CATALYST | February 2022

CONTENTS
Principal's Message
Intramurals 2022 & Lunar New Year
Celebration
Chinese New Year Celebration
Spotlight On February Edition
K2 Class Party: Animals are a Fun
Class Party
K1 Class Party: Construction Zone
Class Party
Healthy Snack Challenge
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Dear SPB Families,
The current pandemic situation with
the new Omicron is disheartening and
challenging to all of us. Our hope that
activities inside and outside the school will
become more open and accessible since
the beginning of Semester 2 are put on
hold for the time being. Nevertheless, we
were fortunate that we were able to start
intensive face to face lessons and conduct
some parts of Intramurals and Cambridge
mock exams face to face prior to the hike
of Omicron in our city.
I would like to give my appreciation to
SPB families who reported promptly any
Covid-19 situations that had affected
their families to the school. Your fast and
quick communication keeps our students
and their families safe and helps us to
maintain consistent learning service to all
of our students.
In a similar way, families have to adapt
with the change of learning platform and
routine on a short notice. Nevertheless,
through all these continuous changes, I
am amazed by the resilience our students,
staff and teachers have shown. I hope,
we will be able to go back to more offline
classes in the near future.
Please enjoy the articles and some
excitements from the Intramurals and
the Chinese New Year Celebration
in this issue. Please also get some
encouragement and tips from the article
Parenting When You Don’t See Instant
Result. Parenting is hard; and sometimes
you just feel like giving up when you have
done a lot to support your child and sees
little progress. This article will cheer you
and hopefully give you a new motivation.
You may also want to check the article
on winning your kid’s cooperation in this
issue.
Read Aloud & Poem Project
Parenting when you don’t see
instant results
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Since the second week of February, the
school has to take a quick action on day
to day basis to ensure that the whole
SPB families’ safety is prioritized, while
continuous learning can take place every
day for our students.
Last but not least, Sekolah Pelita Bangsa
wish you a happy Chinese New Year to
those who celebrate. May happiness,
health and prosperity be with you in this
year.
Win kids’ Cooperation,
Don’t Demand it
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Warm Regards,
Regina Elisabeth T. B.Sc, M.Ed
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SPB PARENTING TIPS 1
- If you have a late-bloomer you have to keep
them interested in learning, so that they
readily learn the practical skills of needed to
succeed in the workplace and in business,
where many kids who struggle at school end
up. In the meantime encourage, scaffold and
model learning!
Parenting when
you don’t see
instant results
by Michael Grose
The Einstein factor
I think all parents need to channel the
Einstein Factor. Inventor Albert Einstein
maintained that he was no smarter than
anyone else, he just stayed on problems
longer than most people.
With some children you have to stay on the
job longer than with others.
- If you have a shy or socially-challenged
child you have to stay on the job perhaps
until adulthood when he or she finds their
own way of building a network of friends and
colleagues. In the meantime support, coach
and cajole!
- If you have an child with ADHD you have to
keep on the job longer, keeping him or her
out of trouble. You may not see the results
until their mid 20’s when all that energy
goes into starting up their own business or
doing something absolutely amazing. In the
meantime explain, teach and be firm!
We all want instant results in whatever we
do. Parenting is no different!
It’s hard when the results don’t come. But
you’ve got to keep on doing the right things,
and making the best choices for your kids.
In other words, bring the Einstein factor into
your parenting. To help do this:
- Get support and feedback from your
partner, or a colleague. Feedback fires you
up.
- Keep building your skills and knowledge
that will help your kids be successful or
overcome individual challenges. Kids get
lifelong learning from parents, more than
school.
- Be around people who fire you up, support
you and energise you. It’s no coincidence
that great parents hang out together. Support
keeps you grounded.
Small hinges swing big doors
A former parenting mentor used to say,
“Small hinges swing big doors.” He meant
that it’s the little things done on a regular
basis by parents that make the biggest
difference to kids.
You’ve just got to choose the right actions
and keep doing them day after day. And have
faith that the results will come eventually!
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SPB PARENTING TIPS 2
Win kids’ cooperation, don’t demand it
by Michael Grose
Parenting is fun when kids are cooperative,
but a nightmare when kids refuse to behave
the way you wish they would.
