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From the Principal Mrs Nicola Taylor
It is hard to believe that we have come to the penultimate edition of the Lion’s Roar! The academic year is drawing to a close and yet students and teachers are gearing up for the traditional PLC Armidale finish, with a slight twist this year! In many of the new student interviews I have conducted throughout the year, a number of prospective parents at the College ask about social service activities. The importance of giving back to community and seeking to serve others is valued by these families who are encouraged to hear of the opportunities provided in both the Junior School and Senior School. Coaching sporting teams, overseas service learning trips, raising awareness and funds for charities and worthy causes, musical performances in aged care residences, SRC projects and a range of volunteering endeavours undertaken by our Duke of Edinburgh Award participants have taken place throughout the year, across the College led in the main by the girls. Dr Tim Elmore, founder and president of Growing Leaders makes the following observation of how …”Students support what they help create… they act, they connect, they practice “ This will be evident when our newly inducted Guild Leaders, along with Year 11 work with their Guild to present an original, creative work for Guild Drama - a fitting end to the year, team work and serving providing an afternoon of enjoyment to our community. continued on Page 2...
30 NOVEMBER TO 14 DECEMBER 2018 Activities Week 3/12 - 7/12/18 Years 3 to 5 Community Service - Newling Gardens 3/12/18 K to Year 2 Community Service - Ken Thompson Lodge 4/12/18 Year 5 2019 BYOT Parent Information Session 4/12/18 Year 6 Dinner 6/12/18 Foundation Capital Campaign Committee Meeting 6/12/18 Gratitude in our Garden Event 7/12/18 Junior School 'Time to Shine' Presentation Evening 10/12/18 Final Assembly 11/12/18 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols 11/12/18 Speech Day 12/12/18 Christmas Dinner for Boarders and Parents 12/12/18 Guild Drama 13/12/18 Last Day of Term 4 - Boarders depart (PM) 13/12/18 Silver/Gold Duke of Edinburgh 14/12 - 16/12/18
Thursday 13 December 12.15pm start in the DKC.
NEWS
GUILD DRAMA 2018 Gold coin donation on entry. Performance Order and approximate times: * Pre-K - 12.30pm 1. Gregory - approx. 12.45pm 2. Forrest - approx. 1.15pm 3. Wentworth - approx. 1.45pm 4. Macquarie - approx. 2.15pm • All students to return to Guild Rooms after performances to change into Guild uniforms, and pack up all props and costumes.
Judging - approx. 3.10pm The P&F will be selling refreshments on the day.
THE UNIFORM SHOP Extended Opening Hours Dear Parents/Caregivers The Uniform Shop will close over the school holidays and reopen on the following days: January 2019 Wednesday 23rd - 8.00am-12.00pm & 1.00pm-4.00pm Thursday 24th - 8.00am-12.00pm & 1.00pm-4.00pm Tuesday 29th - 8.30am-12.00pm & 1.00pm-4.30pm Wednesday 30th - 8.30am-12.00pm & 1.00pm-4.30pm All online orders are dispatched from the shop, any orders placed over the holidays will be processed and posted from: Wednesday 23rd January 2019 Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Presbyterian Ladies’ College Uniform Shop 02 6770 1703 plcarmidale@alinta.com.au
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R E PA S T
Copies of are available to purchase from the administration office or from the following regional businesses. ARMIDALE
Office Express Foodie Bliss Reader's Companion Collins Booksellers House Worx New England Collective
TAMWORTH Collins Booksellers Lemon House
GUNNEDAH/ NARRABRI Marval Designs
GUYRA
TENTERFIELD
Brisk Trading
The Corner - Life and Style
INVERELL The Dust Jacket
URALLA
Northern Tablelands Property
The perfect gift
CHRISTMAS, BIRTHDAYS, MOTHERS' DAY, ANNIVERSARIES or HOUSEWARMING
Commemorating and celebrating the people, the provisions and the perspectives of PLC Armidale’s past and present community
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SENIOR SCHOOL
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For enquires, please contact Events and Communications Assistant, Mrs Nicky Webster
events@plcarmidale.nsw.edu.au
