From The Principal Term 2, Week 7 Harmony Progress Success HEATHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL SURAT KABAR SEKOLAH DASAR HEATHFIELD 201 Longwood Road, Heathfield, 5153 Phone: 8339 1924 Fax: 8370 9643 Email: [email protected] It’s easy to become distracted, even lose our way sometimes with the many competing interests that we are surrounded by. Education is no different, and at times we all need to be reminded. For several weeks I have had a number, 3458, on a scrap of paper on my computer which has been lost and then found again many times over. It is this number that has brought me back to what is important for us here at HPS, Learning Power habits and the belief that we can learn anything, be anything if we are determined and put in the effort. What’s 3458 go to do with it I hear you ask? That is how many Gotchas (Gotcha being powerful tickets) we have accumulated so far by our brave, intrepid learners. As a staff we made the collective decision at the beginning of the term to ‘ramp it up’ expecting more of the kids if they were to be acknowledged for their learning power. We did this because of our commitment to challenge our students wherever the opportunity exists. And you know what? - they rose to the challenge. So, it is time to celebrate (before they reach 4000!) our collective achievement and the best way to do this is the Heathfield way of being active as a school. We will be having extended lunch until the end of the day on Friday ,where the sports equipment will come out, the chasey will kick off and the cubbies will spring up. I wanted to include some photos this week of our determined kids learning about badminton, our term focus sport. For any of you that have played; it requires great hand eye coordination and communication leading to lots of funny moments. As you will see from the photos the kids took the advice; ‘Keep your eye on the shuttle (in this case balloon)’, quite literally. Amazingly all the racquets made it through largely unscathed! Regards, Travis