Redlands House/Transition Gold
We are very excited to welcome the children back to Redlands House next week to On Campus Learning. I know they will be eager to reconnect with their teachers and classmates. Please ensure you have a sound understanding of the guidelines around the drop off and pick up routine. Please don’t hesitate to ask Donna at Redlands House Reception if you have any questions. Although On-Campus Learning will recommence, we will continue to contribute learning experiences to Storypark. This will ensure the children can still engage in quality learning from home.
Independent Thinkers
At Redlands, one of our major objectives is to encourage children to be critical independent thinkers. Our educators support the children to focus and develop their critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration while encouraging creativity and innovation. We develop these skills by encouraging the children to make connections between new ideas and their own experiences, building on their prior knowledge, identify children’s current understandings and addressing 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. Some families will ask us, “how do I help my child develop this at home?”. This is a great question as the connection between family and school is so important. Families can assist in developing these thinking dispositions by helping children make connections between new ideas and own experiences. This can be achieved by asking questions to find similarities and asking the child 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