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The Gift of Gifts What’s on in Monash 5 Tips for Your Child’s Academic Success
Volume 2
Tips for Road Trips & Holidays
Dec 2016 / Jan2017
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From the Editor
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ecember is finally here! Break, break, break! Holiday, holiday, holiday! Congratulations on passing through 2016 safely and healthily! Some of you have even achieved something. Well done! We have experienced lots of change this year, globally and nationally. I personally like change. Husband and family are the only things I am not keen to change, but others, yes! Just like most of you, I sometimes looked back at 2016 and thought what if I did things another way? Would that bring better outcomes? But age has taught me some valuable lessons that the past is the past, do not regret your decisions and move on.
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Talking about having a holiday, it is one of the best attitudes I have learnt since I came to Australia. It doesn’t really matter how wealthy you are or how old you are, Australians always have a way of enjoying life by travelling. It can be nearby cities, interstate visits or oversea resorts. Nothing can stop us travelling once a while, I think this is what life should be about. Money is useless when you do not spend it. Work is meaningless if you don’t take a break. In the end, I would like to wish you, my dear readers and your family, a joyful Christmas and brand new year. See you in February! Kirill and Rachel
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如何选小学（二）
上一次我们谈到了如何在公立学校，私立 学校和教会学校里进行选择。如果你错过了上 一次的杂志，可以到我们的官网看，或者扫描 我们的官方微信，文章也会发在官微里。 这一次我来谈谈一些特殊的学校。如果你 已经开始了解这些学校，恭喜你，你已经从大 部分只会看公立私立的家长中脱颖而出了。 蒙特梭利学校 国内蒙特梭利学校更有名。墨尔本也有蒙特梭利学校，从幼儿园就 有，幼儿园的体制是从三岁上到六岁。之后再去蒙特梭利的小学。一般蒙 特梭利的小学要求孩子在上小学前一定要在幼儿园读过，因为这是一个完 整的系统。有家长很担心孩子一般是六岁上小学一年级，如果读完幼儿园 决定去正常小学读的话，要直接上二年级，怕跟不上。其实没什么好怕 的，澳洲小学真的没学什么，要担心的可能是插班之后的朋友圈问题。墨 尔本主要的蒙特梭利学校最高是上到九年级。所以十年级开始就要去别的 学校开始准备高考备考。 有的家长担心孩子九年级之后不学了就断层了。其实孩子如果一直在 蒙特梭利塑造的话，性格到年级就差不多定型了。之后准备高考也是更明 智的选择。 那蒙特梭利究竟有什么不同呢?蒙特梭利的核心是语言和数学。就是发 展孩子语言和数学的能力，从中又发展出“独立性格”和“全球公民”等 特征。但我们仔细想想，一个语言能力发达，数学能力好的孩子，在独立 思考和全球包容的理念里，是水到渠成的。推荐家长们去看一看英国一个 小男孩蒙特梭利学校的一天，那么小的年纪，非常独立，在幼儿园的一天 丰富又有步骤。这就是蒙特梭利培养出的孩子的不同，性格和思维都是很 杰出的。 学费介于私立和教会学校之间。 IB国际学校 IB国际学校近几年在中国越来越热门了。学费高昂。在墨尔本有些 IB学校是私立的，主要在小学阶段和高中阶段；也有的IB学校是公立的， 主要是小学，这些公立学校完全是免费的。具体哪个学校都可以在官网找 到。这些学校一段时间就要被IB机构测评，所以水平都是可以保证的。 IB说白了就是一种教学理念和学习方法。好处就是融合了很多先进的 教育理念，像我们之后要说的华德福教育，IB也是有借鉴的。它把学习的 主动权交还给孩子，孩子会变得思维独立，有创新精神和想象力。我所在 学校的小学部就有IB课程，培养出来的孩子的确更具独立，喜欢挑战自 己，老师们也是充满热情。 IB可以说是对现有教育的一种改革和发展，而且是积极的改革。在我 看来这种风潮在未来一定会刮得更猛。 毕竟死板的教育系统已经存在太久了， 新世纪对学者的要求越来越高，再不改 革只会被抛弃。
灶神的故事
那是很久以前的事情了，人们到天上去找玉 皇要求给人间降福，于是，玉皇便派了一位灶神 帮助他们看家，并管理火。 但是，事与愿违，灶神是位挑眼的神，有事 没事喜欢找岔子。他不但没有给人们带来幸福， 还不时地找人们的小不丁点的毛病去向玉皇汇 报。玉皇听了灶神的汇报，动不动就派雷公来惩 罚人们，要么就是让火神来烧，要么就是让风伯 来扰，搅得人们没有半点安生。 有一位媳妇，成天提心吊胆地怕灶神诬害 她。越怕什么越来什么。有一天，她在舀饭，这一突然把几颗饭粒掉 在了水缸的旁边。灶神马上上天面见玉皇去了。 灶神对玉皇报告说：“这个媳妇抛撒五谷六粮，不是头一回了， 现在水缸边还丢有半水缸白米饭呢！”玉皇一听，大怒，立刻叫雷公 去劈那个媳妇。这时，老天对玉皇说：“现在下界怨气冲天，人神不 宁，你是玉皇，办事要慎重一些才好。还是叫雷公先了解一下，不要 冤枉了好人。”玉皇说：“雷神，老天讲得有理，今天你去要好好地 处理这件事。” 老天马上给那个媳妇托梦说：“午时三刻雷神要来劈你了，你为 供献我撒在水缸旁边的那几粒饭，快拾起来用油炒了吃掉，然后去捡 几颗亮米石丢在那里，你就平安无事了。” 雷公和灶神一起来到那媳妇家，他们在水缸旁边看到的是小石 子，而不是米粒。灶神一看就急了，立即催雷公劈死那媳妇。雷公被 灶神逼急了，就说：“屋子里太黑，我也没有看清是什么，让我来尝 尝吧！”说着他拾起几颗亮米石放在嘴里，只听格崩一声，他的大牙 被硌掉了，痛得他眼泪直流。 雷公不禁火冒三丈，一转身就左右开弓，狠狠地扇了灶神两个大 耳光。这一下把灶神打愣了。雷公将嘴里的亮米石和硌掉的牙吐到灶 神的脸上，说道：“从今以后，只准你每年腊月二十三上天一次，不 要天天去瞎报告了。” 雷公那两个耳光打得可真不轻，以后，灶神再也不敢上天乱诬告。 了。
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你想给孩子未来的学习和生活打下最好的基础吗？蒙特梭利学校构建 的学习环境能够刺激孩子的学习能力，致力于给3到6岁孩子提供一流的关 怀和教育。 我们已有超过30年的办学经验，每个老师都有蒙特梭利资格证，我们 将让孩子们体验学习的乐趣，赢在起跑线！ 蒙特梭利创始人玛利亚（1870-1952）说：“生命中最重要的阶段并不 是大学阶段，而是人生第一步，从出生到6岁。在这个阶段发展得好的孩 子，才能在接下来的人生里绽放。” 名额有限，请与以下电话联系（英语）：
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