 4T will put their ‘blogger’ hats on and unveil their blogs to our school community. They are expected to be able to explain the benefits of blogging, how to stay safe whilst online and show guests around their dashboard and site.
Showing gratitudeand being thankful for all that we have is an important value. 4T will be writing letters to members of our community that have had an impact on our lives at school during Term 1.
Tuesday kicks off our Year 4 focus of Community Service. We will be visiting a nursing home and interacting with the residents. Check out the individual student blogs to see their recounts of the afternoon.
Our week will end with a very special Easter Service of Worship. All Junior School students will rotate through a range of activities including prayers and songs to celebrate the Easter Story.
What is something that you are proud of in your first 9 weeks of Year 4, and why?
This week our entire school has been celebrating Happiness Week.
We have been trying to practise mindfulness and being more in the moment by savouring our fruit snack. We have written down ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ tasks and paper battled to choose a random act. Our challenge is to do this for 5 different people without letting them know.
Today is ‘Thankful Thursday’ and it is all about practising gratitude. Almost the entire Junior School participated in a Gratitude Wall where we wrote a quick note to say something that we are thankful for.
In 4T we wanted to take this further, so we wrote gratitude letters to members of our school community to thank them for the impact they have had on our learning and wellbeing.
After giving our letters to these special people some of their reactions were:
‘Thank you so much’
‘This is really nice’
‘You have made my week’ ‘I am going to put this on my fridge’
‘This is going on the wall’
In 4T the givers of the letters said they felt a bit nervous to hand over their letters but after they did, they felt happy and good about themselves because they brought joy to someone else’s day.
In 4T we wanted to take this further, so we wrote gratitude letters to members of our school community to thank them for the impact they have had on our learning and wellbeing.