Pastoral Care
- Year 8 ski trip
- GPs in Schools - Year 10 students
- Free webinar on digital media literacy
- From the Counselling Team
Year 8 ski trip
Just a reminder to the Year 8 Parents and carers to complete the permission form for the upcoming ski trip. Please see below for more details or contact Mr Dominic McGeekie dmegeekie@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Depart: Monday 28 July, meet at Chatswood at 7:00 am for a 7:30 am departure
Return: Friday 1 August, approx 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm in Chatswood
Accommodation: The Adventist Alpine Village (AAV) in Jindabyne
Attending: Year 8 students and 12 staff members
Key activity: 3 days skiing at Perisher Blue Resort
Purpose: Build new connections, develop friendships, overcome adversity, build resilience, work in a team, learn or develop a skill, develop independence, and have fun.
GPs in Schools - Year 10 students
On Wednesday 18 June local Northern Sydney General Practitioners and Nurses will be facilitating a GPs in Schools workshop for Year 10 students.
GPs in Schools is a 2.5 hour workshop that is delivered by Sydney North Primary Health Network who are funded and guided by the Australian Department of Health. The GPs in Schools program has been running for 28 years in over 50 Northern Sydney high schools.
The evidence-informed program brings registered General Practitioners and Nurses into their local schools to build confidence and health literacy in areas such as access to free healthcare, specific youth health issues, confidentiality, Medicare, bulk billing, and their healthcare rights.
GPs in Schools includes:
• What is health?
• How to use the Australian healthcare system
• Health services available, where they are, how to use them, and what they cost
• Student anonymous health questions
GPs in Schools empower students to ask questions that matter to them in a safe environment, in their school with their self-selected friendship groups of approximately 15 students per GP or Nurse. Utilising a peer-centered health promotion model that allows students to ask questions anonymously invests in students to take an active and informed role in their healthcare as they transition to adulthood.
A permission slip will be distributed to each Year 10 student. Please ensure this is signed and returned ASAP.
Free Webinar from SchoolTV
SchoolTV are holding a free webinar: Digital Media Literacy and Safety. The online webinar will be held from 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Wednesday 18 June.
Please register for the event using the QR code below or the following link:
Mr Martin Gillogly - Assistant Principal, Pastoral Care
From the Counselling Team
Why are adolescents so emotional?
There is a long list of things that impact adolescent emotions. They include:
brain development
family dynamics
puberty/hormones
peer relationships/social issues
desire for independence
physical changes/developments
sexual identity/discovery
With all these at play, often simultaneously, it’s not surprising that young people’s emotions can sometimes boil over to their parents.
Parenting author Whitney Fleming discusses 5 critical tips to diffuse an emotional adolescent. See the article linked below for helpful strategies aimed at maintaining a positive connection with your teenager.
Five Critical Tips to Defuse an Emotional Teen
Ms Joe McCarthy - Coordinator of Counselling Services