From the P&F

The P&F Association is looking forward to welcoming our whole College Community – Prep to Year 12 – at the Annual General Meeting at 7:30pm 28 November 2022. This is a great opportunity to hear from College Principal Paulina Skerman along with the P&F Executive about what is happening around the College. We also have a number of Executive positions to be elected at the AGM. If you are interested in any of these roles please reach out to P&F President Joseph Gittani pnfpresident@ssc.nsw.edu.au .

The AGM will see some changes to the current Executive. We would like to say a big thank you to those members for their time and commitment to the P&F and College. We offer our thanks to College Principal Paulina Skerman for hosting all the volunteers and Executive prior to the AGM.

Gingerbread House Drive – orders close 30 November

Thank you to everyone who has already supported our Gingerbread House Drive by purchasing. Orders must close on 30 November 2022 to ensure delivery prior to Christmas. Don’t miss out, order now: https://share.gingerbreadfolk.com.au/SSC

Year group events

P&F Comms

As the year draws to a close so will the 2022 year-group-specific SSC Whatsapp chats. The chats will cease at the end of Week 9 in line with the end of term. Keep your eye out for an email from the College in the new year to opt in to the new 2023 Whatsapp groups. We hope you have found the chats helpful and supportive over the past year.

Parent Education – Debra Brodowski

End of year

The end of each year can come with a mixture of thoughts and feelings for the young people in our lives. There can be excitement in looking forward to what’s to come; there can also be a little sadness in what has finished (maybe finishing up with a beloved teacher and group of peers). There may even be some fears when thinking ‘what’s next?’ or even thoughts around ‘there’s so much going on, how do I even get through all the things I need to do in these next few weeks!’

All these feelings are completely normal. Whilst they might be ‘big’ feelings that can overwhelm our young people, helping them to keep them grounded can help. We can do this as parents and caregivers by helping our young people find purpose and meaning in what they do. Whilst this can seem like an adult concept to do we can support our young people by having supportive conversations at a moment of quiet reflection by asking any of the following:

What are you thankful for this year/this time of year?
What were some of your favourite moments?
What are you looking forward to ?
What’s most important to you right now/this week/this month?