BAYVIEW Newsletter a
ISSUE 14 Monday 19 May 2014
www.bayview.vic.edu.au Principals Message As intelligent people living in a world with many distractions, good and bad, we need to take charge and ask ourselves where our focus should be. Taking time out for reflection, taking time out to work through our ideas, thoughts and feelings, is imperative if we want to live happy, healthy, successful and well-rounded lives. The importance of reflecting on what you are doing, as part of the learning process, cannot be underestimated. This reflection enables greater mastery of academic content and skills, also importantly supports self-development and personal growth. The reflective process promotes deeper wisdom; it involves consciously thinking about and analysing what one has done (or is doing). It provides a framework for lifelong learners who are committed to continuous improvement.
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Principal's Message
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Year 12 attend Career Expo
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Year 7 Homework to be implemented in Term 2
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Cross Country result
IN OTHER NEWS This week’s header photo Inter house Cross Country was run last week in glorious weather. It was great to see many of the students and teachers participate. More photos and results on page 3 L-R Livi Gollasch, Ciara Leonard & Mr Wang
Study Habits of Successful Students
Start studying when planned. You may delay starting your studying be cause you don't like an assignment or think it is too hard. A delay In studying is called "procrastination." If you procrastinate for any reason, you will find it difficult to get every thing done when you need to. You may rush to make up the time you wasted getting started, resulting in careless work and errors.
We all reflect but in different ways and about different things. Often the reflection provides the “story of the day” that we may ponder over by ourselves or tell a sympathetic ear. The “story of the day” is usually described in a context that connects the past, present and future and is characterised by an experience, event and/or ongoing issue. More often than not we tend to focus on what we perceive did not work in the “story” rather than on what did work – let alone extracting lessons learnt. A reflective learner looks back on the day or period and thinks about what was discussed. The learner takes the different things which were talked about and sorts through them mentally and "files" the information in their brains. Reflective learners constantly analyze the things they are learning and how it might be easier to do things, what they've learned and what they still need to learn. They find ways to incorporate additional information into their brains. The capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of continuous learning is one of the defining characteristics of a successful learner. The cultivation of the capacity to reflect in action (while doing something) and on action (after you have done it) should become an important feature of our life’s work as students and as professionals. Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.” Yvonne Woon
Dr Michelle Kearney