Dear Readers,

This term, we are starting to look more deeply at ‘what to do when we don’t know what to do’ – particularly in terms of maths problems.

The children brainstormed other words for ‘problems’ that they may come across in maths and other learning areas and came up with puzzles, challenges, missions, mysteries, ‘confusions’ and investigations.

We watched this video about blind skateboarder Tommy Carroll:

We were all inspired by Tommy, particularly his words “falling is a skill you get good at”. The clip reminds us of the importance our mindset plays when facing challenges – and of the rush that happens when we finally achieve something that feels scary or uncertain.

Hopefully you can find a few moments to watch the video with your child and talk about how it applies to taking safe risks.

Also, glass jars! A final friendly reminder to please send along a glass jar with your child tomorrow for our science experiment. If you have a couple of spare jars at home, too, please send them along if you can.

Thanks and regards,

Rachel and Michelle