EVENTS
Upcoming Events 2018
DECEMBER Year 6 Celebration Dinner Thursday 6 December 2018 • 6pm Astra Arts Centre, PLC Armidale • Smart Casual Purchase tickets $50 per person at www.trybooking.com/ZEKH Bookings essential by Thursday 29 November 2018
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Junior School Presentation Evening 'Time to Shine' Monday 10 December 2018 • 5.15pm Astra Arts Centre, PLC Armidale
Service of 9 Lessons & Carols Speech Day Guild Drama Service of 9 Lessons & Carols - Tuesday 11 December 2018 • 6pm St Mary & St Joseph's Cathedral, Dangar St Armidale Speech Day - Wednesday 12 December 2018 • 9am Astra Arts Centre, PLC Armidale Guild Drama - Thursday 13 December 2018 • 12.15pm Dorothy Knox Centre, PLC Armidale
Please contact Nicky on 6770 1700 or email events@plcarmidale.nsw.edu.au
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EVENTS
The Principal of PLC Armidale requests the pleasure of your company at the following events
Service of Nine Lessons & Carols Tuesday 11 December 2018 6.00pm
ST MARY & ST JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL, DANGAR ST ARMIDALE
Speech Day
Wednesday 12 December 2018 9.00am
ASTRA ARTS CENTRE PLC ARMIDALE GUEST SPEAKER: Dr Nicole Sides (PLC Armidale Old Girl, 1982)
Guild Drama
Thursday 13 December 2018 12.15pm
DOROTHY KNOX CENTRE, PLC ARMIDALE
In alliance with PLC SYDNEY
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Anna Caldwell, Head of Senior School
“Beginning well is a momentary thing, finishing well is a lifelong thing.” - Ravi Zacharius As we finish our academic year this week, we move into Activities Week with a focus on making a difference to the lives of others. Throughout this year, Mrs Taylor has told us about many MAD women in her assembly talks. Women who did and achieved incredible things, but more importantly, they Made A Difference to the lives of others. Next week all our students will be MAD Young Women, focusing on others and really making a difference. Each morning they will be at the Uralla Pool working hard to complete the next level of the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia, learning how to keep safe in and around water and how to save lives, and those who have completed their Award levels will be teaching and instructing others how to save lives. We are then all coming back to school to focus on making a difference to the lives of others with our Social Service Activities and rehearsing for Guild Drama. “For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.” - Jody Williams
Celebrating Year 10 After a fabulous Year 10 Celebration Dinner, that is a very special rite of passage marking the end of the Junior and Middle School Years and the start of the Senior Years of Study, our Year 10 girls participated in a Leadership Training Day. This day was largely based on the Peer Support Australia Leadership Program and focused on leadership skills, developing connections, responsibilities, personal strengths and characteristics and decision making.
SENIOR SCHOOL
Senior School Notes
This training day is part of the College’s Pastoral Care and Leadership Program. It provides students with the opportunities to develop and practice leadership skills within a supportive environment and all skills will help students prepare for the demands of Years 11 and 12 and for taking on the role of Peer Support Leader for our new Year 7 students in 2019. Year 10 then spent the week at Coffs Harbour continuing their leadership training through team building and problem solving group challenges. They also enjoyed learning how to surf and read ocean patterns to keep safe in the water and investigated a range of aspects of coastal ecology.
Transitioning into a new year This time of year is a time of transition for all our students. Year 12 have completed their HSC study and have transitioned into life after school, with GAP years, work and further study. This week saw our Year 11 students move into the Year 12 Study Block, Year 10 moved into the Year 11 Study Room and locker bay and all other Year groups cleaned out their lockers, returned their textbooks from this year, moved into new lockers and are now all organised and ready to start 2019.
