Saint Ignatius College Geelong
Dear Saint Ignatius College Geelong Community Members,
COVID Positive Pathways program
MACS has asked Principals to promote the COVID Positive Pathways Program (CPPP.)
CPPP provides care and support at home for Victorians diagnosed with COVID-19. The program is for people who are most likely to need care and support at home from their local health service while they have COVID-19.
Support may include:
regular symptom monitoring
telehealth assessments
access to antiviral medications where indicated
expedited access to escalated care as required.
All Victorians, including students, are eligible for supports through CPP, with allocation based on their healthcare needs.
Parents, staff or students who test positive on a rapid antigen or PCR test can apply for support via an online form or the Coronavirus Hotline on 1800 675 398.
More information on the program is available at coronavirus.vic.gov.au.
Thank you for everything you are doing to keep our College open and safe.
Mask wearing
Thank you for your ongoing support in maintaining onsite learning and working for our staff and students and staff throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our College is continuing our existing COVID Safe measures to help limit the spread of the virus, including air purifiers, improved ventilation and hand hygiene.
This has also included wearing face masks, which the Department of Health has recommended for indoor settings in schools since 26 April 2022.
As schools across Victoria face a high number of COVID-19 and flu cases this winter, and given the above advice, our governing authority Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS), has asked that all students aged eight and over and all staff wear masks when in class from now until the end of winter.
This is a request of parents, carers and students and is not a mandate. No Catholic school in Victoria mandates the wearing of face masks.
Ultimately, parents, carers and students retain their right to choose whether to wear a face mask, and that choice will be respected.
2022 Red Earth Immersion Program
Today we farewelled two groups of Yr 10 students and teachers travelling to Cape York, Far North Queensland, for their Indigenous Immersion Trips. This follows the very successful Yr 11 student trip in April. All trips had previously been postponed due to the pandemic restrictions. So it is great that the students and staff can finally participate in this valuable experience. These trips are run by “Red Earth”, which specialises in providing Indigenous community immersion experiences for schools.
On behalf of our College community, I wish Mrs Hodge, Ms Kearney, Ms Snookes, Ms Whitehead and our students a safe and rewarding time.
Teacher Inservice day on Mon. 22nd August
We will be taking Monday 22nd August as an inservice day. So students will not be required at school on this day. Last year’s “Timetable Structure Review” recommended reviewing the Years 7 & 8 curricula. So our teachers will work together on August 22 to map what we currently do and consider how and what we can improve our junior secondary years teaching and learning programs.
Yr 7 enrolments 2023
I am pleased to report very strong interest in the College continued again this year with many more applications than places available for next year.
The support provided by the students, staff and parents for the Open Afternoon & enrolment promotion program was a valuable/vital contribution to this success – thank you. The very positive reputation of the College is a commendable result of the commitment of our students, staff and parents to our College community and its continual improvement.
I have enrolled 250 students (ten classes of 25 students) for Year 7 next year.
Any enquiries about enrolment can be made to the College Registrar, Ms Deb Miles.
Michael Exton | Principal
Unit 4 Student Parent Teacher Conferences
Thank you to all students, parents, guardians and staff who engaged in the recent Unit 4 student/parent/teacher conferences. As we approach the end of Term 3, I encourage our students to carefully consider the recommendations that they may have heard at their interviews or even in class. The remaining five weeks are a busy time as we finish our assessments, so it is important that we balance our study with personal time and work consistently in class and at home. Please reach out to the appropriate staff if you have any concerns.
Year 9 and 10 Pathway Interviews
Thank you to the parents and guardians who were able to attend the recent Year 9 and 10 Pathway Interviews. It was great to hear that many of our students were organised for the pathway conversation. Thank you to the 61 staff who helped guide the individual conversation. Our new initiative of submitting subject preferences online was very successful.
