Redlands House/Transition Gold
Storypark Online Learning
What a fabulous response we have had to our online learning for the Preschool children. Thank you for all of the messages of support. We do hope the children are following their ideas and continuing to engage in meaningful experiences using the ideas and tools we are providing through Storypark.
Friendships and connection play a pivotal role for young children. We hope the children can still connect and engage with each other at this difficult time. Please use the Storypark platform to assist the children to feel connected to their teachers and classmates. Please contact you class teacher should you have any issues, or need some extra support.
We are missing the children and thinking of all of our families at this difficult time.
Blue Class Seniors Exploring Persistence
Persistence is a lifelong skill. It is a learning disposition that allows children to keep trying until they can achieve something. Even the most capable children and adults will face challenges or find something that is difficult for them to do. To overcome such barriers, children need to be taught how to persist.
Persistence allows children to not give up and feel a sense of accomplishment. Preschool is a great place to experience challenge in a safe and supported environment. We want to support children’s persistence by explicitly teaching them about what it means and why it is important.
Blue Class Seniors were offered the opportunity to make connections and reflect on their ideas through character exploration in the story “The Most Magnificent Thing”, written by Ashley Spires. We invited children to share something that they can’t do right now but they would like to learn and are not going to quit? Something they are going to keep working at! Below are some of their responses:
Evie: “I’m going to keep going in book corner because I can’t read yet but I want to keep trying”.
Chloe: “I’m trying and trying at Preschool and trying at home and other places too. I can only read one book at home but I’m going to keep trying other books”.
Oscar: “I want to learn to write my name without any help. I’m trying and trying and trying all over again”.
Ashleigh: “I can’t do forehands in tennis. I am going to keep trying!”.
Tabitha: “I can’t pack my bag. I’m going to try super hard”.
Hattie: “I can’t build Lego. I will try and ask the teacher for help”.
Madi: “I’m trying and trying to read a story at home. I need to keep on trying and Mummy can help me”.
Chase: “Trying to draw Izzy, my sister. I’m going to try all over again”.
Cole: “At home I can’t get my toy aeroplane out of the shelf. I’m going to keep trying and trying”.
Avi: “I want to try do a hard puzzle. I’m going to practise with my Mummy”.
Tashi: “I can’t do a puzzle that has three puzzles to it. I can only do the easy four piece chicken one but I can’t do the sheep one and the cow one. I just put it in the basket and tomorrow I will try again”.
Lincoln: “I can’t do a really tricky puzzle at my home. Like I think it is the right piece but it’s not. I going to keep trying”.
Asher: “Sometimes I can’t sit still on the mat. I going to try to do it. Keep trying. Like crossing my legs and doing the 5Ls”.
Mrs Chemane Huon
Redlands House and Transition Coordinator
chuon@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9904 1448