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Dear Parents and Caregivers, While the cultural and sporting events on the calendar continued with enthusiasm this past week, for the Year 3 to 6 students their primary focus was definitely on the academic. It was good to sense the mood shifting throughout the week, as the school seemed to quieten down in preparation for the mid-year exams.
Several weeks of preparation culminated in the first day of exams today, and the students are to be commended on the manner in which they spent many hours revising, asking questions in class, and ensuring that they were as prepared as possible for the first exams. It was apparent from their well-organised tables that they had also taken on board all that they had learned about study skills and having a clean workspace in which to work. We trust that all the preparation and hard work will pay off and that the coming week will once again see calm faces settling down each day to show off what they have learned thus far this year. I am grateful for all the efforts made by the teachers to ensure that the students were supported in the build-up to the exams, and that each day will run smoothly, with the minimum of stress. I know too that parents and family members have made similar efforts at home, all for the benefit of the students. It is worth repeating that although these exams are an important aspect of the assessment programme in the Primary School, they are only part of a larger whole. Sometimes added stress arises if exams are taken out of proportion and we hope that this will not be the case for the students but rather that they will see them as part of the process of checking what has been learned and what still needs reinforcing. Throughout our lives, we set goals for ourselves. These give us targets towards which to aim and they give meaning and purpose to all we tackle. However, in virtually every situation, a goal is only a step towards a destination, not a destination in itself. As we probably all know, some of those goals are achieved, while others are adapted along the way, as we learn from the experience.
It might be a cliché, but life really is a journey, and we hope that the students will find these few steps of that journey relatively stress-free and rewarding. The teachers will be there to walk alongside them and to provide encouragement and assistance where needed, particularly for those for whom exam-writing is still a new challenge. I wish all our students, their parents, and the teachers, everything of the best for the coming week.
The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter
Volume 22 Issue 6 Friday 10 June 2022
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