Subject Selection Process
The College now has the important job of collating all student information and constructing the 2023 timetable. If a subject offered is not running in 2023, the affected students will be allocated their Reserve preference and also notified by the College Timetabler, Craig Browne. Students will receive their 2023 allocation of subjects in Term 4.
Staff PL day August 22
On Monday 22 August, teaching staff will work on the curriculum mapping and review of Year 7 and 8 programs. This is part of our timetable review that is considering a restructure of time allocations and subjects on offer at Year 7 and 8. We look forward to the student contribution on this day as some students across year levels will join the staff as part of the consultative process. It should be noted that it is a student free day for all other students.
Ms. Bernadette Donnelly | Deputy Principal - Learning and Teaching.
As we are almost at the halfway point of the term it is great to look back and see what we have achieved during these five weeks as a College Community. There have been exciting learning opportunities at each year level and across a range of subject domains. We have had Maths Competitions, Humanities week, VCAL Career/VET expo, Indonesian Incursions, a wide range of sporting opportunities and much more. We are currently undertaking leadership interviews for our students moving into 2023 and so many of our students are stepping outside of their comfort zone to develop their leadership skills and to guide the direction of the College through next year and beyond.
As we know it is through engagement in the activities and programs offered here at the College that helps to form the education of the whole person, or as we like to call it ‘Cura Personalis.’ Congratulations to our students on their commitment, enthusiasm and involvement.
In terms of housekeeping I would like to remind students that masks are required when travelling on the school buses. It is also important that parents are making contact with the front office if/when your child/children are unable to attend the College. It is a requirement that students who are leaving the College grounds during the day have parental consent to do so prior to signing out (ie. for medical appointments etc). Finally in the coming weeks we will be focusing on uniform compliance - students are reminded that all uniform expectations are available in their school planners and also on the College website. Of particular note is jewellery (piercings) and undergarments (ie. long sleeve tops under sports tshirts).
Updating the College’s Policies and Procedures is important within the day to day context of the College and I wanted to make our College Community aware of an updated policy in relation to Negotiated Transfers, Suspension and Expulsion. You can find the policies here and for your future reference they are publicly available on the College Website.
I am looking forward to the remaining five weeks of term and the opportunities that will be present for, and with, our students.
Kirsty Allan | Acting Deputy Principal (Students)
As Winter transitions from cold short wet to crisp yet mild days that hold the bright promise of Spring our thoughts turn to the homeless in our region who are significantly impacted by the weather. Homelessness Week has just concluded and on Thursday our College will host the Winter Sleepout to highlight the injustice experienced by many and raise awareness and thus a voice for justice.
Homelessness in our region is a hidden problem. Recent statistics state that in the Geelong region some 883 people experience homelessness. With the ever increasing price and lower number for rental properties and economic pressures this number is expected to increase significantly in the short term.
Our community seeks to go beyond statistics and understand the people who experience homelessness and how they can be assisted. Homeless people are not a stereotype; they are parents, grandparents, children and those rejected by their families and support networks. Homelessness also looks very different to the stereotype most people attribute to the problem. Some people sleep rough, many homeless people however couch surf and have accommodation for short periods or use their car as their home; for many families this is what homelessness looks like.
Each of these people are valued and loved by God. Our role in society is to advocate for the disadvantaged and seek to support those at the margins. Our Church, via local parishes, serves via a small number of St Vinnies members who provide so much in our region to those in need. The winter sleep out at the College is inspired by the state-wide St Vinnies Winter Sleep Out and one we know helps educate and inspire our students to live the Gospel and change our world. That is how we love as God does. Join us in advocating for the homeless or supporting Vinnies (https://donate.vinnies.org.au/donation-hub) or Jesuit Social Services (https://jss.org.au/donate/).
I conclude by offering a short yet wonderful piece by our friend Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ from Jesuit Social Services.
