FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Yesterday was R u OK day?
I wrote on the staff white board yesterday R u OK? The media has been promoting R u OK day? this year with a slightly different emphasis. They have been asking us to consider how we could respond when someone responds, No, I’m not Ok.
Children may not necessarily answer this question directly, however their body language will often give you the information you need, its often disguised in behaviour.
Do any of these images ring true to you? If so, what could your child be trying to communicate with you?
There are a number of things children try to communicate with us through their behaviour, frustration, loneliness, abandonment, fear, anger, hunger and exhaustion. It is our role to be present to listen, more often than not children want someone to listen to them. Children’s early years give them the opportunity to develop trust in the concept of relationship and it is with close family that this is enabled.
Each of us has a role to play, parents especially, you are the salt of the earth for your children.
Caz Perryman