Parents
Transitioning into Grade 8 can be both exciting and overwhelming. This resource offers simple tips to help students build independence, make new connections, and feel more prepared for the changes ahead. By getting involved, staying organized, and asking for support, students can start Grade 8 with confidence. Tips to Prepare for Grade 8
Resilience is being able to bounce back from stress, and challenge, tragedy or adversity. When we are resilient, we are braver, more adaptable, and more able to go out in the world. Resilience is something we can teach and learn.
Building Resilience in our Children
Transitioning to Kindergarten is an exciting milestone, and families can help set the stage for success by practicing key skills at home. This resource outlines simple ways parents can support their child’s growing independence to help them feel confident and ready for the school day.
Ways to Support Your Child's Journey to Kindergarten
A continuum of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is integral to student well-being and development. The continuum includes an intentional focus on creating a sense of belonging for students, the teaching of social emotional skills, teaching mental health literacy and strategies, and an working towards an integrated approach to mental health with our community partners. Each area of SEL and Mental Health support is beneficial on its own, but the development of strategic action across the continuum provides a comprehensive focus and best meets the needs of all students.
Families and caregivers play an incredibly important role in the development of good SEL skills and positive mental health, and the more that schools and home can align their efforts, language, and strategies, the more our young people will benefit. Families are encouraged to communicate with their children's teachers, and other school staff, about what they can be doing at home to reinforce skills being taught and modeled at school.
To learn more about SEL, and specifically, what it is, why we teach it, and how we teach it at the NVSD, please watch the short video 'Social Emotional Learning in NVSD.'
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