Yours in Christ,
Brendan Nicholls | Liturgy Coordinator
Homelessness Week
By Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ
Once to have a home was seen as a right. Now it is seen as a privilege. The price of houses has risen enormously. Renting has also become more expensive. In rural areas to which many people have moved during the Covid Epidemic, local people are often priced out of the housing market. More people are forced to sleep in their cars and on the streets. At the same time, however, the houses left unoccupied are sufficient to provide accommodation for all who lack it.
The reasons why it is so hard to find a place in which to live are many. They include a change in attitude towards buying houses from looking at housing as shelter to seeing it as an investment to increase wealth. This encourages people to take out heavy loans to buy houses, which in turn raises prices. In the meantime governments that once took responsibility for housing people with little or no income have stopped building new houses or have sold existing stock. When immigration resumes we can expect even greater pressure on shelter and on rental prices.
It is easy to treat this situation as inevitable, particularly if we own our own houses. For that reason it is important to reflect on why housing is important and to imagine what we lose of ourselves when we have no place in which to live. In homelessness week many events help us to do this. The Vinnies sleep-outs in which many people prominent in public life listen to homeless people tell their stories and then sleep on the floor themselves have touched the imagination of those who take part. The sight of people sleeping on the city streets on a cold winter night has also evoked empathy and generosity.
These short and voluntary experiences of homelessness, however, show only part what it means to have nowhere to live. To be homeless cuts connections. If you have no fixed address you will miss mail, will find it hard to have things delivered, to have friends and family visit you, and to access government services. You will move often from place to place; your children will change schools, miss friends and experience only passing relationships. Even connections with the internet will become more difficult and expensive. With no kitchen, food will be expensive; with no laundry or bathroom it will be hard to maintain hygiene and clean clothing.
Many of the people, disadvantaged in many ways, whom we accompany at Jesuit Social Services see secure housing as their major need. Insecurity contributes to mental illness and withdrawal from society.
That is why in Catholic Social Teaching stable shelter is seen as a human right. In a modern society stable accommodation is necessary if we are to live fully as human beings with our dignity respected. Without it we shrink as persons, we lose touch with friends and family, and the connections with society that are central to our lives become precarious.
In our highly developed society we should demand of our governments that they take responsibility for shaping an economy that will allow people to buy or rent housing, and provide social housing for those who cannot afford it.
Units 3 & 4 VCE English: the home stretch!
Reading & Comparing The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
This Friday 12th August year 12 English teachers will run a lunchtime text discussion session to support students as they prepare for their final ever English SAC.
The Reading and Comparing SAC, where students are required to demonstrate their text knowledge in a clearly organised 1000 word interpretation in response to an unknown topic, will take place in week 8. This is completed under strict time conditions too. It is a challenging task and requires preparation.
All members of the year 12 English teaching team, Andrea Dart, Michael Tod, Merrin-Jane Viljoen, Gemma Etherington and Kate Cash, will discuss the texts, their construction and the issues and concerns central to each. The views, values and attitudes of the texts’ creators will also be discussed. Students have the opportunity to ask questions, building their knowledge for the final assessment worth 60 marks of their Unit 4 score. Lunch is provided for all who attend and the session is filmed for students who are unable to attend.
Once this SAC is completed it will be exam prep time. Students will be working to revise all texts for their three hour examination that will take place on Wednesday 26th October. To support this preparation students will be able to attend the VCE English Revision Lecture presented by ENglish Lab Creator and VCAA Examiner, Mr Ben Taylor. He will share study tips suggestions and ideas to assist students in this final stage of the VCE English studies.
Top Tips from Year 12 English Team regarding their approach to the last SAC: Reading & Comparing The Dressmaker & The Crucible.
Answer the question you have selected to answer.
Analyse AND Compare
Use relevant concepts as a focus for your writing
Saint Ignatius in his writings calls us to strive for the Magis- the more. We aim to support students in striving for their personal best in all their endeavours.
Wednesday afternoons have traditionally been a time where students are given opportunities to represent the school in sport.
