CATALYST | July 2022

CONTENTS
Principal's Message
Orientation Week 2022-2023
Let's Share Kindness!
Growth Mindset in Orientation
Students' Achievement
Parent Teacher Conference
Professional Development
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Welcome to the new academic year,
2022-2023.
I would like to take this time to welcome
all new families who first joined Sekolah
Pelita Bangsa in this academic year, and
welcome back all returning students to
another great year.
Despite all the detailed and timeconsuming
preparations of conducting
full offline learning, we are thrilled to
meet face to face with all of our parents
and students during Parent Teacher
Conference and school orientation.
We are looking forward to work with you
to ensure every SPB student is growing,
learning and meeting their learning
and developmental objectives in this
academic year.
Please enjoy the special articles we
have in this issue. As students get
back to socialize with others face to
face in the classroom and adjust to the
school routine, it is important for them
to recognize their feelings and regulate
their emotional state. Please read
“Developing Emotional Intelligence
in Children” for tips to explore this
landscape and “Teaching Kids to Ask
for What They Want” to help them
express their needs, emotions and
wishes.
Stay safe and stay fit!
Developing emotional
intelligence in children
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Warm Regards,
Regina Elisabeth T. B.Sc, M.Ed
Teaching kids to ask
for what they want
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(Executive Principal)
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Developing emotional
intelligence in children
by Michael Grose
Ever told a child to calm down only to see
their emotions escalate instead? Kids, like
adults, need to recognise their feelings
before they can regulate their emotional
state, and that’s not easy. Emotional
recognition is a complex process that
takes practice. Even when we are good at
it we don’t always get it right. Learning to
recognise your feelings is a continuous
process that’s best started when young,
before the ups and downs of adolescence
show up.
So where do we start exploring this
unfamiliar emotional landscape, this new
frontier of parenting? Here are five tips to
help you explore this brave new world.
Listen without judgment
When your child fusses and fumes
about some wrong-doing or hurt they’ve
experienced, clear your mind and hear them
out. Avoid trying to fix the situation; just
show them compassion and understanding.
There is no better feeling then being
understood.
Contain, rather than manage, their feelings
Children’s behaviour is often tangled up in
their upsets and disappointments. It can be
hard to separate their actions from their
feelings. Sometimes as a loving, caring
adult, you just have to absorb their
frustrations, and give them the time and
space to vent and soothe their own souls.
We don’t have to process their emotions for
them.
Know that emotions can be pleasant and
unpleasant
We often place value judgements on
emotions by portraying some emotions
as good or positive (happy, motivated,
energised) while some are bad or negative
(sad, worried, sullen). Avoid passing
judgements like these. Recognise that
emotions span a whole range of pleasant
and unpleasant feelings, and that all
emotions are acceptable. But certain
behaviours (such as hurting someone when
you are angry) are unacceptable.
Build a vocabulary around emotions
Just as feelings have words, there
are names and terms for emotionally
intelligent parenting methods. For instance,
I-messages* are a type of communication
used by parents and adults who take an
emotions-first approach. It’s worth taking
the time to understand some of these
concepts and terms and letting them inform
your parenting approach.
Help your kids recognise, then regulate
emotions
Emotional intelligence is best learned when
it becomes part of your family’s culture, or
way of doing things. When it becomes part
of your family’s cultural DNA then emotional
intelligence will be passed down from
generation to generation. You’ll know it’s
had generational impact when your children
credit you as the person who taught them
the skills of emotional intelligence. How
cool is that?!
Teaching kids to ask for what they want
by Michael Grose
Much behaviour that annoys parents
stems from children’s inability to ask for
what they want.
Most parents have experienced a young
child yelling, “Mum, he took my toy. It’s
not fair.” Perhaps you’ve experienced
a child who whines like a dripping tap
because they want something from you.
An important task for parents is to
give kids the skills they need for
independence, so they are not reliant on
you to resolve their problems.
An important independence skill for kids
to learn is the ability to articulate their
needs and wishes clearly, respectfully and
appropriately. Here’s how you can help:
Start young
Recently I saw a mother tell her three
year-old to ask his 12 month-old brother
if he could play with a new car his little
brother had been given for his first
birthday.
Clearly, the twelve month old couldn’t
answer, but his mother did so for him.
Mr. Three said, “Ben, can I play with your
car.” His mother answered, “I’m sure Ben
would be happy to let you play with it.”
And so Mr. Three played with the car,
without taking it away. This mother had
established that asking, rather than
taking is the way to do things in her
family.
Use your words
When kids whine, whinge, mumble or
point at what they want remind them to
use their words. Rather than respond
to their mumbled, garbled, ill-formed
requests teach them to stand still, make
eye contact, stand tall and ask for what
they want. If it’s not asked for, then it’s
not given.
Give them words and phrases that work
A number of years ago my son wanted
me to persuade his sports teacher
to allow him to try out for the school
swimming team.
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This particular teacher was often
dismissive of such requests, but I thought
my son had a right to ask, as he was sick
when the swim trials were held. Rather
than make a phone call, we sat and talked
about the best way to approach this
teacher and the words he could use to get
his attention and also to make his case.
My mentoring must have worked as the
teacher made time for a new trial, which
was good news for my son. When kids
don’t have the words the best thing we can
do is give them the social scripts they need
to get what they want.
Coach them about time and place
Effective communication is as much about
time and place as it is about the choice
of words. It doesn’t matter what words
are chosen, but a teenage request to go
to a party, just as you are dashing out the
door in the morning is the wrong time to
ask a question. It deserves to be met with,
“Would you like to ask that question at a
more appropriate time?”
Help them not to take no personally
Kids, like adults, with low confidence levels
take rejection personally, while those with
high confidence levels don’t take rejection
to heart. Discuss with kids that others,
including siblings have a right to say no
to a request and that a no may occur for
many reasons, none of which need reflect
poorly on them.people who think you are
related to you), but what would the
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doing a poor job of it (sometimes they
are majority of people say? Would they
give you a thumbs up or a thumbs down?
An important task for parents
is to give kids the skills they
need for independence, so
they are not reliant on you to
resolve their problems. An
important independence skill
for kids to learn is the ability
to articulate their needs and
wishes clearly, respectfully
and appropriately.
No means No
Children have a right to ask others for
what they want but that doesn’t mean
they keep asking if they meet a refusal.
A child’s request for an ice cream just
before mealtime that’s met with a refusal
should be taken at face value. If a child
keeps asking or asks another person,
then it’s appropriate to let your child
know strongly of your disapproval. Your
parenting mantra could be: No means
No.
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