Your children are not your children
They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you
You may give them your love but not your thoughts
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
Which you cannot visit-not even in your dreams,
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like
you.
For life goes not backward not tarries with yesterday
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent-forth....
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness...

- Khalil Gibran

Here at St. Peter’s we believe that education is a continuous process- mixture of factors and influence. Two institutions however, play a prominent role and have formal educational responsibilities before the law and society- the family and the school. Each of these two institutions cannot operate on their own.... Communication and co- operation between them is therefore essential.

Parents have always been and always will be the first educators of a child. They have the right and the duty to lay the intellectual and emotional bases for their children’s lives, and to help develop their system of values and attitudes. Children learn best from those they love

Parents, You are your child’s first and most influential teacher !

An educational system/school must aim towards training young people to be good citizens and sound professionals, providing them with the basis for a life -long learning and personal development

• We at SPS believe in .... Education of the 3 Hs:
• Education of the head
• Education of the heart
• Education of the hands

By fostering intellectual skills, affective/emotional skills and physical and artistic talents, we aim to make our children, all-round integrated persons.
A parent’s responsibility does not end when a child enters school. It magnifies... Parents should exercise their responsibilities as parents of school children.

As a parent you may help your ward in many ways especially the following ones.

• Schedule a daily home work time, encourage your child’s efforts and be available for questions. Spend some time with them every day discussing with them how they do at school.
• Use TV wisely. Establish a TV viewing budget and help your child choose programmes for viewing. Select programmes that you may watch along with your ward.
• Offer praise and encouragement. Encourage your child to put in time and effort to complete assignments on time. Encourage them to persevere in their tasks. Cultivate a warm and supporting atmosphere at home while also setting and enforcing standards for school work.
• Talk to your ward. Know their friends and whereabouts. Support them in their school and extra-curricular activities. Keep them involved in family activities. Stress on their importance as role models to younger siblings.
• Communicate openly with your children by talking about and living values like honesty, self-reliance and responsibility.
• Cultivate healthy eating habits. Junk food like chips, pastries and aerated drinks should not be a regular feature in snack boxes. Diet plays a major role in the all round development of a child.
• Ensure healthy sleeping habits. Encourage your child to sleep at a set time-EVERYDAY. Children need a minimum of 8 hours of sleep. Many children cannot enjoy their learning in school as they are often-sleep deprived because of several late-night unnecessary on-line activities.
• Reinforce values and discipline instilled in school.
• Respect teachers for the nobility of their profession and give timely response to their feedback and observations.
• Avoid criticizing your child’s teachers in the presence of the children. The teachers are their role models in school.
• Seek the advice of the teachers if you think your child needs special help.
• Behavioural, academic and emotional problems in children may be reported to their class teachers.
• Trust the school authorities enough to know that they have the best interests of your children. Offer active and enthusiastic support for all school activities.
• Above all, help them become reflective persons capable of understanding their failures, planning their life and creating their future.