Celebrating Parents As Partners In Learning

Parents play a pivotal role in supporting the learning of their children. Research has shown that student achievement and wellbeing are increased where parents engage in their children’s learning. We celebrate as a community that our parents have a great heart to act in collaboration with the College to create a culture where there is high expectation in a supportive environment. Activities such as valuing and sharing the joy of reading, creating family routines that support clear times for home learning for older students and encouraging persistence with more challenging aspects of learning help young people develop skills and dispositions needed for effective learning. Engaging in conversation about the feedback provided by teachers helps young people to focus on what they can do to improve their learning. This helps young people develop the efficacy, responsibility and agency needed to thrive in a world where we are all constantly learning. Parents play a central role in the social and emotional development of young people through the modelling and expectation of respectful relationships and nurturing the growth of empathy, compassion, flexibility and resilience as the learning moments of life present themselves.

Nurturing the growth of young people is simultaneously one of the most rewarding and challenging aspects of life. Despite our best intentions and efforts, there are times when growth is not as we would hope. During the ups and downs of walking with young people, God is walking with us, inviting us to turn to him in prayer to ask for wisdom and guidance. In this quiet space of prayer, God reminds us we are enough and have enough. As God’s wisdom and grace seep into the quiet, still space of prayer, we are renewed to walk with God and each other, with strength, courage, hope and purpose.