37 Raring2go! EDUCATION 36 EDUCATION Raring2go! raring2go.co.uk St Catherine’s Prep, Bramley GSA Day & Boarding School since 1885 | 4-18 years | Guildford www.stcatherines.info | prepadmissions@stcatherines.info Run, swim, bowl, catch, jump, throw - PE is for all - to develop confidence and work as a team. With a busy fixtures calendar and top positions at national competitions to retain, it’s lucky our sports grounds are on-site and there’s plenty of space to be active! Specialist, Lisa McGuigan will coach your daughter to see sport as integral to life. Visit us. Call Sarah Waller our Registrar on 01483 899665, or email prepadmissions@stcatherines.info OPEN MORNINGS Friday 15th March 2024 Wednesday 8th May 2024 kumon.co.uk Terms and conditions apply. Fees vary. Participating centres only. Please refer to your local study centre. Subject to availability. *For research findings on Kumon study, please visit kumon.co.uk. Give your child the tools they need to enjoy learning and to thrive academically Farnham - 07387 045813 Guildford East - 07368 851172 Guildford North - 01372 378377 Haslemere - 01428 642863 The Kumon Maths and English Study Programmes offer what traditional tuition gives to your child and more. Kumon goes one step further by helping each child develop self-learning skills, enabling them to tackle challenging work without reliance on a teacher. Our aim is to help any child of any ability to progress and develop a curiosity and love for learning. Your local Instructor will set work for your child at just the right level, enabling them to build confidence in their abilities and progress their maths and English skills in small, manageable steps through daily study. They will visit their local study centre up to twice a week for sessions with their Instructor. This allows the Instructor to tailor and adapt each child’s study plan to their abilities, through observing their progress and fluency at each level. Our study programmes are individualised to each child to help them establish strong learning foundations and a positive learning experience, to build skills and confidence for their future. Kumon Young children are naturally curious and resilient. They enjoy watching their Lego tower fall to the ground as toddlers and we have most likely all seen joy and anticipation as they remove the case from a fragile sandcastle not sure if it is going to stand tall or not! As children start school, this curiosity and natural ability to learn through failing can start to ebb away. By the time children are six years old, they are aware of ‘results’ and compare their achievements with others. If we are able to provide a safe and fun space for children and encourage them to continue to be curious and to learn through failing, their resilience both inside and outside of the classroom is much more likely to be secure. We all experience knocks and challenges in life and many say that they judge others best by how they respond in a crisis. How then can we build resilience and nurture curiosity in primary aged pupils? Extra-curricular activities are important as these allow children to develop their own talents and interests which often require different skills from those needed in the classroom. Hobbies require some commitment and a sense of seeing something through to an end result whether that be baking, learning a musical instrument or touch rugby. Building resilience both inside and outside of the classroom As parents and teachers, the following are a useful ‘top ten tips’ on building resilience both inside and outside of the classroom. We need to encourage children to: 1 Make connections 2 Help others 3 Maintain a daily routine and see things through 4 Take a break and return with fresh eyes to a problem 5 Ask for help having tried first 6 Move step by step toward goals 7 Take time to celebrate effort 8 Keep things in perspective and maintain a hopeful outlook 9 Look for opportunities for self-discovery and learning through experiment 10 Accept that change is important and part of life Armed with these guiding principles, we are well placed to ensure children in our care are resilient, curious and flexible in their outlook and will be in a strong position to respond to the challenge and learn from it whether that be in our traditional setting in school or engaging in extra-curricular activities. Naomi Bartholomew, Headmistress, St Catherine’s Prep School, Bramley
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