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ACTIVITIES
End of Year Activities in the Senior School WEEK 8
Tuesday 11 December
Monday 3 - Friday 7 December
• Final Assembly (Senior School Students)
• Senior School Life Saving (Year 6 - Year 11)
• Class Parties and Clean-up (Years 7 - 11)
• Senior School Social Service (Year 6 - Year 10)
• Speech Day Rehearsal - Prize winners and performance group 2:00pm - 2:30pm
• Intensive Study Session (Year 11) • Guild Drama Rehearsal (K - Year 11).
• Guild Drama Rehearsal
Monday 10 December
• Service of Nine Lessons and Carols 6:00pm - Senior School Choir to arrive at the Catholic Cathedral at 5:15pm. All other students to arrive at 5:45pm.
• Senior School Life Saving
Wednesday 12 December
• Intensive Study Session (Year 11)
• Years 7 - 11 students arrive at PLC Armidale at 8.45am
• Carols rehearsal and Pastoral Care Class Activities
• Speech Day commences at 9.00am
• Junior School Swimming Social Service group (Year 10 Students)
• Morning Tea for Guests and Students provided in the Rose Garden (Years 7 - 11)
• Guild Drama Rehearsal
• Guild Drama Rehearsal.
• Senior Choir Rehearsal at the Catholic Cathedral 3.30pm - 5pm.
Thursday 13 December
WEEK 9
• Guild Drama Rehearsal • Guild Drama commences at 12.15pm.
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Fiona Wake, Head of Junior School
Reflection! Another year of learning has passed and again so quickly. Upon reflection, 2017 was a year of insight, reflection, new experiences and fulfilment on many personal and professional fronts. This year, a time where usual events were undertaken with slightly different twists, and I see 2019 could be a time of change after making many observations over the past two years. With our curriculum evolving and the future job opportunities for our current generation unknown to some extent, careful reflection, research and innovative thinking was required in determining the skills our students require for their future, and how to design learning to cater for this. An interesting article written by Professor Stephen Lamb, Dr Quentin Maire and Esther Doecke ‘Key Skills for the 21st Century: an evidence-based review’ in a report prepared for the NSW Department of Education, states; there is general agreement that schools need to be more than ‘ATAR factories’. In other words, school systems are expected to do more for students than just focus on preparing them for academic tests and improving their test scores. From a holistic point of view, schooling should be helping to equip young people with the tools they need to become engaged thinkers, resilient and resourceful learners, creative problem solvers and active members of their communities.
This model will see students working in Stages - Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 (Years K-2); Stage 2 (3/4); Stage 3 (5/6) - with two teachers facilitating the learning. Students will take advantage of a larger cohort to develop collaborative teamwork skills, communication skills, Information, Media and Technological Skills and Life Skills that see them developing initiative, leadership and social skills, when negotiating solutions to questions of inquiry. An Integrated Learning Approach allows students to develop solution fluencies across all disciplines of Maths, Science, English, Creative Arts, Science, History, Geography and PDHPE.
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Junior School News
Activities Week The following two weeks will be filled with activities such as cooking, craft, Community service, Swim and Survive, Guild Drama, classroom and school clean up and gardening. A timetable of events and uniform requirements has been emailed to you to assist you with planning and for you to know the whereabouts of your daughter on any given day of Activities Week. If your child will be away for any reason please follow the normal procedure of contacting Emma Young.
A wide range of skills and related dispositions are regularly considered as vital for schooling for the future, including thinking skills, social and emotional skills, and attitudinal skills such as motivation and self-efficacy. While identifying the skills considered most important is challenging, the following have in particular received close and concerted attention from policy makers, researchers and practitioners: • critical thinking • creativity • metacognition • problem solving • collaboration • motivation • self-efficacy • conscientiousness • grit or perseverance.
