Dear McAuley Families

I came across this excellent article on anxiety. As always, Linda Stade has very practical advice for us as parents and teachers to support our children as they journey through life. She quotes Beyond Blue statistics as revealing that 34% of females and 23% of men will suffer from anxiety at some time. She also says that only 1 in 4 people will seek help for their anxiety.

Helpfully, she quotes the basics of a program called “Fear Less Triple P” which encourages us as parents to:

1. Understand anxiety by coaching our kids to know about it.
2. Set a good example by being aware of what you model (anxiety is a mirror I have been told).
3. Promote emotional resilience in our children by learning to accept and understand their feelings.
4. Encourage flexible and realistic thinking by avoiding catastrophising and rigid thinking.
5. Build exposure rather than avoidance by gradually confronting situations.
6. Manage anxiety by not getting angry, empathising and taking time to express worries.
7. Encourage constructive problem solving by working with your child instead of for.

Great advice for us all as we navigate this tricky path!  For more please see https://www.inspiringgirls.info/post/help-kids-with-anxiety.

We continue to recruit for Secondary teachers in various areas of expertise and subjects.  Please encourage anyone you know who is qualified and keen to join our outstanding team to apply via the Catholic Education Canberra website.

Enrolments are currently open for 2025.  Due to high levels of demand, we are only looking at offering enrolment in Kindergarten 2025.  Other year level applications will need to be placed on a wait list and places offered according to CECG priority levels as places possibly become available. Year 7, 2025 interviews are beginning soon.  We have a high level of interest in Year 7 2025.

I had the privilege of facilitating our inaugural Year 12 Retreat at Jindabyne early this week.  I must commend the group on their cooperation and thoughtful contributions.  In particular, they are kind and caring of one another. I was so impressed by their efforts and look forward to this event being a really significant part of our college journey.

Mary our mother look after us.

Eamonn Moore

Principal