In 2021, a working party was formed to create a new program for Year 7 and 8 students called “Cura Personalis.”
Cura Personalis is a Latin term that refers to the care of the whole person. This program is in its inaugural year and operates on a Wednesday afternoon.
It has two components. Students participate in a personal development program as a homeroom for some weeks and for 6 weeks every term, they get to choose from a range of sports and activities to enhance their growth as a whole person.
Coordinating 500 students is a logistical challenge and I would like to thank Mr Andrew Philp and Ms Emma Cuthill for doing such a stellar job. This program has been well received by the students and sets us apart in the Geelong region.
The following student responses say a lot about the value of this program.
Regards
Ms Leonie O’Brien | Year 7 Coordinator.
Student Reflections on the Cura Personalis Program.
I have recently been doing Circus. To start off we learnt some tricks and then went into CircArts to develop more skills. To finish off we are creating a routine to show off our work and are going to perform these. I have really enjoyed doing Circus and I am looking forward to the other activities.
Imogen Payne 7 Coudere
For Cura Personalis I have been crafting with clay. For the first lesson we planned for what we were going to make, the second lesson we got our clay and started making
our ideas into real amazing clay designs. I loved how we were free to do what we really wanted to do and all of the tools and tips they gave us!
Lucinda Zuidema 7 Coudere
The Cura Personalis Program has been great the past few terms. I love how you get a wide range of selections you can choose from, and the freedom is amazing. You can really make your path in things that you are passionate about without having to worry about people pressuring you, or being afraid that the teachers and students do not like you or feel as if you're being judged for what you're doing because it's such an open welcoming space where people can do their best interests with peace.
I have met so many new people during Cura Personalis and it's amazing to see how many people you share interests with. Not only can you join things that you know, but you can also discover and try new things.
I picked up a hobby from my first Cura Personalis session which was textiles, and I'm also trying to join CircArts, which I was introduced to by joining 'Clowning Around'.
Rihanna Mercieca 7 Lewis
For Cura Personalis last Semester, I participated in textiles, fishing and crafting with cards. All of these were really fun and enjoyable because I got to meet lots of different people and even made a few new friends. This Semester I am doing basketball, and even though most of the people I'm not good friends with, I am still able to try my best. Now there are a few more faces that I can say I know! All of the four things I have done for Cura Personalis, I haven't had my friends in, but I still enjoyed them all. I am really looking forward to playing more games at other places and giving it a try.
Zoe Nyga 7 Ward
The Year 12 cohort has been busy with school work, SAC preparation and exam revision in between. Having just completed our practice English exam and GAT, students are starting to look forward to the end of the year, and the possibilities that lie outside of the realm of highschool. Many students in Year 7 worry about finishing high school, and not knowing where they will go or what they will do. Although we do finish without everything in our life planned out, many of us see this as an opportunity, rather than a worry. We don’t have everything planned out, we don’t know where we are headed, but we know that we have reached a point in our lives where we are ready to move on. At the beginning of school, Saint Ignatius is the basis of our social, academic and sporting lives as our younger selves begin to discover where our interests lie. Now, coming into our last year, these interests have grown into passions, with ties that stretch beyond the school grounds.
As young adults, we have reached a point where we are ready to follow these ties, and see where they take us. The excitement and the hope of the world will be the encouragement we need to get through these last few months.
Emily Green | Saint Ignatius College Captain.
Book Week is just around the corner with celebrations occurring from the 20th August to 26th August. The ILC has a number of activities happening with an Art Competition and a 100 Word Short Story Competition currently open.