In 2019 the JS will be structured to blend traditional teaching, explicit instruction, with the new, an Integrated Project Based Learning approach that allows our students to problem solve and apply knowledge and skills to real life situations to create real life solutions. Each Friday, our students will combine into Stages and carry out scaffolded Project Based Learning tasks using a solution Fluency Approach. This approach is designed to walk students through a problem-solving process allowing them to create solutions and explore inquiry questions, by following six ‘Solution Fluencies’.
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SPORT
Around the Grounds Sports Report Peter Le Surf, Director of Sport
As Term 4 comes closer to the end, we must remember that some sports are still continuing for the next few weeks. Please keep looking at the noticeboard, Edumate and Skoolbag for the latest changes to your sporting fixtures.
Term 1 Dates to remember
Looking ahead to Term 1, 2019
PLC Armidale Cross Country - Thursday 11 April 2019
Indoor Hockey season continues - there will be no change in teams or divisions.
I look forward to seeing everyone on the sidelines in 2019.
Whole School Swimming Carnival - Thursday 14 February 2019 Tildesley Tennis Competition - 27 to 29 March 2019 in Sydney
Touch football will be trying to formalise a competition for Term 1 - you will need to sign up again for this. Twilight Netball will have a new competition for Term 1 - you will need to sign up again if you wish to play. Basketball also will have a new competition and you will need to re-sign for this. Pilates has finished for this term and we will be running an eight week programme in Term 1. We are also looking at putting on a seperate class for parents and teachers, so keep an eye on future notices. General Fitness will again be running on a Wednesday morning. If you are thinking about trying out for any of the representative teams, it would be a good idea to work on your fitness, leading up to the trials. Tennis - our senior squad tennis will continue training from 4-5.30pm on Wednesdays leading up to the Tildesley Tennis Competition due to be held on 27 to 29 March 2019. If you wish to try out for the team, please come along on Wednesday afternoons.
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SPORT PLC Armidale triumphs at Schools’ Team Triathlon Challenge PLC Armidale “punches well above its weight” in many endeavours, which was no more evident than at last weekend’s Hutchinson & Harlow Schools’ Team Triathlon Challenge, held at TAS. Just over a quarter of the participating teams were from PLC Armidale, six in the junior divisions and five in the secondary competitions. Many of the junior girls were competing in a Triathlon for the very first time, and most were very successful. The Primary Girls event was won by PLC Armidale Year 6 girls: Keira Peet, Maggie Ryan and Alice Bourne; and the Secondary girls Years 7-9 was won by Emily Thompson, Kaylee Swick and Chiyo Brown and were closely followed by two other PLC Armidale teams in Jenna Marquardt, Laura Smitham and Lauren Earle in second, and another PLC Armidale team in third spot: Piper Starr, Poppy Broun and Lucy Young. The teams’ triumphs are one thing, but of even greater significance is the strong culture of having a go at anything, and encouragement each girl receives at PLC Armidale.
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Matthew Minter, Director of Music
MUSIC
Music
2018 String Soiree The annual PLC Armidale String Soiree was held on Wednesday evening, 21 November 2018. It was a splendid evening with a series of fine performances from six of our school string ensembles most of which were led by Joanna Fairs-Wu, our inspired Director of Strings. Congratulations to our five soloists for the evening, Isla Biffin on harp, Elinor Warwick violin, Mia Emanuel cello, Abigail Thompson cello and Year 12 2018 alumni soloist Jessica Hughes. Jessica has recently been awarded an encore nomination and will be moving to Brisbane next year to commence her tertiary studies in violin performance at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. We wish Jessica all the best as she embarks on her future study and career in Music.
