Over the holidays, the staff were given a book to read called The Leader in Me. Our school are in the process of embedding a values programme throughout the whole school. The book focuses on instilling 7 habits within your learners and upon reading it, I found they were also skills that could be applied to real life situations.
Our Teacher Only day had a focus on the book and the staff also listened to Brent Griffin from Western Heights Primary school where the 7 habits were embedded within the students. It was lovely to listen to students talk about them so passionately and how these habits have made positive changes within their lives. but also within the school. At my previous school, the values programme was the Golden Rules and Golden Time. It took a while to get started and for the duration of time I was here ( nearly 9 years) it was definitely part of the school culture. Setting something up like this needs plenty of time, you also need to get buy in from the staff in order for it to be completely embedded in the school language and culture. I do like the sound of the 7 habits as I can see it is something I can apply into my life and they are habits I would like to instill within my own children.
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Native Show
Our school were treated today with some wonderful culture. The children got a taste of Canadian Indian song and dance. These are amazing opportunities for the children to be exposed to other cultures. We live in such a multicultural society, to be given this kind of opportunity is very rare. We are lucky.
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