Counsellor's Corner

To all you wonderful parents, carers and family,

Thank you for your generous spirit and dedication to your children(s) learning over the year. At times, the dreaded phone call, follow up from teachers hasn’t been easy. Yet, I have seen the resilience from you that has permeated into how we have witnessed your children, our students work through their own experiences of hard times over the year.

Chloe and I have enjoyed getting to know you better and have really appreciated the support you have provided to us and what we do. With your support and dedication to St Philip’s, our job has been so enjoyable.  I am encouraged by what your child(ren) continues to give us, some of these skills aren’t seen in grades yet they are witnessed through the positive effect it has on our day. The warmth, the smile, the hello back, coming in to check in on us.

I hope you have a break filled with family time, adventure and rest. Take care from all of us at Saints!

https://youtu.be/4115qFsdWKQ - Gratitude by Louis Schwartzberg

We also recognise that it can be a challenging time for many over the holiday period. Here are some tips for this:

https://headspace.org.au/friends-and-family/keeping-healthy-over-the-holidays/

If you or your family are experiencing hard times over this summer break here are some useful contacts - you are not alone:

• eheadspace provides free online and telephone support and counselling to young people 12 - 25 and their families and friends:

https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/

• Lifeline: 
  13 11 14
• NT Mental health line:
  1800 682 288

Warmly, Chloe, Tarn and Tim