ISY Elementary Blog
Elementary Update – May 1st, 2020
Sandy Sheppard, Elementary School Principal
Dear all,
Thank you to all the parents who joined the virtual coffee morning yesterday. The chat was recorded and can be found here.
In addition, here is the link to the presentation, there are some valuable resources which you may want to access.
Wishing you all the best.
Sandy Sheppard
Filling the Bucket
UPCOMING DATE
6th May – Global Citizens, Virtual Wednesday
4th June – Report Cards
10th June – Last day of school for the 19-20 school year
EMAIL CONTACTS
Principal – ssheppard@isyedu.org
Counselor – escounselor@isyedu.org
Office – office@isyedu.org
COUNSELOR’S CORNER
Resilience is the ability to bounce back or adapt when things don’t go the way we hoped. In unprecedented times, such as these, certainly there are many things that aren’t going as we had once planned or expected. Fortunately, resilience is a skill we can nurture in ourselves and teach to our children.
Resilience has three important elements, control, challenge and commitment. A resilient person focuses on aspects that they can control. We may not be able to control this pandemic but we can control our attitude in addressing it. Challenge: resilient people see obstacles as challenges for growth not affirmations of inability. They are not paralzed by failure but are energized, enabling them to overcome whatever barriers hinder their success. Finally resilient people are committed. They set goals and plan. They dedicate time and energy to all areas of their life, work, family and social connections.
So how can we nurture these qualities and skills in our children?
Control: Provide opportunities for your child to risk. Allow them to try new things. As parents, sometimes we want to protect our kids by ensuring their success. Although well intentioned, often this doesn’t allow our children to develop independent skills. Skills that enable them to identify what aspects of the task were in their control and what areas were beyond them.
Challenge: Let your child see you fail. Highlight your everyday mistakes. Demonstrate to them how these mini “failures” are opportunities for you to grow and learn. Failure isn’t the end, it’s only the beginning.
Commitment: Demonstrate to your children your personal goals and how you achieve them. It might be your daily exercise, sleep routine or healthy eating habits. Demonstrating a hard working, dedicated attitude provides an example that can influence them for years to come.
Resilient individuals have a positive attitude toward the future, they tend to achieve more goals, they have better control over their emotional reactions, they maintain healthy relationships and they express empathy and compassion.
If you have any questions or concerns, regarding this or other topics, please feel free to contact me, Ms. Patty at escousnelor@isyedu.org. I am happy to connect over email or in an online chat.
Helpful Links:
https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/resilience
Virtual Learning
Please feel free to send in virtual learning photos that I can put in this blog. Below you can see some of the pictures from our Global Citizens, Virtual Wednesday this week.
Compassionate Chinthes
On Wednesday, our wonderfully compassionate students made a plan to show compassion to those around them with love, fun, and by being helpful.
They also had a bit of creative fun by drawing a flat chinthe, making a bucket to fill with love and kindness, pretending to be a teacher and coming up with lyrics to a new ISY school song!
We love watching the students come in on Wednesday. They are so creative and compassionate. Next week we are going to see how courageous they are! Here is a link to more of the pictures.
In case you are looking for something to do as a family see the new scavenger hunt below. If you take part please feel free to take a photo and send it to me at my email above. The photos will be featured in next weeks blog.
Scavenger Hunt fun
I can’t wait to see your pictures
Previous Elementary School Posts
Elementary School Blog – September 24, 2021
All cultures have big stories like The Odyssey that students can read and think about big ideas. The more big stories they read the better!
Elementary School Blog – September 17, 2021
Emma Raducanu, this year’s US Open tennis champion, has proven that a wise and humble young person can be very, very strong.
Elementary School Blog – September 10, 2021
All students will be able to apply their knowledge and skills to adapt and contribute to an uncertain or unknown future.
Elementary School Blog – September 3, 2021
Self-efficacy is the belief we have in our own abilities, specifically our ability to meet the challenges ahead of us and complete a task successfully.
Elementary School Blog – August 27, 2021
It is very important to believe that our children can still thrive when times are tough. Supporting a child to work through challenges and experience success builds that child’s belief in themselves
Elementary School Blog – August 20, 2021
Every Friday, this blog will update you on what is going on in the Elementary School. It is wonderful to have you all with us.
The International School Yangon
20 Shwe Taungyar Street
Bahan Township
Yangon, Myanmar
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