Mrs Deidre Rickards The String Soiree was a special tribute to outgoing Director of Strings Mrs Deidre Rickards. Her exceptional contribution to Music at PLC Armidale, in various capacities over more than three decades, has led to the establishment of a fine string program renown throughout the region. Mrs Rickards was the Director of Music from 1986 until 1999. Throughout this time she produced an invaluable classroom and ensemble program. Mrs Rickards not only expects exceptionally high standards from her students and ensembles but guides and inspires them to achieve it. Through uncompromising expectations of excellence and a strong belief in the value of quality repertoire, Mrs Rickards encourages her students to strive to genuinely achieve their full potential and the results are extraordinary. There are a significant number of PLC Armidale Alumni who have, under Mrs Rickards inspired tutelage, led lives enriched by Music and established careers as leading musicians and music educators. Mrs Rickards returned to PLC Armidale in 2007 as a temporary Director of Music when long term Director Mr Stuart Pavel was on leave. When Mr Pavel returned Deidre continued as Director of Strings until 2017. In this capacity Mrs Rickards raised the profile of the String program at PLC Armidale to one that became renowned throughout the region as a model of excellence. There are countless examples of her leading girls to success, most recently last year when she took the senior strings to Sydney to compete at the Sydney Eisteddfod against large city schools with elite music programs in a highly competitive section with almost sixteen ensembles and PLC Armidale achieved a highly commended. The quality and strength of the strings program, and the Music program in general, at PLC Armidale is a credit to Mrs Rickards and the passion and vision that she brings to Music Education.
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Masterclasses
Congratulations to all the girls who performed in the Senior School In House Concert on Wednesday 14 November. The standard of performances was very high. Thank you to accompanists Mrs Robyn Bradley and Ms Li Ling Chen.
Recently there have been several girls involved in major masterclass opportunities. Congratulations to Emily Thompson, Mackenzie Constable, Jessica Hughes, Elinor Warwick, Mia Emanuel, Sophia Mackson, Clare Warwick, Sarah Hughes and Emma Dauparas for being selected for the masterclass program with the members of the visiting Goldner String Quartet on Friday 9 November. Several elective students and their families were fortunate to hear the Goldner Quartet’s fine recital on 8 November, and the opportunity to work in a public masterclass with one of Australia’s leading musicians is a special honour. Congratulations girls!
The following girls performed on the evening and are to be commended for their fine work: Rachael Kenrick - Oboe Emily Thompson - Violin Isla Biffin - Piano and Harp Kaylee Swick - Violin Nathea Ping Kee - Violin
Sydney Masterclass With Dr Robyn Wilson
Clare Warwick - Cello
Emily Thompson has also recently returned from Sydney where she was one of only two young violinists in Australia to be selected for a masterclass at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with sought after violin pedagogue Dr Robin Wilson. Thank you to violin teacher Sofia Debus for organising this splendid opportunity for Emily.
Lucinda Caldwell - Harp Charlotte Thomas - Cello Chiyo Brown - Violin Crystal Dai - Flute
MUSIC
Senior School In House Concert
Sophia Mackson - Viola Xinyue Li - Piano Madeleine Tidbury - Flute Elinor Warwick - Violin.
Treble Makers Performance At The Pottery Shop Of Rick Hatch Thank you to all the Treble Makers and their families for your annual performance at the pottery shop of Rick Hatch. Mr Hatch expressed his tremendous gratitude to me and his view of the performance is that it has blessed his shop and business for the Christmas Season. Thank you to Mr Phil Oxley and Mr Sam Jacometti for conducting and playing for the girls on the day.
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PASTORAL CARE
Pastoral Care Events Paula Goode, Pastoral Care Coordinator
Social connection aids resilience
Here are some more tips for having healthier social connections:
The concept of social connection, is the feeling that you belong to a group and generally feel close to other people. Scientific evidence strongly suggests that this is a core psychological need essential to feeling satisfied with your life. As humans we are an extremely social species - our drive to connect with others is embedded in our biology and throughout our evolutionary history the idea of belonging to a ‘tribe’ or a ‘people’ has helped us to protect and define ourselves.
• Meditate with someone: It could help you feel more social closeness and be more open with others.