During Book Week we will be running the following Activities
All Week – Count the number of clouds in the jar
Monday - Inventors Quiz
Tuesday - Oragami Animals
Wednesday - Dreamers Quiz
Thursday - Oragami Shapes
Friday - Find a Dream in… Quiz
Friday - Winners announced for the 100 Word Short Story Competition & Art Competition. Announcing the winner of “Guess the number of clouds"
In finish Book Week we are holding “My Book Doesn’t have a Charger” Literary Evening on Monday 29th August. Join us alongside a panel of authors, hosted by renowned local author Sue Lawson as they discuss the benefits of literacy and reading. Nibbles and Refreshments at 6.45pm with the panel beginning at 7pm for duration of 1 hour.
The Saint Ignatius College Community is invited to the next SICG Book Club, to be held on Monday September the 12th in the Information Learning Centre (ILC).
The book being discussed is Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller.Join us for an evening of conversation, nibbles and fun.
To register for the evening, please click on the link below.https://forms.gle/5qpEtXfrRDdtnJmw5
Leonie Stephenson
ILC Coordinator
Year 10 Wellbeing Day
A wellbeing day organised by the Student Wellbeing team was held on Thursday 21st of July at Saint Ignatius College. This was presented to the Saint Ignatius Year 10 cohort. The aim was to actively engage students with adaptive coping strategies for emotional regulation and to release students from the stigma associated with mental health. The three rotating presentations were themed: Healthy relationship, African drumming and mental health awareness.
1. Healthy relationships (Batforce)
This Presentation by Batforce was aimed to enlighten the year 10 cohort of the relational dynamic process which occurs between and within individuals. It covered the expectations of relationships whilst acknowledging how to meet individualistic needs for satisfaction of life.
2. African Drumming
The following presentation implemented an African drumming exercise for students to channel hypertension and anxiety into movement and sound. This was a fantastic approach as Students learned new stimulating approaches to enhance coping capacities and effectively channel bottled energy.
3. BATYR
Finally, this presentation by Batyr aimed to remove stigma around mental health and empower students who are faced with cognitive difficulties throughout life. Students were educated using insightful real case scenarios presented by individuals who dealt with mental health and found post-traumatic growth.
Overall, students and homeroom teachers connected outside of the regular classroom environment. The time covered was an investment for students to build a sense of self and understand a mind and body approach to wellbeing. Teachers and students were provided with a shared lunch which everybody enjoyed.
The Wellbeing team would like to thank the amazing guest speakers for the day and congratulate all students and home room teachers for a fantastic experience.
Featured below are photos from the African drumming presentation.
Presented by Olivia, Sarah and Michael
Year 8 students and their father/male mentor are invited to our upcoming Time and Space Evening to be held at the College on Tuesday August 23rd, 2022.
For further information, including the booking link, please refer to attached flyer.
We look forward to warmly welcoming you to this very special evening.
Time Space Father Child 2 Page Flyer SICG 2022 Web
Elana Cole | Development Manager
Parents and Friends Association
Annual Mega Raffle
Our raffle has been drawn, congratulations to:
1st Prize (total value $2,048.00) winner is S East
2nd Prize (total value $965.00) winner is E Tyers
3rd Prize (total value $690.00) winner is D Lawrence
4th Prize (total value $681.00) winner is M Wray
5th Prize (total value $232.50) winner is M O’Neill
6th Prize (total value $125.00) winner is B Evans
7th Prize (total value $100.00) winner is B Ray
Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets in the Mega Raffle. We raised over $7000 which will help us to continue to support our school community.
Also a huge shout out to all the businesses who generously donated prizes to help us achieve this amazing result. With warmer weather returning and a possible reduction in lockdown restrictions please support these businesses and help us to say thank you.
Support Our School Through rebel Community Givebacks
Do you shop at Rebel? You can support our school every time you shop by linking your Rebel Active Membership to our school. 5% of what you spend is given to P&F to purchase sporting equipment for our school. If you’re not a member it’s free to join either online or ask a team member in store.
Rebel Community Givebacks Saint Ignatius College flyer
Entertainment Book
Yes we are still selling the Entertainment Book however it now is digital and is valid for 12 months from date of purchase. If you would like to purchase an Entertainment Book please email us at sicgpandf@ignatius.vic.edu.au.
