Principal’s Message

Dear Parent/Guardian,

This term has been a delight at Sirius College and I would like to update you on some of the highlights. We have kept busy in the past few weeks with the Grade 6 camp, which have received positive feedback from our beloved students. Grades 1 and 2 have enjoyed their swimming program and learnt a valuable skill. In addition, there have been many other exciting incursions and excursions at our school recently which will be presented throughout this newsletter.

I would like to conclude with an article about being open to trying new things in the pursuit of success. I hope you enjoy it.

BEES IN A BOTTLE

Sometimes, human beings behave like bees. If you put several bees in an open-ended bottle and lay the bottle on its side with the base toward a bright light, the bees will keep on flying to the bottom of the bottle towards the light. It never occurs to them to reverse gears and try another direction. This is a combination of genetic programming and learned behaviour.

Put a bunch of flies in that bottle and turn the base towards a bright light. Within a few minutes, all the flies will have found their way out. They try all directions—up, down, towards the light, away from the light; often bumping into the glass and into each other—but sooner or later they find the neck of the bottle and fly out the opening.

This term you will be faced with many challenges as you seek the bright light of learning. Will you be a bee and stick to the way you have always done things or a fly, trying everything you can until you find the answer?

We often allow ourselves to become locked in our comfortable ways of doing things, even if we are getting nowhere and really want to be reaching in a new direction. What we’re doing may make not be helping us, but at least it’s familiar.

One of the most important factors in achieving success at school and in life, is the willingness to try things out, to experiment, to test new ground. In fact, this is the only way to learn and progress – by trial and error.

Like the fly, try one way and then another until you succeed. Don’t worry about making mistakes along the way. That’s the way we all learn.

Acknowledgment: Adapted from Denis Waitle