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Today a Virtual Head Teacher meeting was interrupted by a Primary 1 child who came into my office to tell me he had lost a tooth. (Everybody was fab. Many "Awws" and reassurances about the tooth fairy).
On reflection. That interruption was HUGE on so many levels.
Today a Virtual Head Teacher meeting was interrupted by a Primary 1 child who came into my office to tell me he had lost a tooth. (Everybody was fab. Many "Awws" and reassurances about the tooth fairy).
On reflection. That interruption was HUGE on so many levels.
He has a good relationship with his HT.
The PSA also underdstood his need to tell me.
HT colleagues immediately "got it" and built his self esteem & importance of the event.
He felt very important.... and as a Primary 1, a bunch of HTs telling you things will be good is amazing.
The PSA also underdstood his need to tell me.
HT colleagues immediately "got it" and built his self esteem & importance of the event.
He felt very important.... and as a Primary 1, a bunch of HTs telling you things will be good is amazing.
If we had ignored this event we'd have silently "told him" that his important events are not important.
He got the opposite message. He mattered. Not just to me, but also to my HT colleagues.
@pauldixtweets calls this "Deliberate botheredness". We've always called it mattering.
He got the opposite message. He mattered. Not just to me, but also to my HT colleagues.
@pauldixtweets calls this "Deliberate botheredness". We've always called it mattering.
Whatever you call it... children need to know their rites of passage are acknowledged by the grown ups. Celebration, reassurance & time are vital to these moments.
Even if we're in "A very important meeting".
(His cameo appearance was the best AOCB EVER!! )
Even if we're in "A very important meeting".
(His cameo appearance was the best AOCB EVER!! )
