Our First Whole School Event for 2024… Twilight Sports!

Mar 5, 2024

Twilight Sports is one of our most eagerly awaited whole school events where our community comes together for a night of house competition, picnics galore and even a bit of parent/ student competition. Last Thursday night couldn’t have been a better night weather wise with the majority of our families filling the outer areas of the oval while their children participated in numerous sporting events run superbly by Miss Marshall and the teaching staff. There were smiling and often red faces galore as students tried to better the other houses and simply have fun with other students in their levels. One highlight is always the student and parent four-way tug of war which brings the competitive spirit out of many as they try to move all teams to the finish line.

I would like to thank all families for their participation and community spirit, along with Miss Marshall for her organisation and running of the night, and also to the teachers for running the events. The way everyone works together is the reason why our community is so strong!

Growth Mindset & Juggling!

Mar 5, 2024

At Ruskin we have a real belief in the power of Growth Mindset and its benefits; not only in academic outcomes but to a child’s social and emotional wellbeing and sense of self. You will hear it everywhere across the school about us not being able to do something…yet!

On Friday at Assembly, I had four volunteers begin to learn to juggle, which is a skill that they can’t do… yet. Mr Moore, Miss Kelly, Ryder, and Ashley came up in front of the other students and teachers and began to learn how to juggle, being explicitly taught how to do so. Now, juggling isn’t the easiest skill to learn but over the next couple of months, with a lot of practice, we are going to look to see our improvement from this practice and I know that all will have a growth mindset while doing so! One of the student’s families is learning together so that they all learn a new skill. How fantastic is that!

The support and cheering from the other students and teachers was tremendous and many commented on how well everyone did and that they are looking forward to seeing the results next term.