Worthwhile talk for parents on Youth and Addiction – 3rd May 2018
A message on EMPATHY
"When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not growing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet, if we have problems with our friends or family, we...
Concussion Study – Consent Forms
Dear Parents Here are the 3 Consent forms that need to be signed if your son is going to be part of the UCT Concussion Study. Please sign and return to the BSU and we will schedule your son's Baseline at Bishops at a time convenient for them. Rugby group form UCT...
Concussion Info Session Thurs 25th Jan at Woodlands
Dear Grade 11 and 12 Parents Please see the attached letter about an Info session this coming Thursday (25th Jan) at Woodlands at 6pm on Concussion Management for Teenage Sports Players. Letter-from-Pete-Farlam-to-Gr-11-and-12-Parents-Jan-2018 Kind regards Pete...
The price of ‘PERFECT’
In an article that appeared in KQED's Mind/Shift, Holly Korbey (August 12, 2015) discusses the lessons that students lose in their strive for perfection. The article is reproduced below. What Do Students Lose By Being Perfect? Valuable Failure... In the first pages...
Parenting advice: 13 things not to do
Good parenting advice to help raise mentally healthy kids. Source: thriveglobal.com Click on the link below to the article by Amy Morin. https://www.inc.com/amy-morin/mentally-strong-kids-have-parents-who-refuse-to-do-these-13-things.html
Managing the ‘disruptive’ teen – a staff development talk presented by Tanya Vollenhoven-Brown
Bishops college staff were fortunate to have clinical psychologist Tanya Vollenhoven-Brown address us on a tricky topic: Managing the 'disruptive' teen in the classroom. In order to engage with learners who appear disruptive, naughty and disinterested, it becomes...
App Review – Episode 1
APP REVIEW In the interests of internet safety, this month's APP REVIEW segment looks at two mobile apps that monitor internet use. QUSTODIO https://www.qustodio.com/en/ Qustodio provides virus protection and illicit search blocking, enables one to view time spent on...
Engaging with the Internet
Engaging with the Internet How to talk to your kids and teens about screen time Children and teens of today have never known a time without the internet. This means that their view of the world is largely shaped by society's views expressed through the...
MEMORY and STUDYING
The Difference between Short-Term, Long-Term and Working Memory Article adapted from www.examinedexistence.com For the most part, memory and how it works has largely been a mystery to experts. However, what scientists do know is that memory is partitioned into...