Social connection is reflected in some of the most basic ways humans communicate - by subtle uses of our voice, facial expressions and sense of touch. Some scientists believe we are essentially wired to connect with other people because natural selection favoured humans with a stronger capacity to care for their offspring and organise themselves into groups. Being connected helps us feel valued, needed, and accepted by others, safer, that our beliefs are valid, that our efforts are worthwhile, comforted by being with others who share our interests and values. That we belong! However, we don’t always prioritise social connection in the midst of our busy lives. Without a strong sense of connection, we can feel anxious, isolated and unsupported. We are also less likely to interact with others, weather tough times with hope for a positive future, or take healthy risks and do things that might help make us feel good. We need to understand how vital our social connections are to our happiness and health, and we must take time to build and nurture social relationships at home, work, and school. None of us can belong to all the groups we would like to, but it is really important that we feel we belong somewhere and have some connections.
• Figure out your attachment style: If you have commitment, trust, or attachment issues, you could significantly improve your relationships by understanding your attachment style and trying to develop a ‘secure’ one. • Listen to music together: Singing and listening to music raise our oxytocin levels, and research suggests that families and peer groups are more cohesive if they listen to music together. • Practice the art of ‘hygge’: the Danish concept of cosy, warm, drama-free time together, which might explain why Denmark often ranks among the happiest countries in the world. "Our inner call is to be a good person - healthy, caring and content. The outer call is to nurture all people and live on a viable, diverse planet. Between is a chasm of angst and opportunity. Resilience is the enabler. Learn how to apply your wisdom, compassion and skill. When resilient, we can answer the call to be a force for good in an awesome world." - Dr Sven Hansen (Founder of The Resilience Institute - advocate for resilience
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RESILIENCE
insights Developing a resilience mindset by Michael Grose
If you want your child or young person to be resilient enough to cope with the hardships that come his or her way, and in doing so build strengths for the future, consider fostering your own resilience first. Parents are in the best position to influence their children’s resilience. Children watch our reactions to adverse events and view first hand how we look after – or neglect – our own mental health and wellbeing. Focusing on our own resilience is not as difficult as it may seem. If you adapt a resilience mindset you’ll find that resilient behaviour follows. Want to get fitter physically? You could take up a new fitness regime or you could simply adopt a fitness mindset. Adopt the former and there’s a reasonable chance that you’ll start off gung ho and run out of steam after a month. Adopt the latter and you’ll more likely take small, sustainable steps such as walking or riding to work, taking stairs instead of escalators and playing active games rather than sitting on the couch on weekends. The mindset approach works well with resilience. Take the sustainable approach of looking after your mental health, becoming conscious of the messages you send yourself and developing coping skills that allow you to respond rather than react to adverse events. These simple ideas will help: Watch your self-talk
The little voice inside your head can have a catastrophic impact when you allow it to. It can talk you into the blues, lower your confidence and build mountainous problems out of molehills. Once you’re aware of its impact, you can switch it off or change its negative chatter to something more positive and realistic. It takes practice but it’s worth it. When you have a resilience mindset you’ll start to check that chatter in your head. Park the bad stuff
Ever had an argument with a family member at breakfast only to find it messed up your whole day? A common trait with resilient people is that they can compartmentalise their lives so that difficult experiences in one domain won’t interfere with their effectiveness elsewhere. When you have a resilience mindset you’ll consciously park the negative stuff while you get on with the rest of the day, only revisiting it on your own terms. Stay flexible in your thinking
People who lack resilience pepper their language with absolute, imperative statements such as ‘I must always be on time,’ ‘They never do anything to help,’ or ‘They should always use good manners’. This shows inflexible,
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unrealistic thinking that leads to stress and anxiousness. When you have a resilience mindset you’ll use more moderate language reflecting a flexible approach to life. The above statements become ‘I’ll always try to be on time but sometimes it’s impossible,’ ‘They are sometimes helpful but they can be forgetful,’ and ‘I’d like it if they were well-mannered but sometimes they aren’t’. Make sleep a priority
We are only beginning to make solid links between sleep and resilience. Mothers of newborns know how debilitating sleep deprivation can be. They can’t function effectively and depression is close at hand. Many people spend much of their lives experiencing some form of sleep deprivation, compensating by taking regular caffeine hits, self-medicating with alcohol and using other ineffective remedies. When you develop a resilience mindset, you make sleep a high priority, taking the necessary lifestyle steps to make sleep easy to attain. Create a pressure valve
In a society that views busyness as a status symbol, it’s tempting to keep working until you drop, neglecting to enjoy some downtime that releases the pressures of work. When you have a resilience mindset you value downtime and relaxation and understand the positive impact these have on your mental health and the wellbeing of people around you. When you have a resilience mindset you have a greater understanding of what resilience is about and you’re in a better position to develop a lasting sense of resilience in your kids. Developing resilience in kids is like jumping off a pier with some friends on a cold winter’s day. In both instances you need to go first.
