Resilience is one of those commonly used terms and I often hear people make the statement, ‘kids these days don’t seem to have any resilience!’. Whilst this is quite the sweeping statement, what I do know, is that we all go through difficult circumstances and stressful life events. Whilst I would hope that as adults, we have developed strategies to cope, our kids are still in the thick of developing these as they navigate their way through adolescence. Many of these strategies can be learned and modelled by us as adults.
Whilst we would all like to know what the instant fix is, the truth is that the solutions implemented need to be given time to have the desired effect. Consistency is key.
The link below is a short video on some background on the topic of resilience and importantly, some practical strategies to help our kids implement and use ourselves, to both improve our resilience and wellbeing.
This is the first in a series of parent seminars that the Carramar Leadership team would like to offer as a resource for our parent and student community. Other topics to follow include:
- Responsible use of IT
- On-line gambling
- Brain development and organisation
- Drugs and Alcohol
- Sexualisation of women
- The need to move and
- Managing stress
Link to Resilience Seminar: https://www.loom.com/share/dc1ff678403543e9851fe84657022a8a?sharedAppSource=personal_library
Mark Batten ( Dean of Makaria)
COMPASS DAY
Compass Day marked the official start of the Compass Program for Year 9 Carramar students on campus last week. Students took part in sessions with former Hockeyroos player Rachael Lynch and Ed Surry from CRU West about resilience, thankfulness and goal setting. Rock climbing, team strategy games and solo time in the second half of the day helped students grow and reflect physically, emotionally and spiritually. The Compass Program will continue to run throughout the year, focusing on the journey to adulthood for Year 9’s.
SPOTLIGHT ON READING
Reading is a benefit at any age for a wide variety of reasons. Some specifics about why reading really is good for you are: reading strengthens your brain, extends vocabulary, enhances knowledge, develops analytical skills, reduces stress, develops focus and strengthens empathy by opening our eyes to other lives and perspectives.
Reading is a marker of lifelong learning. The School supports reading with well-resourced libraries and specific reading programs across all year groups. As part of our support for reading we are spotlighting the reading of our School leaders.
Amanda Roberts
STEM ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM
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