Normally, we would expect kids to cooperate
with their parents. After all, fitting in with the
expectations of their family is the start of
an important socialisation process. I’m not
talking about blind obedience, but a desire
on the child’s part to fit in with the expressed
needs of their parents and teachers. But we
know from experience things don’t always
work out that way. So let’s take a closer look
at the factors that may be driving their unruly
behaviour.
The language has changed
Adults demanded obedience from kids back
then…and generally got it.
Corporal punishment was in vogue, which
helped keep the troublemakers in line.
But we also lived in a hierarchical society
where men were paid more than women,
certain races were discriminated against all
over the world, and corporal punishment in
schools was the order of the day.
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Kids were expected to show their elders
respect…or else.
These days, thankfully, our society is far less
rigid.
All voices are considered equal and mutual
respect is an expected social norm.
Adults (parents, teachers, sports coaches,
grandparents and others) now must win
cooperation from kids, rather than demand
obedience.
The question then becomes, what steps can
we take to win their cooperation?
Build a relationship first
Co-operation is more likely to be won if you
have a healthy, strong relationship with your
kids.
In fact, parents of teenagers will know that a
strong relationship gives them leverage.
Developing a relationship with kids before
adolescence is like money in the bank: you’ve
got lots of goodwill to draw on when normal
teen-parent conflict occurs.
But it’s not just with teenagers that your
relationship matters.
Kids in primary school are more likely to side
with you when your relationship is strong.
Invite cooperation
Cooperation is usually invited in families.
For instance, if grandma comes to visit you
can either tell your kids what to do, or you
can invite them to actively participate in the
occasion.
“Grandma is coming to stay next weekend.
How can we make her visit more fun?”
Inviting kids to cooperate encourages them
to voluntarily contribute, while keeping your
expectations clear.
Kids that usually rebel against their parents’
demands (those stubborn “Make me” kids),
will often happily cooperate when they are
invited rather than told what to do.
Inviting cooperation rather than demanding
compliance works gangbusters with young
power-seekers and control freaks.
My successful behaviour management book
One Step Ahead was based on the premise
that parents can work successfully with kids
who insist on having their own way as long
as they developed a new set of behaviour
management skills based on cooperation
rather than obedience.
Constant criticism harms self-esteem, not to
mention family harmony. Use ‘I’ statements
to let kids understand the impact their
negative talk has on you and others. “When
you talk so aggressively I feel quite scared
about what you are going to do next.” It’s
impossible for kids to disagree with ‘I’
statements.
Use the language of cooperation
In the days when obedience ruled parents
generally relied on the language of coercion
to get kids to help out or do the right thing.
“Do this now please!” “Jeremy, I want you to
help your sister with her homework.” There is
still a place for coercive language in families,
but it won’t generally work with kids who like
to have their own way.
SPB PARENTING TIPS 2
For those kids, cooperative language works
far better because they get to feel like they
are calling the shots. It’s also more respectful
as well.
Cooperative language is different than
coercive language in both tone of delivery
and choice of words.
Cooperative language is generally more
friendly, and delivered using an ‘adult voice’
rather than in the ‘demanding parent’, or
‘whining child’ voice.
Here are three types of cooperative language
you can use to get more cooperation:
Give a choice of two actions: “If you are
going to make a racket play outside; if you
want to stay inside please play quietly. What
would you like to do?” Giving kids a choice
of what to do, or how something will be done
will get you cooperation 90% of the time.
Ask, don’t tell: “Can you give me a hand with
dinner during the advertisement break?” A
little consideration goes a long way.
Focus on you, not them: “I’ll put the meal on
the table when you’ve set the table.”
Focusing on what you will do, rather than on
what they should do, is the absolute kicker
when it comes to winning cooperation from
tough nuts and ‘you-can’t-make-me’ kids.
From my experience mums, are more likely to
use the language of cooperation than dads.
Regardless of gender, when you switch to
a more collaborative, cooperative tone with
your children, you will generally experience
far more success getting your kids on your
side, and enjoy better quality relationships
too.
What’s more, you are also teaching your kids,
by example, how to gain the cooperation of
their own kids when they become parents
someday.
Such is the long-term impact of our
parenting.

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