African Inspired Art!

Today we looked at African line art and had a go of our own! We noticed that African art is very bright and colourful, and the clothing has lots of different patterns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WE'RE ALL ABOUT GROWTH MINDSET!!!

As mentioned in an earlier post, we have started learning about developing a growth mindset  to help us be the best learners we can be! We have come up with some ways to develop a growth mindset, effective praise (the teacher can give) to develop a growth mindset (because who learns anything from "good job"?!) and ways toe develop a growth mindset in maths. Check it out! BECAUSE HOW YOU THINK = HOW YOU LEARN!

 

 

DEVELOPING A GROWTH MINDSET

AT ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL

 

INSTEAD OF THINKING… (FIXED MINDSET)	WE CAN THINK… (GROWTH MINDSET)
I can’t do this	I can achieve success
This is too hard	I’m going to give this my all
I hate maths	I’m going to train my brain to learning in maths
I’m so good at this	I’m going to challenge myself to extend my learning
I’m finished my work	How can I progress even further?
I don’t want to do this	This is difficult, but I can learn and I can succeed
They are so much better/ smarter than me	What can I learn from them to achieve success?

 

EFFECTIVE PRAISE FOR DEVELOPING

 GROWTH MINDSET

YOU HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON THAT

I CAN SEE YOU HAVE USED DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK

YOU HAVE BEEN PRACTICING

YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR HARD WORK

YOU ARE WORKING HARD TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS

YOU ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE PROGRESS/ IMPROVEMENTS

THAT LOOKS INTERESTING, TELL ME ABOUT THAT

I LIKE THE WAY YOU HAVE…

 

 

DEVELOPING A GROWTH MINDSET IN MATHS

INSTEAD OF… (FIXED MINDSET)	TRY THINKING… (GROWTH MINDSET)
I can’t do division	I know I can train my brain to learn division
I don’t like fractions	I find fractions challenging but I know I can achieve success
This problem is too hard	This is going to take some time and effort
I don’t get it	I will try a different strategy
I’ll never learn all my times tables	Learning my times tables is challenging but achievable
I’m not good at maths	I learn from my mistakes and look for ways to improve

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Molly who had her Holy Communion last Sunday- we are very proud of you!

 

Congratulations to these awesome students who completed the optional homework assignment and created rat toys for Spaghetti!

 

 

 

 

 

The following people received awards for their up to date blogging!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WACKY HAIR DAY!

Here are some of our wacky hairstyles from Wacky Hair Day last Friday.

 

Dogs at School

This morning we had a special visitor. Jazz is an eight year old Irish Wolfhound cross (much smaller than an Irish Wolfhound!) that Miss Huls walks each day for her disabled owner. She is very calm and friendly and loves being around people. We are trialling having Jazz at school as a school dog one morning per week in the Year 6 homeroom. There are many benefits of having dogs at school including-
-increased attendance due to improved immunity
-a more calm and inviting environment
-animal husbandry skills
-social and emotional skill development- if you can build a positive relationship with a dog, those skills are transferrable to human relationships,
and it goes on...
Dogs can also be used for reading dogs- children can read to a quiet listener. There is a lot of research to back up these claims.  In Year 6 we came up with some guidelines for having a dog at school:

GUIDELINES FOR HAVING A SCHOOL DOG

*We will still be working hard even though there’s a dog in the room

*We will treat the dog with respect;

-gentle hands

-we won’t shout- dogs have sensitive ears
-we will not chase the dog- we can pat her at the right times

 

-respect the dog’s space- if she wants to rest, let her
 -remember she is an animal, she can’t always understand us

*We will be kind- it is not safe to tease a dog

*We will not feed the dog- she has her own food

 

Mrs Jackson is considering training her new dog to become a school dog.

Check out the Year 6 student blogs for our persuasive writing about why schools should have school dogs........keep your eyes peeled for doggy updates!!!

Jazz is very interested in the rats!

She was very well behaved during prayer time

 

Miss Huls loves Jazz

She watches over us while we work

She loves cuddles!