From the Assistant Principal Students

Uniform

All student should be in full winter uniform every day. As it gets colder students start to wear extra clothing, I suggest that thermal clothing that goes under the uniform be worn. If a student wears a piece of clothing other than the St Andrews uniform, they will be asked to remove it. If they wish to wear gloves or a scarf they must be navy or black.

All students are expected to have a College bag at school and to have it every day. Sports uniform on a Thursday must be complete or they are to wear their winter uniform. No track pants and leggings are to be worn to school. If Track Pants are worn then they need to be the St Andrews College Track Pants.

If your child cannot wear a part of the uniform please notify the College either by phone or a written note. Students that continually come in the wrong uniform may be asked to do a detention or asked to go home to rectify their uniform.

Attendance

As life begins to return to normal, we need to be mindful of how many days each student is absent. We understand that sometimes sickness and family issues effect attendance but sometimes we are ok to come to school but we stay at home. 

If families are still in vulnerable situations with Covid 19 please continue to notify the office and if they are sick please respond to the notification either via SMS or the compass app. 

If you need assistance with getting you child back into a normal attendance and school routine please contact the Leader of Learning for your child year.

What’s in the Planner?

Negative thinkers have a fixed mindset; they always look for what is wrong and what they cannot do. People with a fixed mindset believe that they cannot get better at a task or make any improvement. The classic example is a person saying that they are no good at math so they don’t try.

You need to have a growth mindset and believe that with hard work and help you can be good at whatever you do. If you work hard you can turn any situation around. Instead of saying, “I cannot do algebra” you say “I cannot do algebra –YET”

Using assertive language when dealing with situations is a great skill for the future. Say what concerns you, how you feel about I and what you would like to happen. Try not to be aggressive or too timid and never use SMS texts or emails to avoid personal contact. 

Being organised is essential in life and in work. Planning is an important part of being organised. At school, planning your work such as assessments will enable you to perform better. Everyone organises themselves in different ways. It is important to try different ways of organising to see which one works best for you.

Just a reminder that we should be exercising and eating healthy food if we want to flourish. Poor food choices and lack of exercise can have a negative impact on our wellbeing. 

Have you done the strengths survey yet. Go to http://www.viacharacter.org and fill in the survey to identify your strengths. To get bonus house points come and tell me your top 3 strengths.

Top character strengths to focus on is teamwork and curiosity. 

Nicholas Thrum
Assistant Principal Students