Become part of the Parents and Friends’ Association
We are still searching for a new Treasurer, unfortunately there was no nomination at our AGM. We would like to invite you to consider nominating for this role and be part of our wonderful team.
Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 13th September 2022. We look forward to seeing you there. Even if you cannot make it to the monthly meetings, but think you might be able to be on call to help at fundraising events, please get in touch with us by emailing sicgpandf@ignatius.vic.edu.au
The Uniform Shop
The Uniform Shop is now opening prior to our monthly Parents and Friends meeting in addition to the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. Please note this is dependant on current visitor restrictions within catholic schools. Please check the Saint Ignatius Facebook page for updates regarding open days and times. Email the uniform shop at uniformshop@ignatius.vic.edu.au if you have any questions.
Did you know the uniform shop also sells brand new socks, ties and hats?
Items to be sold or donated can be dropped off at the Uniform Shop during opening times or anytime at the front office. Please ensure any item that is sent in for sale has been freshly laundered, if not it will be returned to you.
We are always seeking Volunteers to help in the uniform shop. If you are available and have time to help out contact Kate by emailing uniformshop@ignatius.vic.edu.au . Training is provided.
Regular dates (1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month) from 3-5pm
17th August
7th September
Opening prior to the P & F meetings from 5-7pm
13th September
Institution | Date | Event type |
Sunday 14 August | On campus | |
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Sunday 28 August | On campus | |
Sunday 14 August | On campus | |
Sunday 14 August | On campus | |
Thursday 14 April | Virtual | |
Sunday 21 August | On campus | |
Sunday 28 August | On campus | |
Saturday 13 August | On campus | |
Sunday 21 August | On campus | |
RMIT - Bundoora & City | 14 August | On campus |
Sunday August 21 | On campus | |
Sunday 21 August | On campus |
W/C 15/08/2022 | ||
15th | L.Mew, NEEDED. | |
16th | K.James, S.Peters, S.Twaits. | |
17th | C.Ford, NEEDED. | |
18th | M.White, NEEDED. | |
19th | R.Newtown, B.Brinfield, L.Taylor. | |
W/C 22/8/2022 | ||
22nd | Student Free Day - No Canteen | |
23rd | C.Rivo, D.Powell. | |
24th | NEEDED, NEEDED | |
25th | E.Carpenter, C.Bunting. | |
26th | E.Stokie, L.Hart, J.Peters |
If you are able to assist on the above mentioned dates, please contact Canteen Manager Mrs. Sandra Woodall on woodalls@ignatius.vic.edu.au
Volunteers must hold a current WWCC. New volunteers must fill out the form provided via the link below.
Mrs. Sandra Woodall.
Canteen Manager.
Jennifer Mordy, the netball umpire co-ordinator at Queenscliff Football & Netball Club shares the following information to College families.
Jennifer intends to start a social junior netball competition on the Bellarine Peninsula as at present, there is none - apart from the Winter AFL Barwon competition on Saturdays.
The vision is for a competition at Drysdale where kids can gather with friends together, laugh, have fun, and improve their skills and confidence in the game. This can only be enhanced with the inclusion of players that also play in the aforementioned competition too. It is also hoped that it can act as a forum for potential trainee umpires that are not able to travel to Kardinia Park on Friday afternoons for experience/mentoring. A Secured commitment from Umpire Mentors (for any trainees), badged umpires, and some interested experienced trainee umpires (who also want to start a team of friends).
Discussions with Netball Victoria have been held regarding the inception of a competition to be held in Drysdale on Wednesdays, after school, and during school terms.
After discussions with Netball Victoria - in regards to who would oversee the competition, a 'survey monkey' has been created to gauge the interest and demographic that this concept would attract. It is hoped that the offerings include U13 mixed, U15 Girls and U17 girls.
Please feel free to contact the following representative if you have any concerns or questions.
