Redlands House and Transition Gold
Transition Gold 2022 Information Session
It is the time of year when we start to think about school readiness. For assistance in deciding the best pathway for your child, please speak to your class teacher. Children can be very different on a group situation and your teacher will be able to guide you in relation to their learning style and ability to socially and emotionally cope with school. On Wednesday 19 May at 3pm, an Information Session will be conducted for families interested in the Transition Class for their child in 2022. Ideally children are best suited to the Transition Class, if they turn five years old between January and August. The Transition Class Information session will be held in the Transition Gold classroom at 3pm.
Independent Thinkers
At Redlands, one of our major objectives is to encourage children to be critical independent thinkers. Children are naturally curious, there is no need to teach them to think per se, and therefore the educators role is to introduce them to different more effective ‘ways of thinking’. Our Educators support the children to focus on critical thinking, and problem solving, communication, collaboration and creativity and innovation. We develop these skills by assisting the children to make connections between new ideas and their own experiences, building on their prior knowledge, identify children’s current understandings and address any misconceptions. We engage the children in real-life problem solving, encouraging them to describe and verbalise their thoughts to co-construct meaning, challenge ideas and viewpoints. Families can assists in developing these thinking dispositions by: helping children make connections between new ideas and own experiences; engaging children in solving problems and talking about what you are thinking; asking children to describe their thinking and expose them to a variety of viewpoints.
Mrs Chemane Huon
Redlands House and Transition Coordinator
chuon@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9904 1448
Mrs Ainslie Breckenridge
Head of Preparatory School
abreckenridge@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848