A child’s social needs at school

Apart from teachers at Petroc reporting on academic achievement and teaching your child, they also look at their social and emotional intelligence.

Teachers should encourage students to develop healthy social and emotional intelligence in all curriculum strands and expectations to assess, evaluate and report on the curriculum achievement, demonstration of learning skills, and work habits.

Children consolidate their social and emotional intelligence when moving from one grade to the other.

Therefore, the development of these skills is vital. 

Teachers at Petroc help students develop a positive sense of self, increase their capacity for using coping skills, develop and maintain healthy relationships.

 And use critical and creative thinking processes.

Students must learn how to use both emotional and cognitive intelligence within their learning environments.

As they say, charity begins at home. Parents need to meet these needs consistently in their children’s lives to grow up happy, fulfilled, and reach their full potential at school.

Parent’s Role

Parents should make sure their children feel secure by ensuring they are living and learning in a safe environment and that the adults in their lives are working to keep them from physical and emotional harm.

Children need to believe there is someone who will go to the end of the earth for them, to show them they matter because they are loved.

Further, children need to know that emotions that overwhelm them sometimes are normal. They need parents to remain calm in their feelings to help them give their feelings a name and provide them with safe and healthy ways to express their feelings.

To add to that, children need to have a sense of power and feel independent when given choices or when presented with assignments that they can do with little help and when parents notice what they do well.

Moreover, children need to know that if they were not in this world, their parents would miss them, they need to feel their parents are glad to have them and can count on them.

Considerations

At Petroc, teachers work with their students to help them develop learning skills and work habits that are achievable and measurable.

Teachers at Petroc consider student’s social relationships with their peers, their consistent group of friends, whether the students show empathy to friends and family, whether they feel positive about their relationships and experiences at school.

 Students approach social problems, whether they complete their assignments and homework with anxiety or minimal stress, and how they manage conflicts with their peers for their students.

As a parent, you should also look into these considerations. If you have concerns, you may reach out to your child’s school to explore these areas further.

Starting a conversation with your school can help you find ways to support your child’s emotional and social intelligence development.

In conclusion, you should bring light to any successes or challenges your child may be having regarding social and emotional skills,  as schools sometimes mainly focus on academic struggles and success.

For school, terms have been squeezed into the 2021- 2022 calendar years to cater for the time lost during the nine-month Covid 19 pandemic break that disrupted the learning cycle in the country. The first term now begins on July 26, 2021.

Parents make decisions for their children’s lives every day. One of the most vital decisions they make in shaping a child’s future is choosing a school that meets their needs.

It is common for a parent to feel anxious about getting the right school because all children are unique.

Hence a very personal decision.

With so many schools offering different environments, teaching styles, and philosophies, the experience can feel overwhelming.

With careful research, you will find a school that perfectly fits your child’s academic, social and emotional needs.

This article will help you know how to find the perfect school for your child as discussed below;

Understand your child

Before thinking about the features of the ideal learning institution, you would like your child to join, start by looking at your child’s needs, overall personality, and strengths.

You need to know the kind of pupil or student your child is and the kind of environment they will most likely succeed in.

Parents sometimes want their children to go to schools they went to or certain types of school without considering their needs.

Always consider the specific needs of your child after evaluating their strengths and weaknesses.

Have a list

You need to evaluate both your family and the child’s needs after understanding your child better.

You might opt for a school with few pupils for your child to get more attention from her teachers or one that is welcoming to new students.

Further, consider one with a transitional programme that can help your child catch up to her current level. Especially, if they are changing schools and are behind the syllabus without making them feel stigmatized for their learning challenges.

Nevertheless, consider your child’s interests and talents and the co-curricular activities available to address them.

It may be the religion of the school and how they mesh with family values and the educational tools like technology in the curriculum.

Start Evaluating Schools

You now look at specific schools by visiting them or the websites that provide an overview of what is available and accessible to you and see what they offer.

If you have had the opportunity to choose a school for your child, whether public or private, evaluating the quality could be challenging.

Performance in schools is increasingly judged based on learning outcomes.

Information is critical to know whether the school system is delivering.

The following questions will help you evaluate the ideal school for your child.

Practical Considerations

You should know how the location and the cost of commuting to the school will affect you.

If you have other children, is it important that all your children go to the same school or would you prefer different schools for each child?

Is it important to you and your child where your child’s friends are going to school? And do you require before-school and after-school care for your child because of your work situation?

Also, what are the school’s academic results? Have they sustained good performance over the past few years? Is it a school that is test and coursework-driven or a modern curriculum that moves with the education trends of the modern world?

What about other performance areas like leadership programs, arts programmes, music programmes, sports activities, and community engagement.

Are they achieving success in these fields? And is the school able to support any additional needs your child may require?

For instance, a disability, developmental delay, dyslexia, and other education needs.

School communication and connections are also important. It is imperative to consider the opportunities available for the parent and family involvement with the school.

And how communication between home and the school is managed.

The right school for your child can make all the difference in their successful academic career.

Once the information is gathered and assessed, trust your intuition because your child will benefit tremendously from your active concern and involvement with their education.

Many people influence the development of a boy as he grows up into an adult. As a father figure,
you should try hard to make him look up to you in all aspects of his life.
You can cultivate a father-son relationship with your son from when he is born.
He will always want to be like you for years to come.
Below are some of the things a son needs from his father;

Success and failure
Your son should see you fail. He will then know it is okay to make mistakes and learn from the
failure depending on how you handle them.
Teach him to accept failure without making him feel less of a person.
He will grow up into a man that can overcome challenges because he learned from the best.

Leadership
Your son needs to see you lead by serving in your home.
This gesture will help him understand authority to understand the difference between peer
pressure and leading effectively.
He will lead at his workplace, church, community, and his family in the future.

Presence
Often, fathers are busy with their careers and other commitments. Rarely are they seen at home
except for weekends in most families.
Children spend most of their time with teachers in school, the house helps, or the mother.
However, you need to be present in your son’s education, social life, and other areas of life.
Embrace them regardless of their choices.
Embrace your son even when you disagree with the decisions they make.
His self-esteem and approach towards life can get enhanced when you guide and correct them
with love when they make mistakes.

Affirmation
Normalize telling your son you love them. Always remind them how much they mean to you and
the entire world.
Words of affirmation make him know he is valued and you care for them.

Discipline Him with Love
Make your son the consequences of these actions by punishing them with love. It may be a
curfew but let them know why they have to undergo such.
It will enable him to think through things before making decisions at the moment and in years to
come.
Love His Mother
How men treat women is influenced by how he saw his father treat his mother, sisters, and all the
women in his life.
It sets a foundation for the relationships he will have in years to come.
In conclusion, be a role model in his life.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old, he will not depart from itProverbs 22:6

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