The link to the survey is below.
Best Regards,
Jennifer Mordy
Ph: 0419 375 134
Find the link here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GFW8TK6
Parenting teenagers is traditionally seen as the most difficult parenting stage. However, many parents have discovered that raising teenagers is a lot easier than raising younger children. For this to be the case, there are three changes parents make to survive their kids’ adolescence.
Step up the coaching
When kids are young it’s common for parents to take over many aspects of their lives. They establish bedtimes, cook meals and make doctor’s appointments. Parents decide where they will go to school, if they go to camp and where the family will take a holiday. Children are content with this approach and will enjoy having their days organised by loving adults.
Teenagers, on the other hand, need to start managing their own lives, which can put them at odds with over-protective or over-controlling parents. Wise parents will aim for redundancy well before the teenage years so handing over control isn’t so foreign.
Psychologists William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, authors of The self-driven child believe parents need to hand over a great deal of decision-making to adolescents. Not straight away and not in a way that negates their need to take responsibility for their actions. They advise parents to gradually involve teens in creating rules that govern their own behaviour, keep challenging their choices and provide emotional support when they make poor decisions. A parent gives up being a manager and takes up the role of life coach.
Influence teens differently
Most parents would like to download all their knowledge of the world into their teenage children’s brains so that they could always make good decisions. Giving teenagers information doesn’t guarantee that you can influence them as you did in childhood. Teenagers are highly attuned to status and hypervigilant to the way they are treated by adults. If you talk down to them, they will turn off as you are talking to the low status or child-like part of the brain. Talk to them as if they are autonomous young adults and they are more likely to listen, as you are talking to the high-status part of their brains. If you wish to discuss topics such as respectful relationships, the use of alcohol or preparing for life after school, avoid talking to them as if they are children. Speak to them as you would to someone with the highest possible status - someone you respect, and they are more likely to engage with you.
Have hard chats
Conversations with preschool and early primary school years are comparatively easy compared to many conversations you have with tweens and teens that revolve around hot topics such as sexuality, school performance and the future. Avoidance of hard chats and the emotional minefields they lead to becomes the easiest option. Teenagers are dealing with some difficult issues, so parents need to create safe opportunities to talk about the hard issues.
Christine Carter, author of The New Adolescence believes that parents should think beyond having a “big talk” about difficult topics and bring up these topics using short observations and simple questions. She writes, “Even when we have lots to say, it’s more important to give them a chance to speak, and to work out what they are thinking in a low-risk environment.” Practise staying calm despite your discomfort. Welcome it if your kids sense your discomfort as it reveals your human side.
In closing
Young children and teenagers have very different needs. Effective parents adapt their parenting style to meet the developmental and emotional needs of their children at each stage of growing up. Teens need greater autonomy, skilled guidance and plenty of chances to talk about the issues that bother them and worry their parents. That may mean that you need to shift your parenting gears a little to meet their needs in the teenage years.
Michael Grose presents: Changing parenting gears for the teenage years
Our school has a membership with Parenting Ideas. As part of this membership, you can attend the upcoming webinar ‘Changing parenting gears for the teenage years’ at no cost.
About
In this webinar, Michael Grose discusses the importance of changing parenting gears during the teenage years. He shares the critical shifts parents need to make when raising teenagers.
When
Wednesday 31 August 2022 8:00pm AEST
To redeem
1. Click this link: https://www.parentingideas.com...
2. Click ‘Add to cart’
3. Click ‘View cart’
4. Enter the coupon code TEENS and click ‘Apply Coupon’ Your discount of $39 will be applied.
5. Click ‘Proceed to checkout’
6. Fill in your account details including our school’s name to verify your eligibility. These are the details you will use to login to your account and access your webinar and resources
7. Click ‘Place Order’
This offer is valid until 30 November 2022. If you’re unable to make the broadcast time, just register anyway and you will get access to the recording.