BAYVIEW Newsletter a
ISSUE 8 Monday 24 March 2014
www.bayview.vic.edu.au Principal’s Message Think For Yourself - Before It's Too Late… Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another. Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013
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Principal's Message
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Harmony Day plans
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Ride2School Day
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Students supports Primary school sports
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Community News
IN OTHER NEWS This week’s header photo Cr Geoff White joined Bayview students for breakfast last week to celebrate Ride2School day. The Glenelg Shire Council provide funding for a healthy breakfast and spot prizes to encourage students to think about using active transport to get to and from school. L-R Cr Geoff White, Sam Hampshire, Joe Mulvey & Wil Parker Parents & Friends needs parent volunteers Do you have a couple of hours to spare on a Friday from 12.00-1.30pm? Parents & Friends are looking for volunteers to assist with running a small canteen. You will be placed on a roster (to suit your availability) and required only once or twice per term.
Responsibility and independence are two related qualities that help us succeed in life, and they are both attributes that we try and develop within our students. Developing independence and responsibility is an ongoing process that continues throughout childhood, adolescence, and even into adulthood. Our expectations of responsibility and independence differ depending on the age of the individual. Responsibility, like independence, develops gradually during childhood and adolescence. Parenting style and the role teacher’s play have important effects on young people’s developing ability to take responsibility for their actions. Children whose parents and teachers are overly controlling or overly permissive do not learn how to take responsibility for their actions. Children whose parents and teachers provide some freedom within clearly defined and clearly enforced boundaries, in contrast, gradually learn to be responsible for their actions and, as a result, are more likely to succeed in school and in later life. Adults can nurture young people’s growing independence and responsibility through positive guidance. Responsibility and independence are developed through the gradual expansion of freedom within limits, Along with the connection between young person’s actions and appropriate consequences this provides opportunities to develop independence and responsibility for their lives. Young people who are responsible and independent are more likely to succeed in school, in their careers, and in social relationships. The ability to think independently and not be overly swayed by the group is difficult for adolescents. Independent thought is not popular — it is absolutely, pricelessly, rare. Nothing you read about in the papers or see on the television is independent. This is a tragedy — independent thought is essential for progress. Conventional thinking moves us forward gradually at best. Independent thinking is required to achieve any substantial change in performance and progress in our lives. Logically, when we think like everyone else is thinking, the best we can expect is to achieve what they’re already achieving. If our aim is to over-achieve, we need to avoid the same predictable influences and think impossibly. Independent thinking is always important. Independent thinkers strengthen a team because they understand that different perspectives bring different ideas and solutions. They are willing to share ideas and give careful consideration to information. Dr M Kearney