Fairholme Junior
MRS ERIN TONSCHECK, HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL It is always wonderful to pause and reflect on the school year that has concluded.
We’ve much to be grateful for and much to celebrate. Whilst we cannot know what the year ahead will hold, we are optimistic that the care and commitment displayed by our current students, families and staff will surely provide another range of wonderful experiences and opportunities for our children. In 2019, we continued to celebrate alongside our many athletes and performing artists.
I marvel at their dedication and their will to strive to improve and achieve, through collaborative and individual practice. The support of their parents and teachers is so very important to
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each child, and assists them to move forward positively through times of success and failure. We also enjoy many and varied academic opportunities. Debating, Creative Thinking, Chess Club, OptiMINDS, Digital Technology Clubs and a plethora of in-class learning experiences continue to provide challenge and opportunity for the girls to develop their knowledge, understanding and application across so many academic pursuits. As we look to 2020 with much anticipation, I am grateful for the continued commitment to our Pastoral Care program. The support of our girls’ social and emotional wellbeing continues to be at the very forefront of each planned experience and interaction. Our successes are achieved through very genuine
and meaningful relationships and connections between children, staff, parents and the wider community. It is upon this platform that we continually seek to develop our children’s own resilience, self-belief, curiosity and gratitude. I am grateful for the year that was, and look forward with optimism to the one ahead of us here at Fairholme Junior.