Michael Grose Michael Grose, founder of Parenting Ideas, is one of Australia’s leading parenting educators. He’s the author of 10 books for parents including Thriving! and the bestselling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change It, and his latest release Spoonfed Generation: How to raise independent children.
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COMMUNITY Please join PLC Armidale in their endeavour to support the Share the Dignity charity, which will be one social service focus for their activities week. The #itsinthebag initiative aims to provide support to women in need during the festive season, by providing them with essential personal hygiene products and similar goods. These goods will be packaged by the students, between 03/12/18 - 07/12/18, in pre-loved handbags and donated to local women in need. The PLC Armidale students need your help to make a positive impact on as many local women as possible this Christmas. You can assist by donating pre-loved handbags and/or new essential personal hygiene products or something special to add to the bags. Any donation would be greatly appreciated by all of those involved and we thank you for your generosity.
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a not-for-profit community-based organization
SENIOR SCHOOL
The Northern Inland Academy of Sport (NIAS) has great pleasure in inviting you to the 2019 National Football Camp (NFC). The NFC is an inclusive football camp catering for athletes of all standards for Primary and Secondary School students aged U5 – U17 in 2019. The NFC will be held over the week 20th – 23rd of January and will be hosted in the beautiful city Armidale is the thriving hub of the New England Region of NSW and is renowned for its amazing scenery and first-class education facilities. The NFC will be coordinated and delivered by Newington College’s Head of Football Mr Brian McCarthy. The quality of every Session, Theory or Practical as well as materials and pre event
publicity will be of a quality level in keeping with Brian’s 12 years of top International Football Involvement at 4 European Championships, 3 World Cups, and 2012 EURO Finals Series with the Irish National Team.
During his time in European Football Brian worked very closely with Giovanni Trapattoni, Marco Tardelli, Sir Bobby Robson, Martin O’Neill, Roy Keane, Robbie Keane, Damien Duff, Steve Staunton, Packie Bonner, Alan Kelly, Kevin MacDonald, Paul Clement (Bayern Munich Asst Manager), Les Reed (present Southampton Academy Director and former English FA Technical Director), Brian Kerr, Steve Walford and Steve Guppy. Brian’s son Stephen McCarthy, a UEFA qualified coach and Manchester United First Team Scout.
The National Football Camp is a football (soccer) camp for both boys and girls aged U5- U17 from across the country taking place in a three-day comprehensive football camp. The NFC embraces inclusivity, enjoyment, friendship in sport and sportsmanship as its core values. The NFC offers a stay with us, stay out and juniors (9am-3pm Monday/Tuesday, half day Sunday/Wednesday) option for all athletes. The stay with us option will feature accommodation
NIAS is a not for profit community based organisation and we cannot thank you enough for your support as we continue to ‘Develop Potential both on and off the field’. 02 6770 1700 • www.plcarmidale.nsw.edu.au
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