Upcoming Events

We know that school and learning is not ideal at the moment. It might be causing you stress… it certainly is us. We are reviewing and re writing programs, trying to balance academic progress with eliminating the extras, providing depth and detail for some whilst modifying and reframing for others. We are learning and applying all we can to improve our craft for this time, but it is a bit like building the plane when it’s already in the air. We will continue to strive to give our best to your children and their learning.

We care deeply about our students, and we want them to succeed—not just academically but in every facet of their lives. If a student is struggling, we’ll do whatever we can to help turn things around.  Sometimes, helping students calls for additional one-on-one support. If the need arises, we’ll contact our Student Support Team (SST), as well as you, the parent, to create a plan of action. In whatever scenario, know that we’ll be wondering if your child is feeling better. We’ll follow up to make sure the student knows how much we care, beyond the subject we teach. 

We want your child to succeed. No teacher likes seeing a student struggle endlessly. In an ideal world, we would love it if every child excelled in every subject without difficulty, which would also make our jobs easier and less stressful. However, meaningful learning seldom comes without effort for anyone. Therefore, it’s critical to avoid demonizing stress, struggle, and anxiety, which in healthy amounts are essential ingredients of lifelong learning. At certain times, it’s true that teachers want students to experience pressure, but not out of a twisted desire to see them squirm—we want them to gain resilience and resourcefulness in the face of adversity. 

We know that learning is difficult. When your child  encounters difficulty or anxiety with a unit of study or an assignment, please resist contacting the teacher right away—intervening may deprive your child of a chance to develop resilience, self-advocacy, and trouble-shooting skills. Instead, encourage your child to advocate for themselves. This could include seeking help from a classmate or initiating a one-on-one meeting with a teacher. Having said that, we do want to hear from you if your child experiences sustained struggles or there are things happening outside of school that are impacting on their life

We appreciate that students have other classes and commitments beyond what we teach and expect of them. To the best of our ability, we work hard to ensure that we’re assigning appropriate amounts of school work. Currently this is a bit harder to judge as we don’t have the benefit of the face to face daily interaction. Again, encourage students to contact us, or for younger students, please contact us on their behalf. Your child’s well-being is actually more important to us than missed work. 

Lastly, know that we love what we do, and we work hard every day to make sure that students know that. We pray for you and your children, and trust in our God.

“For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13

- Cheryl Flight 

During this season of so much uncertainty let us take time to focus on the power of the Easter message'. Below are some ideas from Enfield Baptist Church for you and your family