Dates
- Friday 26 August — Frayne Speech Festival in Warrnambool (students participating will leave from the College Thursday afternoon).
- Saturday 27 August — Debutante Ball (Year 11)
- Monday 29 August — Year 9 2023 parent information night
- Monday 29 August-Friday 2 September — Health and Physical Education Week
- Tuesday 30 August — Parenting Plan Evening (see details below)
- Friday 2 September — Debutante Ball (Year 11)
- Friday 2 September — Wine Launch
- Saturday 3 September — Presentation Ball (Year 11)
- Tuesday 6 September — Student Progress Interviews (student free day)
- Wednesday 7 September — EISM cross country carnival
- Thursday 8 September — RU OK? Day
- Tuesday 13 September — Frayne House Celebration Day
- Thursday 15 September — Performing Arts Showcase
- Friday 16 September — Mercy Day and end of Term 3
Parenting a teen in 2022 — The Challenge
Mrs Gail Preston
McAuley Campus Director
We all know that parenting a teen would be easier if they came with a handbook — an outline of the amazing years of adolescence and how to handle the ups and downs. Maybe you have made it through one teen’s journey and are wondering why the next one is proving so challenging. Has COVID-19 and lockdowns made your previous plan obsolete? Come along and hear Andrew Lines, creator of The Rite Journey, talk about raising responsible, resilient, respectful, resourceful and reflective Gen Z young adults.
For more information about The Rite Journey, click HERE.
In reflecting on his own parenting Andrew writes:
An issue for me in my parenting has been there’s very little practical education or direction as to the best way to do this — to be parenting with the long-term goal in mind. Most of us are so busy, parenting moment by moment, responding to the issues as they arrive without a game plan of what we hope to create. It was the same for me initially, I had no real goal as to what I was aiming for and certainly no plan.
Andrew's Parenting Plan evening is free to all parents within our community and feeder school network so please gather other parents of teens (or soon to be teens) and come along on Tuesday 30 August at 7.30pm. We would appreciate you indicating your attendance on the link shown on the attached flyer (or by clicking HERE). Feel supported and encouraged as you guide your child through adolescence into adulthood.
Self-care reminders
Mrs Tina Tasiopoulos
School Wellbeing Coordinator and Counsellor
The College Counselling and Wellbeing Team would like to take the opportunity to remind students and families of the importance of self-care. Term 3 is already proving to be a busy one, please consider the different ways you can ‘recharge’ your batteries. Rest comes in many forms — mental, sensory, physical, emotional, spiritual, social or creative. How will you look after yourself today?
Please click on the link below for some important self-care reminders:
