Newsletter - Canggu Community School

Canggu Community School, Bali, Indonesia
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nurturing learning, knowledge and diversity
21 January 2015
Volume 10.3.1
Forthcoming
Events
Message from Director
Dear CCS Families,
Happy New Year and welcome to Term 3 at CCS and a special
welcome to the 41 new students starting this week. We are starting
2015 with 560 students enrolled in the school!
This term will be yet another busy one! The annual swimming
carnivals will be held in the first week of February along with the
CCS Cross Country race at the end of the month. Nyepi falls in
March and so the CCS Ogoh Ogoh parade will be taking place on
19th March. A week before this, CCS will be hosting the Bali
Schools Battle of the Bands for the first time. We will also
be celebrating the diversity of languages spoken here at CCS and
will be holding a "Mother Tongue Week" for the first time. More
information about all these events will be forthcoming.
We look forward to another fantastic term at CCS!
Warmest regards,
Beccy Fox
Director, CCS
We extend a warm welcome to our new students this week:
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Everson
Clay
Zakhar
Alexa
Ayan
Jude
Sebastian
Lachlan
Harvey
Lucas
Clarissa
Benni
Caitlin
Maxwell
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Rec A
Rec A
Rec R
1W
1W
1W
2C
3W
4M
5C
5W
6MC
6MC
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Nabil
Ella
Artyom
Tyler
Makayla
Charli
Lucas
Nada
Nadya
Catarina
Habil
Kynon
Samantha
6MC
6SC
7RB
7RB
7KH
8RJ
8BM
9MH
9MC
9MC
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No Bake sale.
Monday 26th January
 Secondary Student/Parents evening, Vietnam trip, Library, 3.30pm.
Wednesday 28th January
 KS3 parents evening, Library,
3.30pm.
Friday 30th January
 Primary assembly, Mr Warren,
MFH, 1.45pm.
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From the Admissions
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Friday 23rd January
 No Primary assembly, Book Buddies
Bake sale; Year 6.
Wednesday 4th February
 Swimming Carnival, KS1, 8.45 11.00am.
 Year 10 - 12 Parents evening,
IGCSE & IB, Library, 3.30pm.
Thursday 5th February
 Swimming Carnival, KS2, 8.45 12.00pm.
Friday 6th February
 Swimming Carnival, KS3-5, 8.45 12.00pm.
Birthdays This Week
Ziggy
2C
Maxwell
6MC
23 Jan
Madeline
7KH
25 Jan
Sinan
1T
Note from Admissions
26 Jan
Sol
1T
Over the holiday period, it is possible that a number of people have
changed address or contact details. Please remember to inform the
school if you have a new telephone number and make sure that
27 Jan
Andrea
5W
27 Jan
Ella
6SC
your emergency contact details are up to date.
28 Jan
Alexa
PS
28 Jan
Yoko
PS
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22 Jan
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Counselor Corner
Centered In Gratitude
I have come to believe one of the most essential values we can learn and teach our children is
that of thankfulness. Gratitude is one of the trickiest concepts to teach toddlers and preschoolers who are, by nature, self-centered, but one of the most important. Certainly, thankful children
are more polite and pleasant to be around, but there's more to it than that. By learning gratitude, they become sensitive to the feelings of others which also helps children to develop empathy and other life skills as well. Grateful kids look outside their one-person universe and understand that their parents and other people do things for them, such as, prepare dinner, give hugs
and cuddles or buy toys. On the other hand, kids who aren't taught to be grateful often end up
feeling entitled and perpetually disappointed.
Indeed, instilling grateful feelings now will benefit your child later in life. A 2003 study at the
University of California at Davis, showed that grateful people report higher levels of happiness
and optimism, along with lower levels of depression and stress. Recognising and understanding
that someone has gone out of the way for you is not a natural behaviour for children, it's
learned.
How to Teach It
Children model their parents in every way, so make sure you use "please" and "thank you" when
you talk to them. (Thanks for that hug -- it made me feel great!)
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Work gratitude into your daily conversation. Teach your children to appreciate the small
things in life: taking time with them to admire a lovely sunset, or the beautiful ocean; the way
a person showed them a kindness or express thankfulness for health, family and friends.
When you reinforce an idea frequently, it's more likely to sink in. One way to implement gratitude in your home is to pick a "thanking" part of the day, for example, make saying what
good things happened today part of the dinnertime conversation.
Have kids help. It happens to all of us: You give your child a chore, but it's too agonising
watching him, take forever to perform a task or making a huge mess in the process. The
temptation is always to step in and do it yourself. But the more you do for them, the less they
appreciate your efforts. (Don't you feel more empathy for people who work outside on cold
days or rainy days when you have done that yourself?) By participating in simple household
chores like feeding the dog or stacking dirty dishes on the counter, kids realise that all these
things take effort.
Find a goodwill project. Figure out some way you and your child can actively participate in
helping someone else, even if it's as simple as making cupcakes for a sick neighbour. As
you're stirring the batter or adding sprinkles, talk about how you're making them for a special
person and how happy the recipient will be.
Practise saying no. Of course kids ask for toys, video games and candy, sometimes on an
hourly basis. It's difficult, if not impossible, to feel grateful when your every whim is granted.
Saying no often makes saying yes that much sweeter.
Be patient. You can't expect gratitude to develop overnight, it requires weeks, months, even
years of reinforcement. But trust me, you will be rewarded with a child who is empathetic,
thankful and understands the great significance of a life centered in gratitude!