Parents Bulletins & Letters - Final |
"Parenting teenagers is a bit like whitewater rafting - but I want you to have both sides of the picture. Scary, hectic, and uncomfortable - yes; but also thrilling, stimulating, challenging and ultimately very rewarding”. “Of all the natural events that occur in the family life cycle, the emergence of adolescence is the one most likely to test parental flexibility and tolerance.” Dr. Michael Carr-Gregg1 Final letter home to Parents of Snowy River Campus Students Term 4, Letter Snapshot... Hello again and for the last time this term. At the end of my letter is a two-page document detailing the learning areas undertaken by your son or daughter, and their relationship with other curriculum areas. The SRC trust that this document also provides another way for you to understand the complexity and depth of learning undertaken in this truly excellent educational program and location. --I wish you all the best for the future and for the holidays. Enjoy the return of your wonderful sons, daughters or siblings who HAVE grown so much! Be immersed in and enjoy the “white-water rafting years” ahead with them. I also highly recommend Michael Carr–Gregg’s books, Surviving Adolescents and The Princess Bitchface Syndrome, details and brief synopsis provided below. If this is your daughter, and our teenage girls all display some of these characteristics, you must read this book! --DEPARTURE DAY Thank you for contributing to the Term 4 Snowy River Campus for 2021. The “Separation Phase” of the Snowy River Campus Experience concludes for the community of Term 4, 2021 on Saturday, 11 December signalling the beginning of the “Return Ready Phase”! Join us for our pre departure ceremony on departure day and delight in their physical, emotional and personal growth over the last nine weeks. Every student will have a significant and important opportunity to share in front of you and all the other parents. The ceremony starts at 9.30 am sharp so please do not be late. Arrive between 9.00 - 9.30 am so that you can give your child a welcoming hug and have a bit of a reunion before the ceremony begins so that they can focus on their presentation. If you are not going to be able to be at the departure ceremony, please advise your son/daughter via email. There is nothing more despondent than a student waiting for their parent to arrive when everyone else’s parents or guardians are here! They will understand if you are unable to be here by 9.30am if you communicate this to them - it is the not knowing that they struggle with! If any other travel arrangements have been made, please advise us immediately because until you assume in writing responsibility of your son/daughter again, we are entrusted with their care. With every good wish on behalf of the Snowy River Campus Team,Mark Reeves (Principal) & Robyn Francis (Campus Principal - Snowy River Campus) [This is a snapshot of the most recent letter - please download and read the letter for full information]
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