From the Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 8

Dear Year 8 Parents

Congratulations to our new Year 8 Learning Group Leaders for Semester 2:

From the Bennelong House: 

From the Chang House:

C10

Eric Forcadilla & Jesse Felipe

From the Frances House:

F8
Jericho De Leon & Jahaziel Dela Paz

From the Gould House:

G9
Jeda Osorio and Amponsah Antwi

Dear Year 8 Parents,

Our Wellbeing Lesson on Monday, 24th August concentrated on three activities.

These were;

1. Students completing the Tell Them From Me Survey. (Thank you to all those parents who also filled in the Survey.)
2. Students learnt about the importance of learning from their mistakes.
3. The third activity was learning the difference between a Growth Mindset and a Fixed Mindset.

Students watched five Youtube clips that were based upon these topics.

The first three posts were on learning from the mistakes that we make in life. The last two were about positive thinking and the importance of having a Growth Mindset when we embark on different learning activities.

The aim of the lesson was for students to remember the following points for life:

1. Failing is OK.
2. We are all human and we all make mistakes. No-one is perfect.
3. It is how we come back from failing and making mistakes that is important.
4. We all have to think about how we can learn from making mistakes. How do we move forward in a positive way? 

We may need to ask forgiveness when we make a mistake and hurt someone. Or we can learn a new skill for life through our mistakes and improve ourselves.

Everyone knows that it takes enormous time and effort to study. Studying and learning takes a positive mindset not a negative one. Positive thinking can be hard at times especially if we listen to our negative thoughts such as “I can’t do this!” A Growth Mindset is far more productive and it certainly helps to achieve our goals. These are the points I really wanted to stress to the cohort. 

The success criteria for the lesson was for students to create two posters on what they had learnt about the two topics. I thank all the Year 8 Learning Advisors who help each fortnight in our Wellbeing Lessons.

Melissa Blackwell 
Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 8